By Jason Arndt STAFF WRITER While Andrew Obregon remains jailed on 32 criminal charges, his mother was placed on probation for a year last week for her role in helping the alleged murder suspect. Susan Obregon, 60, originally charged with two felony counts of harboring a felon and a misdemeanor […]
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Boards ask fire departments to work out differences
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Depending who you listened to Nov. 30 at a special joint session of the Waterford and Rochester village boards, one or the other – or both – of the villages’ fire chiefs were responsible for the current tension between their departments. But as Village of Rochester […]
Argument leads to strangling charge
An argument between two friends went bad quickly Sunday as one Burlington man was arrested for allegedly strangling another. Colten Ketchum, 22, was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Nov. 30 with felony strangulation and suffocation with domestic abuse assessments as well as a repeater clause. He is also facing […]
Parade will kick off weekend of holiday events
Several events planned as Christmas comes to Burlington By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For Burlington’s new City Administrator Carina Walters, Friday’s Christmas parade will be her first. Coming from Lake Forrest, Ill., she’s more used to tree-lighting ceremonies. “I’m very excited,” Walters said. “It should be fun. I saw that chalet […]
Haitian musician raises funds for devastated village
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Mona Augustin is a musician, a world traveller – and perhaps deepest in his heart, a child of God from the country of Haiti. It’s what led him on a mission to the United States last year in an attempt to raise $50,000 for 126 families […]
Local volleyball player earns NCAA reward
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For two of the previous three years, Union Grove Union High School graduate Jo Wilks has had that painful “left out” feeling – her Furman University Paladins women’s volleyball team losing in the championship match of the Southern Conference tournament. So, when Furman, which is in […]
City OKs budget with tax levy increase
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The City of Burlington Common Council passed its 2016 budget unanimously with no discussion Tuesday night. The proposed total budget of $24.1 includes a mill rate of $9.12 per $1,000 of property value – up from last year’s number of $8.81 per $1,000. According to the […]
BHS play finishes among best in state
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the Burlington High School one-act play may not have walked off with a boatload of awards Friday afternoon at the Wisconsin State Theater Festival, Director Carrie Fidler left satisfied. “The students performed extremely well at state,” said Fidler, whose group – performing “Marvin’s Room” – […]
One-act play earns All-State honor
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Taking to the one-act play stage this season with an emotional story of the horrors of war, the Waterford Union High School one-act play wrapped up its competition season Nov. 21. Performing at the Wisconsin State Theater Festival, the school’s one-act “Booby Trap” took home All-State […]
Love’s new director is experienced in agency development
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When Barbara Howard moved from Oshkosh to southeast Wisconsin recently to support her parents, she began looking for a job. As it turns out, Love Inc. was looking for a new executive director – and the two turned out to be a perfect fit. Howard was […]
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