BASD scrambles to hire five more teachers as school year begins By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer There are times – and Burlington Area School District officials admit it – that the budget process is backward. One of those situations put the district in a corner Monday night, and it took […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer After watching the project slowly reach completion over the course of the summer, City of Burlington residents will get to see the new Kwik Trip on South Pine Street (Highway 83) open next week. The gas station and convenience store – the second of the […]

Dentist says custom fit mouthguards provide better protection By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer As dentist John Ulloa explains, everyone in his profession has a fun hobby. “Some dentists golf,” said Ulloa, of Family Dentists in Union Grove. “Some dentists have race cars. “I make mouthguards,” he added. “That’s my play […]

Attempts to cut taxes further fail to gain traction By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer A year ago, a well-organized group of citizens came into the Burlington Area School District Annual Meeting, protested the proposed 3.63 percent tax levy increase – and managed to vote it down. In the two months […]

Local improv group gets ready to take show on the road By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer If you listen to the explanation of how the improv group “Funkin’ Wassels” got their name, you can definitely understand the group’s motto: “No Script? No Set? No Problem.” Playing one of numerous games […]

A Town of Burlington man is facing felony charges after picking up his sixth drunken driving offense over the weekend. James Allen Werner, 44, was charged Monday in Racine County Court with operating while intoxicated, fifth or sixth offense. If convicted, Werner could face fines of more than $10,000 and […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer City of Burlington Alderman Katie Simenson has often admitted to walking to a different beat than the rest of the City Council. So when the community block party was set for Saturday, Sept. 15, at a cost of about $4,500, Simenson wanted to make sure […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer If the City of Burlington has its way, this year’s property tax bills will look about the same as last year. That doesn’t mean that there haven’t been changes, though. The City of Burlington saw a drop in property values in a recent reassessment, and […]

An Illinois man accused of committing fraud to obtain a car from a local dealership in 2009 pleaded guilty this month to issuing a worthless check during the transaction. Nicholas T. Ruffino, 34, of Addison, Ill., was subsequently found guilty of the offense Aug. 10 in Racine County Circuit Court. […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It may be time to break out a few old-fashioned signs for the Burlington Community Pool. As in, “I don’t swim in your toilet; don’t pee in my pool.” Two separate instances of vandalism targeted the pool in the last week, with feces left on […]