The Village of Waterford Fire Chief, Rick Huening, has issued an immediate ban on open burning in the Village of Waterford. Due to extremely dry conditions in the Waterford area, Huening is placing a ban on all open burning until further notice. The ban will remain in effect until a […]
Sports & Other News
Intentional grounding
New husband, father Romo plants roots in faith and family By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer As a new daddy, Tony Romo’s most significant victory in the last few weeks wasn’t on the football field, but at home. “We just got him sleeping through the night a little bit, so it’s […]
From Out in Right Field: Olympic fever starts to hit with trials
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Can you believe the London Olympics start in just about four weeks? Well, OK, that probably depends on whether you go for high levels of excitement over the Olympic Games – and whether you take “can you believe it” literally. But all joking aside, […]
When it rains, it stores
Girl Scout rain garden serves dual purpose By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer When the idea of creating a rain garden was first raised to the City of Burlington Common Council, it seemed to have little attention paid to it, beyond the question of where to put it. Now, though, more […]
Water quality is again an issue at Bohners Lake beach
Water quality problems continued to plague the public beach at Bohners Lake in the Town of Burlington Tuesday. According to a news release from the Western Racine County Health Department, the water at the beach was posted “poor” because at its current bacterial level the water could cause illness. Signs […]
Village looks at changing health services provider
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent While all options still remain on the table, the Village of Union Grove might be seeking a new provider next year for critical health department functions. Members of the Village Board’s Administration and Finance Committee met last week to continue discussion of the much-scrutinized issue, which […]
Burning ban in effect for City, Town of Burlington
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer A burning ban has gone into effect for the Town of Burlington, with all burning except grilling not allowed. “According to the DNR website, which is kind of where we go off of, we’re in a very high danger,” said Town of Burlington Fire Chief […]
WSD benefit cost review shut down in closed meeting
Instead, board mulls how to react to public criticism By Patricia Bogumil Interim Editor Minutes into a closed session held June 13, commissioners with the Town of Waterford Sanitary District (WSD) knew something was amiss. Commissioner Donna Block had expected the closed meeting to address retirement and other benefit costs […]
Village Board considers animal control options
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A local company could work with Village of Union Grove officials for animal control services next year, based on preliminary discussions on next steps. Union Grove is among the municipalities across the county contracting with Racine-based Countryside Humane Society for animal control services, which include catching […]
Suited for service
Suhling plans to use her talents in home state By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer Like most students at Catholic Central High School, Casandra Suhling had college in her future as she started her senior year. The question was: would she get the financial aid to go to where she […]
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