By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With declining enrollment and aging buildings making an impact, the Burlington Area School District is starting to develop a long-range plan for its facilities. The first of three planning firms made its presentation Monday night, as the Scherrer-Nexus Group returned to offer a broader scope on […]
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Council argues, but approves tax credits for Echo Lake Foods
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While it may not have been unanimous, the City of Burlington Common Council approved a tax reinvestment program for Echo Lake Foods. The company is rebuilding portions of its plant destroyed by a January 2013 fire at 316 West Grove Street in Burlington, but has changed […]
Zelich bound over for trial
Detective says Zelich told him deaths were accidental By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer Steven Zelich, accused of hiding two bodies in the Town of Geneva, has been bound over for trial during a preliminary hearing Thursday morning in Walworth County Circuit Court. According to testimony from Walworth County Sheriff’s Detective […]
Schuette-Daniels Furniture owner says family is waiting on final structural calls
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Almost three months after a fire devastated Burlington’s downtown retail anchor, the owner of Schuette-Daniels Furniture store says no decisions have been made on whether to rebuild. “We haven’t totally decided anything yet,” said Matt Daniels, the store’s owner. “We’re totally still up in the air, […]
Softball tourney to honor man who died in crash
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For Mike Gardner, it doesn’t matter what was responsible for the car crash that took the life of his only son in December of last year. It’s been seven months for Mike, and now the focus, he said, should be on what comes next. “We’re healing, […]
Couple allegedly offered to leave child as collateral in heroin deal
They just don’t make day care for drug dealers these days. After being caught allegedly selling heroin to a confidential informant three times in a two-week period in June, a pair of Salem residents were arrested on drug dealing charges – and also reckless endangerment, because the couple’s two children […]
Union Grove’s Fourth of July parade gets a jump start
Eyes to the sky! The start of the Union Grove Fourth of July Parade will be signified by skydivers from Skydive Midwest parachuting down with patriotic colors and trailing smoke. They are scheduled to land in Schoolyard Park at the corner of 14th Avenue and State Street (one block […]
Police identify second victim in suitcase murders
By Vicky Wedig Editor Jenny Gamez, 19, of Cottage Grove, Ore., has been identified through dental records as the second victim of a suspected murderer who dumped her body and another alongside a Town of Geneva road in suitcases earlier this month. Walworth County and Town of Geneva police announced […]
Ryan speaks to Rotary
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan speaks to members of the Burlington Rotary Club Monday afternoon at Veterans Terrace. The Republican from Janesville warned that the country is headed toward a debt crisis, but expressed optimism that it could be avoided if Washington can reform the tax code and health care, among […]
July 4 gas prices will be highest in six years, analyst predicts
North American oil prices have advanced by just a few pennies since Iraqi violence put a question mark around the future stability of supply, but U.S. consumers will still see the most expensive July 4 gasoline prices in six years, GasBuddy has predicted. “Fear about what could happen if Iraqi […]
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