By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer Newly elected Waterford Sanitary District Commissioner Dan Dickinson says he was taken aback recently after requesting some documents from the WSD administrator, Debbie Nelson. Nelson told Dickinson he’d have to make an open records request for the material he needed and pay for it like […]

By Patricia Bogumil Editor In the past, residents could address Town of Waterford Sanitary District commissioners during a meeting, but WSD commissioners could not speak to residents. That situation has now been fixed. The lack of two-way discussion became an issue in the Aug. 14 recall of previous WSD Board […]

By Patricia Bogumil Editor A Wind Lake man whose computer broke down after he allegedly downloaded a “torrent” of child pornographic images faces imprisonment for the rest of his life after being charged with 20 felony counts of possession of child pornography. According to the criminal complaint approved for filing […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Seventy percent of the nearly 100 residents in attendance voted in favor of a 2012-13 budget of more than $400,000 at the Waterford Waterway Management District’s annual meeting Saturday. Sixty of the 86 registered voters in attendance favored the budget of $427,398.76, which will fund operations […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As Countryside Humane Society winds down its animal control contracts by year’s end with various municipalities across Racine County, Waterford village officials continue to mull how the service should be handled in 2013 and beyond. Village Administrator Rebecca Ewald recently provided the Village Board with an […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As design guidelines continue to be crafted for downtown businesses in Waterford’s Heritage District, a controversy about window signs also continues to advance. The Village Board recently reviewed a first reading of an ordinance that outlined what is permissible for window signs in the Heritage District. […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent       In an effort to gauge future, long-term enrollment trends, officials in the Waterford Graded School District will consider commissioning a population study. Waterford Graded serves all or portions of several municipalities: the towns of Waterford, Norway and Dover, and the villages of Rochester and Waterford. […]

By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer The Racine County Sheriff’s Department has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Waterford man who allegedly pushed a woman from a moving vehicle in the Village of Waterford Aug. 11. Benjamin W. Evenson, 25, has been charged with second degree reckless endangerment and […]

By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer A 20-year-old Wind Lake man faces up to 40 years in prison after being charged with second degree sexual assault of a child. Zachariah P. Bakke allegedly raped a then 14-year-old girl in the basement of his Wind Lake home in September of 2011. According […]

Change in state law needed to proceed By Patricia Bogumil Editor The Waterford Town Board voted unanimously Monday night to allow the number of commissioners serving on the Waterford Sanitary District Board to change from three to five. The town board’s vote is the first step in a formal process […]