By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In a narrow 4-3 vote, Village of Waterford officials recently agreed to increase spending on a project to improve flooding in the Waterford Farm Drainage District by nearly $10,000. Village Administrator Rebecca Ewald came before the board Aug. 27 with a second change order on the […]
Sports & Other News
Gas prices fall; but they’re still on high side
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 2.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.90 yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.81, according to gasoline price website WisconsinGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas prices […]
WSD bosses address staff cooperation
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 […]
Low scores prompt change in exam procedures
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The Burlington Area School District is ready to close the chapter on its 2011 Wisconsin Knowledge and Concept Exam scores. That doesn’t mean, however, that the district didn’t learn a few lessons from lower-than-expected test scores. Last year, the WKCE exams were given in November. […]
Council worries about leaf pickup changes
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer With changes coming to the City of Burlington leaf collection policy, City Council aldermen worried Tuesday night how to enforce the changes. This year, leaf collection is set to go through Nov. 15. The Department of Public Works is asking residents to keep all garden […]
Haylofters announce cast of fall show
The Burlington Haylofters will close the season with a musical comedy featuring the ridiculous; a hilarious romp through a Florida trailer park, whose residents include an agoraphobic housewife, Jeannie, and her toll collector husband, Norbert, who’s been spending time with a stripper, Pippi, on the run from Duke, her magic […]
Speak and be spoken to now at WSD meetings
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 […]
Friday night football: Demons rout Comets
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer After pulling away to a 21-0 lead before the first quarter even ended, the Burlington High School football team might have been expecting to blow out the Delavan-Darien Comets. So when the score was tied 21-21 about 10 minutes later, the Demons could be forgiven […]
Child porn charges filed against Wind Lake man
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 […]
WWMD budget easily passes
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 […]
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