By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Meeting as a Committee of the Whole Tuesday, the Burlington Common Council gave preliminary approval to move forward with a grant application for funds for new firefighting equipment. Fire Chief Alan Babe outlined the proposal, which involves contracting with a company to submit a grant application […]

A 41-year-old Town of Burlington man was found dead in the John Margis Wildlife Area last week. The man found was identified as Jason Allen Kolbinger. The Racine County Sheriff’s Department was sent to the park on Oct. 5 for a body found there. According to a press release from […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With the results in from both exit surveys and a district-wide employee survey, Burlington Area School District employees past and present seem mostly satisfied. Both surveys were reviewed by the School Board at a special meeting Monday night, with two problem areas identified, but a majority […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The presence of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Sen. Ron Johnson, State Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos and Gov. Scott Walker did little to placate some of those in attendance Saturday at the First Congressional District Republican Fall Fest Saturday. In spite of speeches […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With the results in from both exit surveys and a district-wide employee survey, Burlington Area School District employees past and present seem mostly satisfied. Both surveys were reviewed by the School Board at a special meeting Monday night, with two problem areas identified, but a majority […]

  Ryan says he’s sickened by Trump’s comments about women After the release Friday afternoon of a tape from 2005 in which Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump made comments objectifying women, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan issued a statement saying Trump would not be at Saturday’s Republican Fall Fest […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A local woman traveling with a church group was anxiously waiting out the wallop of Hurricane Matthew Wednesday morning. Kathy Spiegelhoff, of Burlington, a registered nurse who works full-time at Gooseberries, traveled with Friends of the Children in Haiti Sept. 23. It was a medical mission […]

By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A Burlington strip mall hit heavily by the recession in the last eight years has a new owner. Joseph Devorkin, the managing member of Fox River Plaza LLC, closed on the property Sept. 26. “We purchased the property for the abundant upside and potential the property […]

  A body was found in the John Maris Wildlife Area on Fish Hatchery Road in the late morning hours Wednesday. According to Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling, the initial findings of his investigation team is that the death was accidental. “His death appears consistent with that of an accident,” […]