By Jason Arndt Correspondent Union Grove Village Board members received favorable reviews in the Annual Financial Audit April 22 despite the challenge of making a tough decision to refinance the village’s Tax Incremental Financing district loan in 2012. The decision to refinance that loan, obtained in 2007, was made in […]
Sports & Other News
BASD budget begins to take shape
Levy at 1 percent increase, but final figures are months away By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The Burlington Area School District has begun to narrow down the numbers for its 2013-14 budget, but there will be several different factors up in the air for the next few months. BASD officials […]
BHS softball comes up short at Waterford
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Burlington High School softball team took it on the chin Monday at Waterford in a 9-0 loss to the Wolverines in Southern Lakes Conference action. The loss dropped the Demon girls to 3-7 overall, and 2-1 in the SLC. “They hit the ball hard […]
Demon girls defeat Badger, 1-0
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT An unassisted goal by Merin Mundt just four minutes into the game held up as the Burlington High School girls soccer team defeated Lake Geneva Badger 1-0 Monday at home. “We played well in the first half, and Merin took a good shot to take […]
Clean Sweep is Saturday
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, […]
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, […]
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