Residents will be able to dispose of hazardous materials By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The spring Clean Sweep program at the Burlington Department of Public Works will be Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon. Last year, among the six communities involved, more than 43,000 pounds of hazardous household waste, […]
Sports & Other News
CCHS baseball finally gets on field
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent The Catholic Central baseball team finally broke up Mother Nature’s shutout of 2013 Saturday, traveling to Orfordville to play Parkview. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said CCHS coach Tom O’Connell. “We have six games to reschedule already and from the forecasts, more to come.” […]
From Out in Right Field – Let’s face it: this spring plain sucks
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor I have to admit, after enduring the last month of rainy weather, flying to Los Angeles last weekend for the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships was a blast. Not only did I get to see great gymnastics – the Florida Gators won the title for […]
Standouts for the Week of April 26, 2013
Female Athletes of the Week Alyssa Helwig, Waterford Union High School softball: Helwig proved to be a big force in the Waterford bats Saturday as the Wolverines went 2-1 at the Monroe Invite. Helwig hit a pair of home runs – one in the second and one in the fourth […]
Two charged in multiple west end burglaries
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Two Racine residents are charged with multiple felonies in a series of burglaries throughout western Racine County last summer and fall. Aaron Mianecki and Jenna Quadracci, both 26, are both charged with multiple counts of burglary and felony theft in incidents that occurred in the villages […]
iCare, do you?
Community members team up to fight teen suicide and drug abuse By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer Cindi Schweitzer, owner of Integrity Funeral Services in Waterford, says she’s buried too many teenagers due to suicide and/or drug abuse. Her desire to do something to change that led her to form iCare, […]
Sheriff’s Department warns of possible police impersonator in Western Racine County
The Racine County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a possible impersonation of a law enforcement officer in the Town of Yorkville at about 5 a.m. this morning. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Department, the suspect vehicle pulled over another vehicle in Yorkville. The suspect […]
Local students bounce back on statewide tests
Double-digit improvement registered in several areas By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington Area School District students bounced back from a subpar performance on state standardized tests last school year to show nearly across-the-board improvement on tests taken earlier this school year. Figures released Monday by the Wisconsin Department of […]
’12 Angry Men’ takes the stage
Haylofters tackle drama of jury deliberations By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It’s the hottest day of the summer. Twelve men, tasked with deciding the fate of a young man in a murder case, sit in a jury room. One votes “not guilty.” And so goes the award-winning play, “12 Angry […]
River reprieve: Floodwaters recede before wreaking havoc
By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington area officials were ready for the worst last week as local rivers rushed their banks and threatened record flooding. But as sandbags were filled and an emergency declared Thursday, the predicted steady downpour instead showed up as nothing more than an annoying […]
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