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Greater Burlington and Waterford community blog
December 2007
Monday December 10, 2007
Posted by: Scott Anderson at 9:34PM CST on December 10, 2007
By Brendan O'BrienJournal TimesRACINE —
A 51-year-old man intentionally emptied a container of lantern fuel
last week and lit a match in the hopes of burning down his Town of
Burlington home, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in
Racine Circuit Court.Daniel G. Ackerman, 6834 Wheatland Road., was charged Monday with one count of arson and one count of first degree recklessly endangering safety. If convicted, Ackerman faces 52½ years in prison and $125,000 in fines. Cash bond was set for Ackerman at $100,000 on Friday. According to the complaint released Monday afternoon, at about 1 a.m. Thursday, police were called to the address where they found Ackerman lying in the snow as smoke billowed from his house. Police also said they found Ackerman’s 15 and 17-year-old daughters standing outside and his 22-year-old son inside the house attempting to douse a fire with water from the sink. complaint. The girls got dressed and went outside where they allegedly saw flames coming out of a window. The girls, who called 911, reported that they saw their brother throw items such as a burning chair out of a window as he attempted to put out the fire. In addition to the chair, officers said they found a burnt corkboard and an empty gallon can of lantern fuel outside. Inside, they said they noticed a trail of burnt carpeting from the living area to the dining area that ended in a pile of smoldering paint supplies with a large book of matches nearby. Kohl's
Posted by: librarymom at 12:02PM CST on December 10, 2007
I'm really excited that we are going to be getting a Kohl's Department store. Do you too think that it will be good for the city? Wednesday December 5, 2007
Posted by: Scott Anderson at 12:09PM CST on December 5, 2007
TOWN OF BURLINGTON — Authorities have released the name of the
woman killed Tuesday in a head-on crash in the 2200 block of Highway W
(Browns Lake Road). Noreen Zigmond, 69, of 3201 S. Browns Lake Dr., died of traumatic chest and abdominal injuries, said Racine County Medical Examiner Tom Terry. Terry said Zigmond was less than a half-mile from her home when her vehicle was struck. She was transported from the crash scene by Burlington Rescue to Memorial Hospital of Burlington. Zigmond was later transported to Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital in Wauwatosa, where she died. Town of Burlington police released no new details about the crash Wednesday morning. The crash site is north of Lake Street and south of Cedar Drive on the west side of the lake. Burlington Rescue and Town of Burlington fire crews were dispatched at 4:13 p.m. to the scene. Town police said the vehicles involved were an SUV and a Mercedes. Sunday December 2, 2007
Posted by: spare us at 8:26PM CST on December 2, 2007
8:07:53 PM how much intelligence does it take to cut grass i would think in this day & age of common sense {not} operators of equipment would possibly think before cutting into traffic i see this so often it would really hurt to say the least if rock, branch ,soda can ,steel ,ect. came out i personally have stopped and tried to enlighten some of these people to not much help my wife got hit with rock years ago from echo lake produce rock came in partily open window knocked her out for a bit to this day i see them cut into traffic luckly i dislike ambulance chasers wake up out there before somone perishes or diabled for life Football camp
Posted by: kristy at 12:58PM CST on December 2, 2007
I was wondering when the ony Romo football camp sign up was and what are the age requirements and any other information needed. |
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