A Kansasville man is charged in Racine County Circuit Court with his fifth drunken driving offense. Johnny Bryson Sr., 48, was charged Tuesday with operating while intoxicated, fifth or sixth offense, with a general alcohol concentration enhancer. He had previous convictions in Wisconsin and Georgia dating back to 1995. According […]
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New facility for construction students OK’d
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A new learning environment for the Burlington High School Architecture, Construction and Engineering Academy students was approved Monday night. The Burlington Area School District School Board Buildings, Grounds and Transportation Committee approved the $306,502 project, which involves moving the students out of a 1,200-square-foot classroom at […]
City looking for Lynch theft suspect
City of Burlington police are looking for a black male suspected of stealing a 2016 Yukon Denali early Monday morning. The Denali, valued at $72,000, and $8,500 of Bridgestone tires were taken at about 3:10 a.m. Monday. Surveillance video shows a black male breaking the Lynch service bay window and […]
Reception venue eyed for former furniture store
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Owner Shad Branen stopped by the City of Burlington Committee of the Whole meeting last week to announce the first tenants at a prominent downtown retail building. The former Schuette-Daniels Furniture store – now known as The Mercantile – will house both a wedding reception/meeting venue […]
New facility for construction students OK’d
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A new learning environment for the Burlington High School Architecture, Construction and Engineering Academy students was approved Monday night. The Burlington Area School District School Board Buildings, Grounds and Transportation Committee approved the $306,502 project, which involves moving the students out of a 1,200-square-foot classroom at […]
School options presented
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With costs now before the Burlington Area School District School Board, the narrowing of options on the district’s facilities study is about to start. After a presentation by Nick Kent of Plunkett Raysich Architects Monday night, the board set an Oct. 31 meeting date to narrow […]
Pool has been a boon for Elkhorn
New facility has seen booming attendance, strong revenues By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As Nov. 8 draws near and more people in the City of Burlington start to weigh in on the possibly of a new community pool, local officials have turned to their neighbor to the west for some advice […]
Waterford begins emergency repairs on malfunctioning well
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT After declining precipitously in the past month, Village of Waterford officials are ramping up efforts to remediate a malfunctioning well that is operating below capacity. The Village Board on Oct. 10 gave Jeff Dolezal, public works director, the green light to spend up to $25,000 to […]
Some residents oppose access road for KW precast
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A planned new access for KW Precast met with pushback from Spring Valley Road residents Tuesday night at the City of Burlington Plan Commission meeting. “I’ve never seen anything more ridiculous in my life,” said Jack Sommers, a resident of Spring Valley Road. Representatives from KW […]
Women arrested for prostitution at village residence
Two women were arrested in Union Grove last week after the Racine County Sheriff’s Department raided what they suspect to be a brothel. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office, both Adena Sparks, and Eugenia Nance were taken into custody Sunday following an undercover operation. The statement said […]
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