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Waterford

Dog dies in Rochester house fire

Blaze causes estimated $100,000 damage to home A family dog died Wednesday morning in a fire that caused about $100,000 damage to a home in the Village of Rochester. None of the residents of the house in the 29000 block of Hickory Lane were home when the fire broke out […]

Burlington News

BHS graduation set for Friday evening

Burlington High School will celebrate its Class of 2014 with graduation ceremonies Friday night at 7 p.m. in the BHS gymnasium. The BHS class consists of 281 seniors. Allison Zeman is the class valedictorian and Marah Zinnen the class salutatorian. The high school A Capella choir will sing the national […]

Waterford

DOT cuts project funding – because it can

  By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After an unsuccessful last-ditch effort, Village of Waterford officials are in the process of signing an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on the looming Highway 83-20 reconstruction project. In March, village staff were informed the DOT planned to cut its contribution toward aesthetic […]

Waterford

Heroes at work: Car crashes, gas spews

  By Patricia Bogumil Editor A 21-year-old Elkhorn woman was found unconscious in the front seat of her car, with natural gas hissing and spewing into the air, after she drove through a fence around a WE Energies main line gas junction station in Waterford township. Her vehicle hit a […]

Burlington News

Teachers, district exchange wage proposals

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Using the 2012-13 salary schedule as a base, the Burlington Area School District and the Burlington Education Association – the teacher’s union – exchanged opening proposals Wednesday night to open wage negotiations for the current school year. As has been the case in recent years, the […]

Burlington

It didn’t melt in the sun

ChocolateFest enjoys strong run on wings of good weather By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With temperatures in the 80s for most of the holiday weekend and no rain until Monday afternoon, Burlington’s ChocolateFest enjoyed what festival president Bil Scherrer is calling its best-ever Memorial Day weekend. “Pam Wanasek put it best,” […]