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Stock+Field will close local store
The Stock+Field store in Burlington’s Fox River Plaza will close in 2021. The company...
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Fire destroys ‘landmark’ barn at Ela Orchard
Rochester family regroups as blaze destroys heart of processing operation By Mike Ramczyk Correspondent As late as 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, public works officials and Village of Rochester fire personnel blocked off a stretch of Highway D from downtown Rochester to Heritage Road. What happened throughout most of the day […]
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Stock+Field will close local store
Retailer was key to revival of shopping center By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Stock+Field, which helped revive Burlington’s Fox River Plaza shopping center when it arrived as a Big R store in 2017, is closing along with the company’s 24 other stores in the Midwest. Stock+Field’s corporate entity filed […]
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In this week’s Standard Press…
It was a double whammy this week for local shoppers as two Burlington stores announced major changes. Stock+Field, formerly Big R, announced that it will close all 25 of its stores – including the one in Burlington’s Fox River Plaza – after filing for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy Sunday. […]
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Burlington’s top news stories of 2020: No. 2 – Coronavirus changes life as we know it
Pandemic effects businesses, schools and everyday life Burlington residents joined others in the state, across the country and the world in absorbing the global gut-punch that is the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The disease prompted a government-ordered shutdown of non-essential business and schools in April and May and fundamentally changed […]
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District: Investigation focuses on teacher’s notes to students
Burlington Area School District officials on Monday said their ongoing investigation of the actions of a Burlington High School teacher focuses on the materials he shared with his students, not his planned use of personal time to travel to Washington, D.C. last week. The planned trip to the nation’s […]
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In this week’s Standard Press…
It was a double whammy this week for local shoppers as two Burlington...
Burlington’s top news stories of 2020: No. 2 – Coronavirus changes life as we know it
A member of the Wisconsin National Guard conducts a COVID-19 nasal swab test of a...
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Fire destroys ‘landmark’ barn at Ela Orchard
Charred rubble and stone pillars are all that remains of the landmark barn at Ela...
Farewell, humble barber
Using a razor, Glenn Collins precisely trims around the ears of longtime customer...
Welcome Christmas!
Area residents celebrated the arrival of the Christmas season Dec. 5 in downtown...
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Plans for Canopy Hill advance
This engineer’s drawing shows the planned layout of the Canopy Hill housing development...
No easy solutions to affordable housing challenge
The cost of new construction makes if difficult if not impossible to create new homes...
Deputies rescue driver from fiery crash
Racine County Sheriff’s officials said deputies rescued an unconscious 18-year-old...
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Berezowitz bombs sink Waterford
Burlington’s Kale Dietz drives to the lane during Tuesday’s game against Waterford. The Demons won, 69-60 to improve to 6-2 overall and 6-1 in the Southern Lakes...
Big second half boosts Demons in opener
Burlington’s Joey Berezowitz (4) elevates as he drives into the lane during Tuesday’s season-opening game against Wilmot....
Wolverine wrestlers set for pared-down season
Joshua Cherba, one of four returning Waterford wrestlers who competed in the state individual tournament last year, will...
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Fire destroys ‘landmark’ barn at Ela Orchard
Rochester family regroups as blaze destroys heart of processing operation By Mike Ramczyk Correspondent As late as 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, public works officials and Village of Rochester fire personnel blocked off a stretch of Highway D from downtown Rochester to Heritage Road. What happened throughout most of the day […]
Stock+Field will close local store
Retailer was key to revival of shopping center By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Stock+Field, which helped revive Burlington’s Fox River Plaza shopping center when it arrived as a Big R store in 2017, is closing along with the company’s 24 other stores in the Midwest. Stock+Field’s corporate entity filed […]
