Burlington area comes through with $47,000 for displaced workers in first month By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer In the weeks since Echo Lake Foods saw a major fire damage about 70 percent of the company, the support of the Burlington community has come pouring in. Love Inc. Executive Director Bill […]
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Meeting on transit plan postponed
A meeting seeking public comments on proposals for improving public transportation in Racine County has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 12. The meeting was originally planned for March 5 in Burlington, but has been postponed due to a forecast of heavy snow for the area that day, according to officials […]
Tornado warning was a test, NWS says
Certainly people throughout the area are a bit on edge anticipating a snowstorm later today and Tuesday that could bring up to a foot of snow to the area – but a tornado warning? Really? No, not really. The National Weather Service office in Sullivan issued a tornado warning for […]
Hitchin’ a ride home on the Pony Express
Washington-Caldwell students learn how mail was delivered in the ‘good old days’ Second-grade students in the Washington-Caldwell district recently took a break from the world of instant messaging to relive the good old days, when people had to travel in order to communicate long distance. Shortly after reading Dale Ryder’s […]
Gas prices offer a bit of relief from recent trend
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 5.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.72 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.8 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
Local anglers asked to weigh in on panfish
DNR to host meeting in Burlington Monday night Local anglers and others are invited to share their expectations for fishing for panfish in Wisconsin at a meeting set for Monday, March 4, at Burlington High School. The meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. in the school library on […]
Win over Comets lifts Broncos to .500 in SLC
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Union Grove High School girls basketball team ended the regular season at home with an easy 49-30 win over Southern Lakes Conference foe Delavan-Darien Feb. 21. The win pushed Union Grove to .500 in the SLC for at 7-7. The girls are 9-13 overall. […]
BHS bowlers headed to club state championships
By Jennifer Eisenbart STAFF WRITER Like many club teams that compete around the state of Wisconsin, the Burlington High School bowling squads have to work hard for any publicity they get. Or, as one of the team members so succinctly put it, if they want any attention for their accomplishments, […]
Live from state gymnastics Saturday!
This is Jennifer Eisenbart, and we will have live updates after each rotation here. Please refresh often, and for more immediate updates, follow JJEisenbart on Twitter. 11:15 a.m. – Burlington Combined gets off to a rocking start on the vault. Everyone landed both vaults, with Molly Benavides topping out with […]
Pot buy sting nabs area man
A Union Grove man is charged with selling marijuana in Burlington following a drug sting conducted by the Racine County Metro Drug Unit last August. Robert A. Vanderham, 30, made his initial appearance in Racine County Circuit Court Feb. 22 to face three counts of manufacture/deliver THC, which is the […]
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