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Thursday, November 14, 2024
News from throughout Western Racine County.
Students to stage ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ in December With a new director at the helm of Catholic Central High School’s upcoming musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” Principal Eric Henderson is expecting a top-notch production. “Last year, when I was looking to hire someone to resurrect our music department, I was not […]
Walworth County hunters had best luck bagging trophy bucks By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Likely benefiting from relaxed tag rules and higher numbers of deer, hunters in the three-county area registered about 10 percent more deer during opening weekend of the state’s gun hunt compared to 2011, according to […]
By Tracy Ouellette Staff writer It’s often been said that Wisconsin has two seasons – winter and road construction. For 2013, that truism will very much apply to the Waterford, Tichigan and Big Bend areas. Discussion at the Nov. 5 Town of Waterford Plan Commission focused on a Highway 164 […]
Catholic Central High School’s 28th annual ’Topper Dinner and Auction will be held Saturday, Dec. 1, at Veterans Terrace at Echo Park in Burlington. The event is the school’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The evening begins with cocktails and appetizers at 5 p.m. and continues with two silent auctions, […]
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent While there could be a few modifications, summer school programming should look similar when it returns next year in the Waterford Graded School District. In recent months, district officials have been looking at the structure of the types of offerings provided when the traditional school year […]
Budget hearing is set for Nov. 27 By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The Town of Burlington will hold its 2013 budget public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. The proposed property tax levy for 2013 is $1.66 million – down about 1 percent from 2012. […]
A Walworth County Sheriff’s deputy on Monday keeps watch over the wreckage of a single-engine plane that crashed just west of the Burlington Municipal Airport Sunday, killing a father and daughter from Antioch, Ill. The airport’s runway can be seen at the upper right of the photo. (Photo by Ed […]
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Changes in the retirement benefits now paid to employees of the Waterford Sanitary District are being considered, as commissioners continue to work on the 2013 WSD budget. At their Nov. 7 monthly meeting, commissioners delayed taking action on the benefits issue, instead voting to ask the […]
BASD sophomores show marked improvement over last year By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Before the start of the testing process for Burlington Area School District students this fall, district administrators felt confident that the changes they had made – both in the curriculum and in testing procedures – would benefit […]
With dozens of other Wisconsin tavern and brewery sites, the DMZ Bunker in Waterford participated Monday night in toasting the premiere of the one-hour documentary “Bottoms Up: Wisconsin’s Historic Bars and Breweries,” aired on public television stations statewide. The documentary aired Monday night is based upon the book “Bottoms Up: […]
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