By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Just a few years ago, the future of Burlington’s Community, Art, Technology, Health and Education Center – CATHE for short – was in doubt. Now, after generous support from the community, Executive Director Jennie King can say things have changed. “That was before my time,” said […]
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News from throughout Western Racine County.
Gasoline prices keep falling
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 5.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.27 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.9 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
Market will wrap season in celebration
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the Burlington Farmers Market will not be running its “Taste of the Market” event this year, the market will still hold a year-end celebration on its final day of the year. What is being called the “Harvest Market Celebration” will be on the final Thursday […]
Trick or Treat around Union Grove
Local Trick or Treat times include: • Town of Dover (including Kansasville area): Thursday, Oct. 31, 6-8 p.m. • Town of Yorkville: Thursday, Oct. 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. • Village of Union Grove: Thursday, Oct. 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Union Grove Area Foodbank asks trick-or-treaters […]
Trick or Treat!
Local Trick or Treat times this week include: • Town of Norway (including Wind Lake area): Thursday, Oct. 31, 5-7 p.m. • Town of Waterford: Thursday, Oct. 31, 5-7:30 p.m. • Village of Waterford, Thursday, Oct. 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Tax cutting down on the farm: Governor signs property tax relief bill at local family farm
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As far as surprise visits go, Oct. 20’s to the Rice Family Farm by Gov. Scott Walker to sign a property tax relief law managed to sneak in pretty well. The Rices got a few days notice on the visit, but found themselves with a yard […]
Genius captured in the eye of the beholder
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For every picture that Alfred Watson took, there is a story. His daughter, Carol, seems to know all of them. For example, there is the picture called “Sick Child,” where a woman – a mother – covers her face in her arms, her sick child in […]
Local police thwart suspected car thieves
They were driving a stolen car and had bag of keys to other vehicles Two Chicago men have been charged with vehicle theft after their respective stories about what they were doing near an auto dealership in Burlington at 2:40 a.m. Saturday unraveled. Pierre M. Tolliver, 28, and Edell Simmons, […]
Area residents warned about asphalt scammers
Door-to-door asphalt contractors have hit Milwaukee and Racine Counties over the past couple of months, leaving behind upset consumers and poorly coated driveways, according to a consumer alert issued Thursday by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Approximately 20 victims in this area have given as much […]
Gateway eyes former Kmart for training facility
Proposal goes with college’s plan to use festival grounds for vehicle track Gateway Technical College is considering using the vacant former Kmart store in Burlington’s Fox River Plaza Shopping Center for a public safety training facility. Gateway’s Bill Whyte, vice president of human resources and facilities, told the Burlington Standard […]
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