By Patricia Bogumil Editor One young man’s big ideas have turned into a big deal for the Phantom Lake YMCA Camp of Mukwonago, which has received a huge oversized Adirondack chair courtesy of Jarod Sharp, Wind Lake. The Muskego High School sophomore planned and directed the building of a Paul […]

By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer The Waterford Town Board is considering a change in public health service providers and has been researching options available to them. Town Chairman Bob Langmesser has expressed dissatisfaction with the current health services provider, Western Racine County Health Department, on numerous occasions in the past […]

Boy is seriously injured by suspected drunken driver A 13-year-old Waterford boy suffered serious injuries Saturday night when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver. The Racine County Sheriff’s Office is seeking charges of operating while intoxicated causing injury, hit and run causing injury and […]

By Patricia Bogumil Editor An attorney hired by three full-time employees of the Town of Waterford Sanitary District has made a written complaint to the Racine County district attorney’s office about how WSD conducts its meetings. That letter, sent Nov. 8 by attorney Paul Bucher to District Attorney Richard Chiapete, […]

By Patricia Bogumil Editor The proposed 2013 budget for the Village of Waterford contains familiar items that electors have approved in the past, but also some new updates going forward. Once again, the village’s tax levy will hold steady at $2.693 million – the same amount of taxes levied each […]

By Patricia Bogumil Editor After more than 2-1/2 hours of presentations, personal opinions, professional opinions and arguments, a special joint meeting called Nov. 14 to share concerns and input about the Waterford Special Education Cooperative offered a lot to reflect on for about 100 people who attended. But the sides […]

Students share a spirit of thanks all month long By Patricia Bogumil Editor For much of November, students at North Cape Elementary School have been thinking their thanks for the sacrifices made by hospitalized veterans and those living in nursing homes. The students’ thoughts were then soon put into words […]

By Tracy Ouellette Staff writer It’s often been said that Wisconsin has two seasons – winter and road construction. For 2013, that truism will very much apply to the Waterford, Tichigan and Big Bend areas. Discussion at the Nov. 5 Town of Waterford Plan Commission focused on a Highway 164 […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent While there could be a few modifications, summer school programming should look similar when it returns next year in the Waterford Graded School District. In recent months, district officials have been looking at the structure of the types of offerings provided when the traditional school year […]

By Patricia Bogumil Editor Changes in the retirement benefits now paid to employees of the Waterford Sanitary District are being considered, as commissioners continue to work on the 2013 WSD budget. At their Nov. 7 monthly meeting, commissioners delayed taking action on the benefits issue, instead voting to ask the […]