Officer will fill role until decision is made on hiring By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer The City of Burlington police department has a new face filling its Community Service Officer position. With one officer retiring and another leaving the part-time position, an officer on light duty is currently handling the […]
Sports & Other News
Waterford Graded eyes population study
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In an effort to gauge future, long-term enrollment trends, officials in the Waterford Graded School District will consider commissioning a population study. Waterford Graded serves all or portions of several municipalities: the towns of Waterford, Norway and Dover, and the villages of Rochester and Waterford. […]
International assignment
Emily Dyer represents Jobs Daughters on a world stage By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer For 17-year-old Emily Dyer, a dream came true earlier this summer when she entered the Miss Wisconsin Job’s Daughter competition – and won. So when she went to the Job’s Daughters Supreme Session in Baltimore in […]
Police seek man who pushed woman out of moving car
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer The Racine County Sheriff’s Department has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Waterford man who allegedly pushed a woman from a moving vehicle in the Village of Waterford Aug. 11. Benjamin W. Evenson, 25, has been charged with second degree reckless endangerment and […]
Wind Lake man charged with sexual assault
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer A 20-year-old Wind Lake man faces up to 40 years in prison after being charged with second degree sexual assault of a child. Zachariah P. Bakke allegedly raped a then 14-year-old girl in the basement of his Wind Lake home in September of 2011. According […]
Town takes up idea of a five-member sewer district board
Change in state law needed to proceed By Patricia Bogumil Editor The Waterford Town Board voted unanimously Monday night to allow the number of commissioners serving on the Waterford Sanitary District Board to change from three to five. The town board’s vote is the first step in a formal process […]
Just call it iCCHS
iPad initiative takes off at Catholic high school By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer There’s a new level of excitement at Catholic Central High School this fall, and teacher Matt DeLorme thinks he knows why. It’s called the CCHS iPad Initiative, where every student at the school receives an iPad for […]
Demon golfers fourth at Racine County Invite
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Led by Tess Lavieri and Sarah Eulgen, the Burlington High School girls placed fourth overall at the Racine County Invite played at the Johnson Park Golf Course Monday. “I could not be more pleased to have two Burlington golfers in the top 10 at the […]
Demon netters on a roll, win third in a row
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With their third consecutive win over a Southern Lakes Conference opponent – a 4-3 victory over Wilmot Tuesday – the Burlington High School girls tennis team has evened its SLC record at 3-3. “The kids have done well,” head coach Rose Dolatowski said. “I’m real […]
Kocha captures top time at SLC Relays
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With a time of 16 minutes 14.15 seconds, Burlington High School cross country runner Kit Kocha captured the best overall time at the Southern Lakes Conference Relays Saturday at Lutherdale Camp School at Elkhorn. “She’s been consistently improving,” head coach Rick Koceja said. Koceja noted […]