Female Athletes of the Week Stephanie Rank, Waterford Union High School girls’ basketball: In a pair of games last week, the senior showed why she is considered one of the best players in the Southern Lakes Conference. In a 49-46 loss to Union Grove at Union Grove Jan. 3, Rank […]
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Primary pecking order set
Ballot established for Feb. 21 BASD election By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer After confirming six official candidates for two open spots on the Burlington Area School District Board of Education Monday night, the official order was set for a primary election on Feb. 21. According to BASD officials, state law […]
Welcome winter!
With snow in forecast, area ski resort rejoices By Vanessa Lenz Staff Writer With a few inches of snow in the forecast for Thursday and Friday, officials at Alpine Valley Resort near East Troy remain hopeful Mother Nature’s mantle of white with have skiers itching to hit the slopes. As […]
Songs for peace
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Waterford, was the setting for “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” by Karl Jenkins, performed this week by the Waterford High School choirs, conducted by music director Derek Machan. Selections included works sung in French, Arabic, Latin and English. Above, soloists Mitchell Nelson (from left), […]
Moving day
Employees and patrons of Bob’s Pedal Pusher bicycle store use old fashioned pedal power to move its inventory of bikes to the store’s new location about a mile up the road at 817 North Pine Street Sunday. Both Bob’s and Stan’s Glass are moving because their current building on South […]
Hallmark store closes abruptly
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer Employees at Barbara’s Hallmark in Burlington got a Happy New Year’s greeting Jan. 2 that was anything but happy. The owner of the store, Barbara Kaster, announced to her employees that the store was closed, effectively immediately. One of those employees, who declined to be […]
Full moon rising
The January full moon rises over the Village at Monica condominiums in Burlington Monday. Temperatures hovered in the 40-degree range as the moon climbed in the sky, making it anything but an ordinary January. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)
Alleged heroin deals draw felony charges
By Patricia Bogumil Staff Writer A 26-year-old Waterford man is charged with selling heroin out of his home and at a Yorkville fast food restaurant. According to the criminal complaint filed Dec. 29 in Racine County Circuit Court: On three occasions, Andrew Hauck, 5406 Clearview Lane, Waterford, delivered a quantity […]
Primary needed to thin School Board candidates
By Patricia Bogumil Staff Writer Candidate filings for 2012 local elections feature one school board primary contest and plenty of other races with little or no challenge to the status quo. A primary will be held Tuesday, Feb. 21, to determine which four of the five candidates seeking election to […]
Love Inc. to expand as adjacent stores move
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer Independent social service agency Love Inc. is planning to expand its facility on South Pine Street as two existing businesses move out of an adjacent building. Bob’s Pedal Pusher and Stan’s Glass will vacate the building soon. Love Inc. Executive Director Bill Schoessling said the […]
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