Nicole Williams  hugs her daughter, Olivia, after waiting for her with her 3-year-old, Maya, on the first day of class at Winkler Elementary School Tuesday. Students throughout the area returned to sweltering classrooms as temperatures in the 90s greeted students to start the school year. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

From left: Honeywell Building Solution’s Josh Hounsell, City of Burlington Mayor Bob Miller and Focus on Energy’s Sarah Platt and Chris Seitz hand over a check for $26,486.36. The incentive check was for the digital HVAC controls and new well pump the city recently installed. Focus on Energy estimates that […]

A red sky at night is a sailor’s delight, as the old saying goes and it was accurate the morning after this spectacular sunset on Lake Beulah, near East Troy, last weekend. With autumn just around the corner, many area residents are trying to get the most out of the […]

Justin Kirchner, 6, of Brighton, bears down as he strives to go the longest distance during the pedal-power tractor pull at last week’s Kenosha County Fair. (Photo by Earlene Frederick)

Heavy rains Monday popped a manhole cover on Robert Street out of place, creating an impromptu fountain in front of Karcher Middle School. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

A farmer harvests straw last week from a field along Highway 11 in the Town of Spring Prairie just west of Burlington. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)

The sun fades into the treetops on a recent evening in this scene shot from Echo Lake Park in Burlington. (Photo by Jacqueline Nadolski)

A shopper checks out items for sale at Gia Bella in downtown Burlington during the annual Maxwell Street Days sale last weekend. Burlington Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jan Ludtke said the event went well. “We had a lot of out of town visitors — a lot of new faces.” […]

By Rumasa Noor Staff writer Racine County Park and highway crews removed dead trees from the Old Settlers Park in the Union Grove in late June. “This area has been devastated by the Emerald Ash Borer and the trees need to be removed as soon as possible,” according to the […]