By Patricia Bogumil Interim Editor Finding just the right word is often a hit-and-miss struggle for budding poets. That’s not a problem for Bruce Dethlefsen, Wisconsin’s Poet Laureate, who shared his thoughts precisely May 9, when the Java Jo’z coffee shop in Waterford hosted an evening filled with verse and […]
Sports & Other News
School Yard Park pavilion opens for business
By Julie Rossman Correspondent After a year-and-a-half of construction and hundreds of hours of volunteer time, the new brick concession building at Union Grove’s School Yard Park is open for business. “It takes a whole community to make this happen,” said Village President Mike Aimone at the official dedication of […]
State track and field qualifiers
The following are qualifiers to the WIAA state meet from Burlington, Waterford Union, Union Grove Union and Catholic Central High Schools: Burlington, Division 1 Boys Max Shenkenberg, triple jump (seeded fourth) Garrett Riggs, pole vault (seeded 20th) Girls Audra Weis, pole vault (seeded 11th) Megan Hegeman, triple jump (seeded 10th) […]
Union Grove softball ties for conference crown
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Going into Tuesday night’s Southern Lakes Conference games, Union Grove needed a win over Waterford, and a loss by Westosha Central to Wilmot to tie for the SLC title. The Bronco girls got their wish as they shut out Waterford 10-0, and then learned that […]
Golf roundup: Waterford wins WIAA regional
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With a superb 301 team total, the Waterford High School boys’ golf team won the WIAA Division 1 regional Tuesday held at Rivermoor Country Club in Waterford. The 301 total was 11 strokes better than the team’s previous low score this year, and 18 strokes […]
A one-time payoff may end the grinder pump standoff
WSD adds a new option to consider By Patricia Bogumil Interim Editor With no clear end in sight to how much or how to charge some 302 users of district-owned grinder pumps, another option – paying them off – came up May 9, when the Town of Waterford Sanitary District […]
Leadership Union Grove 2012 class graduates
Congratulations to the 2012 Leadership Union Grove Class who received their graduation certificates May 9 at the Bixby-Hansen American Legion. Graduates Sloan Allen and John Donovan spoke about what the class and much more importantly what the classmates had come to mean for them. The guest speaker was Lauri Ehleiter, […]
Pausing to remember
Emotional memorial service honors city’s fallen officers By Ed Nadolski Editor in chief Each May in recent years, Jean Taylor receives a letter from the parole board advising her the man convicted of killing her father will be considered for release from prison. As upsetting as that annual ritual […]
Town board approves asphalt plant
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer The Town of Burlington Board of Supervisors unanimously approved both a zoning changing and a conditional use application as approved by its planning and zoning committee to allow an asphalt plant on the former J.W. Peters property. Property owner Cretex Materials Inc. of Elk River, […]
Asphalt plant plan raises a stink with city residents
But mayor says most of his concerns have been satisfied by owner By Ed Nadolski Editor in chief A proposal for a new asphalt mixing plant on a portion of the former J.W. Peters property is shaping up as a classic NIMBY (not in my backyard) issue – except […]
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