By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Representatives from four Waterford-area municipalities gathered recently to discuss issues of mutual concern at the bi-annual Super Meeting. Environmental clean-up efforts, staffing and Highway 83 were among the items examined. The Village and Town of Waterford, Village of Rochester and Town of Norway were included in […]
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Mother Nature’s apparently not a chocolate lover
Weather puts a drag on ChocolateFest attendance By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Welcome to spring in Wisconsin, said Mother Nature to ChocolateFest this last weekend. Turnout was expected to be lower than usual at the four-day festival because of low temperatures and rain over the weekend. Final numbers for attendance […]
Crash claims life of popular area police officer
Twin Lakes Police Lt. Jeffery Kreft, of Spring Prairie, was ‘like a little kid on Christmas’ May 7 when he was promoted to lieutenant in charge of the third shift for the department. Less than three weeks later, fate would have it that Kreft’s work schedule would put him in […]
Burlington will be featured on ‘Discover Wisconsin’
Area bike trails are focus of statewide TV show Burlington new distinction as a destination for bicyclists is the subject of an upcoming episode of the television show “Discover Wisconsin.” “America’s Bicycleland” premieres June 1-2 and will reach more than 250,000 viewers across the upper Great Lakes region, including Wisconsin, […]
City hires its first full-time fire chief
The City of Burlington Fire Department will begin a new era June 3 when its first full-time chief will take the reigns. Perry Howard, a 32-year veteran and an assistant fire chief with the Beach Park, Ill, Fire Protection District and lieutenant with the Arlington Heights, Ill., Fire Department has […]
Gas prices fall, but they’re still relatively high
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.90 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.3 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
School Yard Park development continues
By Jason Arndt Correspondent The development of School Yard Park is nicely taking shape thanks to the Union Grove Lions Club again stepping up to the plate by donating additional money to add a foundation to the park’s four sets of bleachers. The Village Board has been […]
Proving that heroes do live forever
Police honor their fallen and those who step up By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief The solemn sound of Taps and the spine-tightening report of a rifle salute rang out from the balcony of Veterans Terrace May 15 as members of the City of Burlington Police Department honored law enforcement […]
Waterford again selected for Newsweek ‘Top Schools’ list
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Waterford High School leaders credit the efforts of local educators; the Waterford-area community in general; and students and their families in particular for the high school again being named by Newsweek magazine as one of the top high schools in the country. “It’s […]
Cost of school lunch is going up 10 cents
District says it must close gap with federal reimbursement By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer As expected, the Burlington Area School District had just one planned change in its school fees for the 2013-14 school year – and it passed unanimously through the BASD School Board Monday night. The change is […]
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