Republicans convinced it keeps state on the right track By Tyler Lamb Staff Writer Admittedly no state budget is flawless. Nevertheless, Republican lawmakers believe the 2013-15 biennial budget features several fiscally conservative provisions – including income tax cuts, limits on property taxes and expansion of the state’s educational voucher program […]
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Birthday treat policy spurs debate at School Board meeting
Officials want to encourage healthier choices in schools By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer While a small handful of policies drew the most attention Monday night in a Burlington Area School District School Board Policy Committee meeting, a number of revisions to others were discussed – and passed. Among the policies […]
BASD to get more aid than anticipated
Board must decide how funds will be used By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer With the passing of the Wisconsin state budget, the Burlington Area School District on Monday got its first estimate of state aid for the 2013-14 school year. The numbers are higher than expected, as the district’s first […]
Drug bust nabs guns
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Members of the Racine County Metro Drug Unit set up a buy/bust operation June 25 at the Renaissance Cinema on Highway 20 in Sturtevant. As a result, besides drugs, they recovered guns, ammunition, and marijuana growing equipment. According to the criminal complained filed in Racine County […]
Waterway district explores hiring staff
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent An additional person could be brought into the fold of Waterford Waterway Management District (WWMD) operations as the seven-person board overseeing the entity looks to streamline some of the administrative tasks. At their monthly meeting held last week, the WWMD board resumed exploration of a topic […]
Haylofters roll out classic Cole Porter
Troupe to stage ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ beginning next week By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The music of Cole Porter and antics of two divorced actors playing opposite each other hit the stage in the classic musical “Kiss Me, Kate” presented by the Haylofters at the Malt House Theater this summer. […]
Village considers request for reserved public parking
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The Village of Waterford could make parking accommodations for a recently opened college geared specifically toward people with autism. Staff at the Wisconsin Independent Life College, 104B E. Main St., came before members of the Village Board’s Public Works Utilities Committee June 17 and discussed a […]
School Board revists debate over fliers on district property
Members argue merits of banning, preserving practice for political purposes, advertising By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It’s been about three months since the Burlington Area School District School Board elections were decided, but apparently the controversy surrounding at least one part of it just won’t go away. The School Board […]
New Sheriff’s contract eyed
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Village officials are beginning negotiations with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office for its annual contract, which is set to expire at the end of 2013. Union Grove officials have worked with the Sheriff’s Office for more than three decades and during a village meeting held June […]
City continues to push feds for quiet zone reinstatement
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Burlington City Administrator Kevin Lahner hasn’t had an easy week, but I hasn’t been quite as bad as anticipated. “It’s really not as bad as I thought,” said Lahner about the number of complaints received as trains began sounding their horns again last week while […]
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