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School board candidates in two Racine County school districts have received hundreds of dollars in donations from political parties in nonpartisan elections. New campaign finance reports show that candidates in the Burlington Area School District and the Muskego-Norway School District — which straddles Racine and Waukesha counties — received a combined $3,500 from Republican organizations. The Waukesha County Democratic Party had announced its support for three Muskego-Norway candidat...

“There’s a song that Colleen, John, Candi (Pickrell) Austin, & Shari sang sometimes at the Assembly Church, called Freely, Freely. Two lines especially remind me so much of Colleen and how she continued to be a light and joy in her life, sharing God’s love with others many others: “And in Jesus’ name I come to you, to share His love as he taught me to.” Which is exactly what Colleen did.” ~ Shari Shelton, 2021 Colleen Anne Brown (née Florian), loving mother...

Ugly November memories, COVID worries, public input Several members of the board shared that they still have emotional “scars” from the Nov. 9, 2020, meeting of the school board, during which demonstrators shut down the meeting and yelled at elected officials before police arrived and the room was cleared, with a brief protest continuing outside. Demonstrators calling for anti-racism to be included in the Burlington Area School Districts policies and curriculums shut down the School B...

Snapchat’s speed filter was the subject of several cases in where individuals allegedly used Snapchat's speed filter to monitor their speed.

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT 9th Circ. Restores Snapchat Speed Filter Death Suit Law360 (May 4, 2021, 4:46 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday revived a suit alleging that Snapchats "Speed Filter" influenced three boys to get into a fatal high-speed car wreck, saying that the Communications Decency Act does not shield the apps creator from claims about the design of the app itself. The panel reversed a dismissal order that found that Carly Lemmon, Michael Morby, and Samantha and Marlo Brown...

  Perspective by Dan O’Donnell The strength of conservatism in Wisconsin has always rested in its grassroots, particularly in the WOW Counties, and last night once again proved its strength when it is well-organized and motivated. Superintendent While liberal Jill Underly easily won the State Superintendent race, this was no surprise.  No teachers union-backed candidate has lost this race in at least 20 years, and her allies dumped more money in support of her and against her opponent than ...

Wisconsin Examiner Eau Claire City Hall. (Wisconsin Historical Society) In 2019, Kyle Woodman ran for an at-large seat on the Eau Claire City Council. In his campaign, he commented on the local issues that were likely to be decided by the 11-member body. He told VolumeOne , a Chippewa Valley culture magazine, his priority was building infrastructure that would facilitate economic growth.  He finished in 10th in a 10-person race.  This year, he’s running for City Council again, against in...

BURLINGTON — Party politics is creeping into a nonpartisan Burlington political season that is also marked by the emergence of a new group espousing anti-government viewpoints, which has shared videos calling on people to “rebel” and “to preserve our community, our state, our nation and our way of life.” Two candidates for the Burlington Area School District School Board are getting support from the Racine County Republican Party, despite the fact that the nonpartisan n...

“I hope to put myself in the position of a first-time listener” he says — a listener replete with 21st century attitudes, preconceptions, prejudices. What about first-time listeners in Schubert’s day? For a start, most often they would not have been ‘audience’ but ‘performers’ round the family piano, at various levels of proficiency, entertaining themselves in the absence of CDs, streaming, netflix and social media. Perhaps playing and singing one’s way through the oeuvre woul...

BURLINGTON — A lively year for local elections is taking shape in Burlington, as several newcomers announce their candidacies for both city government and schools. Voters in the April 6 elections will have contested races to decide for both the Burlington City Council and the Burlington Area School Board. Issues motivating candidates include attracting new business downtown, controlling pollution from local industry and resolving racial tensions in the schools. School board challenger Marl...