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WIAA playoffs: CCHS advances

The Catholic Central High School football team posted a 14-12 victory Friday night in a WIAA Division 7 Level One playoff game at Black Hawk. The Hilltoppers led the entire game – first 7-6 at the half, and then 14-6. Black Hawk scored to pull within 14-12, but CCHS managed […]

News

Region leads in gas price decline

American consumers are now seeing relief at the pump as retail prices more closely reflect the long-anticipated autumn decline that comes with winter blend gasoline, flat demand and stronger supply levels. But nowhere in the country are the price decreases more pronounced than in the Great Lakes region. “The biggest […]

Burlington

Cleaning chemicals force school evacuation

Nine people sent to hospital as a precaution; no serious injuries reported By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief St. Mary’s Grade School, Burlington, was evacuated late Friday morning and a dozen people were taken to the hospital for medical evaluation after chemicals used to clean the school’s cafeteria created concern […]

Union Grove

Fire prevention event hopes to keep kids safe

  Kansasville Grade School participates in Fire Prevention Week activities Members of the Kansasville Fire Department visited Kansasville Grade School Oct. 11 as part of the department’s participation in Racine County’s Fire Prevention Week 2012 activities. Firefighters demonstrated emergency crawling techniques and discussed with the kids the seriousness of having […]