By Patricia Bogumil Editor Tom Roanhouse hopes to be re-elected President of the Waterford Village Board to continue his long tenure of community involvement and advance solutions to some of the village’s most pressing issues. Judy Spencer, who has served as a village trustee for two years, hopes to unseat […]
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Engineering success
BASD positions technical education program for future By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer When Burlington Area School District first started using Project Lead the Way certification years ago, it was cutting edge. Now, as the district works to align its technology education for grades 7-12, the new acronym is STEM – […]
Leadership Union Grove recruitment under way
Union Grove LUG is currently recruiting for the 2013-14 Leadership Union Grove (LUG) class. LUG is a community based leadership program sponsored by the Greater Union Grove Area Chamber of Commerce and partners dedicated to developing caring, concerned and committed leaders. LUG was the first program of its kind in […]
Construction set to start on Highway 164 next week
By Patricia Bogumil Editor With spring fast approaching, it’s time to get ready for Wisconsin’s second season: road construction. Local officials say they hope to head off in advance any foreseeable problems likely to rumble down the road in the Highway 164 reconstruction project, due to start in Tichigan March […]
City site OK’d for quarrying
Plan is to eventually use it for industrial expansion By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer After the City of Burlington Common Council approved the annexation of property on South Pine Street across from the Department of Public Works facility, a working plan for at least part of the property received preliminary […]
Two vying for Dover top spot
Lembcke and Lena in town chairman race By Patricia Bogumil Editor Town of Dover residents will decide April 2 whether to retain a veteran Town Chairman or vote in someone new to that position. The two candidates vying for the Dover Town Chairman position in the April 2 election are […]
Making way for a new McDonald’s
Historic Storms Hall to be demolished By Julie Rossman Correspondent With recent approval from the Union Grove Village Board and the Community Development Authority to allow McDonald’s to build a restaurant at 835 15th Avenue (Highway 11), the historic Storms Hall will be demolished to make way for the new […]
Gas prices held steady in past week
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have risen four-tenths of a cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.67 yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.9 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
Wednesday meeting to review Highway 142 project
Roundabout, resurfacing of four-mile stretch are part of plans for 2018 By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington area residents and landowners are invited next Wednesday to review and comment on the latest local plans for Highway 142, including the creation of a roundabout intersection at McCanna Parkway and resurfacing […]
Unco Industries welcomed to Union Grove
The Greater Union Grove Area Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Unco Industries, Inc. Tom Chapman, CEO of the company, has been in the worm farming business for more than 37 years. He started out raising red worms for bait. The business has now evolved into producing a system that […]
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