Residents and visitors will find it easier to find their way around the Village of Waterford with the addition of new way-finding signage being installed throughout the village this summer. A committee has been meeting for the last two years to design and set locations for way-finding directional signage to […]
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Shepherds College instructor is 2015 special ed Teacher of the Year
Shepherds College instructor, Erin Luchterhand, was recently honored as one of Exceptional Parent Magazine’s 2015 teachers of the year in the field of special education. The magazine, with a readership of more than 500,000, is the nation’s oldest and most respected monthly publication serving the special needs community. Luchterhand […]
Wind Lake blood drive to benefit local girls
Wind Lake Volunteer Fire Company will hold a blood drive Monday, May 4, 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the fire station, 7857 S. Loomis Road, Wind Lake. The drive will benefit Cheyenne Counter and Emma Banach, two local girls who have Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Children with SMA have difficulty […]
Grandi challenges Hintz in city’s Second District
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While most of the races in the City of Burlington will be uncontested, the Aldermanic race for the Second District is shaping up to be a battle. Incumbent Peter Hintz is facing challenger Bob Grandi. Aldermen Jon Schultz (Third District) and Todd Baumann (Fourth District) are […]
Wisconsin basketball fans: Enjoy, this may never happen again
By Chris Bennett Contributor The typical Wisconsin sports fan is embarrassingly blessed over the course of the last 20 years. In a closet or dresser drawer there might be a sizable stack of championship T-shirts and sweatshirts that haven’t seen the light of day in quite some time. The […]
Stabbing a sad reminder of domestic violence’s toll
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When a Burlington area resident was murdered in an apparent domestic violence incident March 22, it came about a day after the anniversary of one of the most notorious domestic violence incidents in the state. Burlington resident Francisca Quintero-Montoya died last week, after her husband allegedly […]
Village takes a step forward toward town policing
Board votes 6-1 to ask to see a contract By Patricia Bogumil Editor The Waterford Village Board decided Monday night to move forward in pursuing a joint policing arrangement with the Town of Waterford. In a 6-1 vote taken after nearly two hours of discussion, the board approved asking the […]
Kash for Kidneys fundraiser set
North Cape School and its Student Council are joining together in a fundraising effort to honor first-grade teacher, Mrs. Jessica Harris. In November, Harris made a living kidney donation to her father, and after learning about this, the Student Council decided to assemble a school/community-wide fundraiser called Kash for Kidneys. […]
Burlington finds fountain of youth in wrestling
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The wrestling world’s eyes were on Wrestlemania 31 Sunday night. But locally, it isn’t about high-flying moonsaults, Stone Cold stunners or tombstone piledrivers. It’s not the WWF you may know from childhood, but rather the WWF Kids Folkstyle State Tournament, and 13 Burlington boys […]
Frozen in time
Princesses Elsa (Ashely Monti) and Anna (Rachel Jarich) pose for a photo at the Burlington Public Library “Frozen” event Saturday. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)