By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Sometimes, a win is a win. It may not have up-and-down scoring, long-range bombs or fancy passing, but it counts as a win nonetheless. At this point in the season, the Burlington girls basketball team will take anything it can get. Tuesday night’s home […]
Sports & Other News
City considers recalling unused liquor licenses
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor On the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Chestnut Street in Burlington sits a once-popular bar – Coach’s. After its operator died in an motor vehicle accident close to two years ago, the doors closed that very day, and never reopened. But, as the City of Burlington […]
Village TID expansion for American Roller is on a roll – public hearing planned soon
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Union Grove planning commissioners voted Monday night to recommend expansion of the village’s Tax Increment District (TID) to make room for a larger American Roller facility. A public hearing is expected to be called within a month to address any concerns from residents regarding […]
WGSD advances tech-savviness
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Waterford Graded School District’s one-to-one laptop program has been touted as a cost-saving method and a way of reaching today’s tech-savvy students. But when it comes to student achievement, how has the program been faring? Administrators attempted to address the question – posed in recent months […]
Burlington wins fifth straight conference wrestling title
Waterford gymnasts impressive in Madison
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Waterford High gymnastics coach Carrie Buelow couldn’t have planned it any better. With the conference and state tournaments in sight, Buelow Wolverines unleashed two impressive performances last week. Waterford finished second in the White Division at the Spartan Invite at Madison Memorial High […]
Dollar General hopes to break ground this spring
Dollar General wants to plan for a spring groundbreaking at the former site of Bardon Rubber Products, now that the Union Grove Planning Commission approved the company’s construction proposal Monday night, pending modifications of the original site plan. In August, representatives of the national discount chain came before the Village […]
Council eyes room tax hike
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When the City of Burlington first instituted a hotel/motel room tax with the opening of the Hampton Inn, part of the discussion was just how much that tax should be. After setting it low – just 3 percent, compared to what is often 6-8 percent – […]
Low-cost pet vaccines offered for all west-end residents
Western Racine County Health Department Health will offer low-cost animal vaccinations for all west-end residents at the former Rochester Municipal Building, 203 West Main St., 10 a.m. until noon, on Sundays, Feb. 9 and March 9. Dogs can receive bordetella, distemper and rabies; cats can receive their rabies […]
Small city, big provider find mutual ground
By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief When word leaked out in November 2012 that Aurora Health Care planned to close the obstetrics department at Memorial Hospital of Burlington, few people saw it as anything more than a public relations nightmare for the state’s largest health care provider. Fourteen months later, […]
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