By Patricia Bogumil Editor The good news for taxpayers in the Union Grove Union High School District is that the approved tax levy for the 2012-13 budget is down $109,627. Even better is the news that the district’s mil rate will stay the same as last year, at $4.37 per […]
Sports & Other News
State gas prices remain low
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have risen six tenths of a cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.39 yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.46, according to gasoline price website WisconsinGasPrices.com. Including the change […]
Landmark to close local Power Center
Consumer product sales will cease in Burlington on Dec. 31 By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Landmark Services Cooperative, which has owned and operated separate agricultural and power center facilities in Burlington for several years, will close the doors on its power center on Milwaukee Avenue Dec. 31. Power Center Manager […]
WIAA boys state volleyball championship – live blog
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor In the end, top-ranked Appleton North maybe had one too many weapons for the Burlington High School boys volleyball team. The Demons left everything on the floor – including seeing senior libero Garrett Schilling leave with cramps in both legs – before falling 25-23, 25-27, […]
Live at state boys volleyball – BHS versus Kettle Moraine
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer 1:49 p.m. – Sorry for the delay, folks. BHS wins set four 25-20, and the championship match between the Demons and Appleton North – the No. 2 and No. 1 seeds and ranked teams in the state – is set. 1:37 p.m. – BHS up […]
Lawyer weighs in on Sanitary District employee issues
By Patricia Bogumil Editor The new leadership of the Town of Waterford Sanitary District may find itself in hot water, legally speaking. According to an attorney hired by the district’s three full-time employees, recent postings for closed meetings held to discuss possible disciplinary action are clear violations of the state […]
Hospital launches ER renovation
Facility will remain open throughout project By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington has launched a $3-$4 million renovation of its emergency department in what hospital officials say is an effort to improve privacy and comfort for patients and their families. Work on the project began […]
Burlington wins state quarterfinal
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Burlington High School boys volleyball coach Tim Gesteland didn’t want his team to give Catholic Memorial any hope Friday night in the WIAA state quarterfinals. “I told them, ‘get this done in three (sets),’” Gesteland explained. “You don’t want to go four, because four equals […]
From the superintendent’s desk: A brief history of Waterford special education
By Keith Brandstetter Superintendent Waterford Union High School In the past month and a half, there has been much discussion regarding the operation of special education in the Waterford Area Schools. I would like to provide a brief history of special education to the Waterford area. In 1975, […]
American Power expands and moves
American Power & Equipment, 28020 Kramer Drive, Waterford, hopes to relocate by Dec. 1 into foreclosed industrial property recently purchased at 4144 Northwest Highway 83, Waterford. The new site, located on a bend of the highway across from the Cotton Exchange Restaurant, consists of four buildings on a six-acre […]
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