Assembly speaker was happy to be on home turf dealing with constituents By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer At Burlington High School May 6 to honor three individual state champions, Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said that particular duty was one of his more pleasurable ones. Someone cracked a joke […]
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Ladwig delivers State of the County speech
Here is the text of the State of the County speech delivered by County Executive Jim Ladwig to the County Board Tuesday night: Report by the County Executive on the state of the county “Mr. Chairman, members of the Board of Supervisors, distinguished guests, and residents of Racine County; I […]
Waterford library opens self-check station
The Waterford Public Library now offers patrons in a hurry a quick and convenient way to check out library resources – a self-check station. “The idea came about a year and a half ago from the IT staff at Lakeshores Library System,” explained Library Director Pam Belden. “They let the […]
It’s MyLIFE!
Union Grove High School students learn what it really means to get a life By Gregory Wall and Jeff Nielsen, Community State Bank Contributors On any other school day Jacob Noll, a junior at Union Grove High School, goes to classes, studies, hangs out with his friends and generally does […]
Revived after overdose, man allegedly concealed pot while in ambulance
By Patricia Bogumil Staf Writer A 24-year-old Burlington man found face down and not breathing in a Waterford residence allegedly had enough presence of mind to conceal a baggie of marijuana between his butt cheeks while in the ambulance ride to the hospital, and move that baggie to a more […]
Restaurant employees injured in knife fight
A knife fight between two employees of the Union Grove Family Restaurant Sunday evening left both men with non-life threatening lacerations and one of them with broken bones. Racine County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the restaurant at 1400 15th Avenue about 5 p.m. for a report of a fight between […]
Gasoline prices still rising
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have risen 3.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.78 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has increased 6.2 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
A culvert in time saves plenty
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Turns out no news actually is good news for a few dozen Town of Waterford residents whose properties have been excluded from the Norway Dover Drainage District – especially its charges and assessments. Checking on whether or not his efforts to save those residents the expense […]
Get ready to celebrate the village’s Dodransbicentennial on the Fourth
The Union Grove Parade Committee has chosen the theme of “Celebrating 175 Years!” for this year’s Independence Day parade, which begins at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 4. The parade starts at the Racine County Fairgrounds on Highway 11 and ends at Union Grove Union High School on Highway 45. […]
City seeks grant money for park improvements
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer City of Burlington City Administrator Kevin Lahner knows it is a long shot that the city will get both grants it is seeking for park renovations. He’s been told as much. But that didn’t keep the city from requesting the money May 7 to send […]