By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After three meetings where supporters pushed for a Montessori-only grade school and equal facilities across the board, a long-time local fiscal conservative blasted the long-range facilities planning the Burlington Area School District is undertaking. Bonnie Ketterhagen, the wife of School Board Member Phil Ketterhagen, read a […]

The annual drive-in movie series sponsored by Plaza Theater will start Saturday with “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” The movies will be shown on a large, inflatable screen in the parking lot of Reineman’s True Value starting at 9 p.m. The event is free, and sponsored by the theater and […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In spite of heat on Wednesday and storms on Thursday, the Racine County Fair enjoyed a large turnout last week. Scott Gunderson, the Racine County Fair president, said attendance for the fair was at 87,610 – down about 8,000 from the previous year, but good considering […]

By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer Walworth County voters will have their only chance to choose between two candidates for Walworth County district attorney in the Aug. 9 Fall Primary Election. Daniel Necci, who currently serves as Walworth County’s district attorney, has opted not to run for re-election. Walworth County Court […]

A Burlington woman is accused of choking the son of her boyfriend after that son reportedly tried the same thing on another child in the home. Cassie Collins, 25, was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Monday with physical abuse of a child and strangulation and suffocation, both of which […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With progress being made on plans for a new Burlington Community Pool, a “Party at the Pool” fundraiser scheduled for Aug. 27 is moving forward. An anonymous donor has stepped forward to award a matching grant for up to $25,000. All money raised will go to […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The third of four community input sessions Monday for the Burlington Area School District had a familiar theme – focus on Montessori educational facilities. With parents and students in the Karcher Middle School library Monday night – with a handful of teachers that happened to have […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be changing the traffic control signals on a pair of intersections on the Burlington bypass highway, including the one at and South Pine. The intersection at Pine Street has been altered once before, following a fatal crash last fall. After […]