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Burlington

Lyons Center named School of Recognition

Elementary school honored for improvement of low-income students Lyons Center Elementary School has been named a Wisconsin Title 1 School of Recognition for high progress, the state Department of Public Instruction announced Thursday morning. The awards highlight schools that have demonstrated success in educating students from low-income families. To be […]

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69 died on state’s roads in August

It was the deadliest month this year, according to DOT With 69 traffic fatalities, August was the deadliest month on Wisconsin roads so far this year, according to officials with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Traffic fatalities last month also were four more than August 2013 and seven more than […]

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Analyst predicts falling gas prices

Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have not moved in the past week, averaging $3.43 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 0.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.43, according to […]

Burlington News

Annual river clean up set

On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Fox River C.A.U.S.E. (www.frcause.org) will hold its annual canoe cleanup. The mission is to clean up the area from the Fox River canoe launch to the Iron Bridge. Tip-A-Canoe (www.tipacanoellc.com) has donated the canoes for this event and will be the starting point at 9 […]

Burlington News

Welcome to BASD!

New staff members were welcomed into the Burlington Area School District recently. They are: (front from left) Morgan Schmidt (BHS social studies), Emily Grossen (BHS special education), Ashley Meulemans (BHS physics), Deb Jerome (Cooper occupational therapist; (second row) Jessica Jooss (Cooper kindergarten), Alyssa Riggs (Karcher special education), Courtney Peters (BHS […]

News Waterford

Village officials happy with bond rating

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The Village of Waterford entered uncharted territory this week, and officials viewed the news as good. The municipality officially was given a bond rating of AA- by venerable credit rating service Standard & Poor’s. The rating means the agency deems the village a low credit risk […]