Retired physician says officials should focus on retention By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Despite the anger among some local residents and officials over Aurora Health Care’s decision to stop delivering babies at Memorial Hospital of Burlington, at least one member of the mayor’s advisory committee on health care believes […]
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Dozing ducks
This trio of mallard ducks enjoy a late-morning nap on the grounds of the St. Francis Friary in Burlington Saturday. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
It’s a Bond, James Bond, prom
Members of the Catholic Central High School prom court are: (front from left) Danielle Seitz and Grace Kubiak; (middle row) Yeeun Shin, Megan Wadsworth, Shelby Frederick, Steven Schwenn, Ben Hildebrandt; (back row) Patty Kempken, Danny Sippel, Tegan Miles, Gavin Wardzala and Zihao Chen. The theme for this year’s prom is […]
Digging up dirt
Evergreen Elementary students learn about soil By Patricia Bogumil Editor In the geotechnical engineering world, “dirt” is pretty much considered to be a dirty word. These professionals instead focus on the complicated structure, biology and chemistry of different kinds of soil – information that fifth-graders at Evergreen Elementary School dug […]
Too pooped to do the job: Alleged burglar makes it easy for the police
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Police nabbed a would-be burglar who made it easy for them by reportedly falling asleep on the job. Christopher T. White, 26, Waterford, is charged with felony burglary and attempted burglary and two counts of felony bail jumping in separate incidents that occurred April 26 in […]
Draskovich fills board vacancy
By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer In a special meeting April 25, the Town of Waterford Board unanimously appointed Nick Draskovich to fill the vacant supervisor seat. The seat was left vacant after Tom Hincz moved up to Town Chairman after being elected April 2 to that position, which was previously […]
Bronco baseball gets back over .500
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor It’s been a busy week for the Union Grove baseball team. Like every other team in the area, the Broncos had a batch of games in a short period of time in order to make up games cancelled because of the weather. On April 24, […]
Wolverines take third at Cougar Relays event
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Although head coach Jerry Glisch would have liked to have seen either one of his track and field squads finish higher than third Friday at the Cougar Relays, he noted that the teams his Wolverines finished behind – Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker – have […]
Contaminated wells found in township
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer A number of town wells were found to have bacterial contamination during testing conducted earlier this spring. According to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employee Zoe McNamara, eight of the 10 wells that were sampled along Brever Road were found to have some level of […]
Defibrillator purchases for village buildings mulled
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The Village of Waterford could purchase life-saving equipment in the near future as part of an overture to be prepared in the event of a life-threatening emergency. Members of the Public Works Utilities Committee last week discussed a proposal to purchase three automated external defibrillator (AED) […]