By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The Burlington Core Group II purchase of land in the downtown redevelopment area has hit a snag. When the group – led by Tom Stelling and Bill Stone – offered to purchase the land for its assessed value of $70,000, they did ask if there was […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A planned retail development on the edge of the current Pick ‘n Save property at 980 Milwaukee Ave. moved forward Tuesday night. The City of Burlington Plan Commission approved a certified survey map for the site, which will be a small business development on currently undeveloped […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Sunday was, in Amy Zott’s own words, like attending her own funeral. In an afternoon of amazing support and friendship, Zott greeted hundreds that turned out at Veterans Terrace for a fundraiser that will send thousands of dollars to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Many spent […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Citing a study made after new Director of Public Works Jim Bergles came on in December, the City of Burlington eliminated the position of DPW supervisor last week. The decision was made in closed session following the Common Council meeting April 6, and announced following the […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In a week where most political pundits were predicting Wisconsin could turn the tide of the Republican Presidential nomination, one of the party’s biggest local supporters died without seeing all the action. Bob Geason, who spent his early years in Union Grove before moving to Burlington, […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The Burlington Area School District on Monday took the next step in providing students one-to-one computer technology. BASD Technology Director Scott Christensen gave an update at Monday’s Burlington Area School District Finance Committee on the three-year lease of equipment the district is pursuing, with the committee […]

  By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Back when Jeannie Hefty was first mayor – and riding with the Burlington Area Rescue Squad – she would never call in on the rescue squad radio using her name. The joke, explained Troy Everson Tuesday night as Hefty won the City of Burlington mayoral […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When Donna McKusker found out she was the Burlington Kiwanis 2016 Frank Tobin award winner, her first question was, “Why?” “When you do something like Special Olympics, you do it because you really want to do it,” McKusker said. “And you get so much more back […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The way Amy Zott looks at her situation right now, she feels she has a choice. A long-time attorney in Burlington, she was diagnosed last summer with pancreatic cancer. The cancer was already in stage 4B, and she was given six months to a year to […]