Sports & Other News

Burlington

In this week’s Standard Press…

      So, what’s it like to play in a local cover band? Well, the hours are terrible, the time away from family is tough and the early morning meetings at your regular job the next day are brutal. But…it’s still a chance to make music with some friends in front […]

Union Grove

Stratton unseats Lena in Dover recall

By winning nearly 55 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s three-person recall election, current Town of Dover Supervisor Sam Stratton unseated controversial incumbent Mario Lena. Stratton will now serve the remainder of Lena’s term, which expires in April 2019. According to results posted by Town Clerk Camille Gerou, Stratton was […]

Burlington High School

SOFTBALL ALL-AREA PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Westphal, Klein combined talent, leadership to make history

Co-players of the year have built friendship for past decade, will both play college softball   By Mike Ramczyk and Andrew Horschak [email protected] During an unconventional softball season where a team like Burlington makes its first state tournament in 30 years and traditional powers like Wilmot and Westosha Central withstand […]

Burlington

Fields of gold

Bella Guardiola, 13, piggybacks onto her friend Mckenzie Zelechowski, 16, for a photo taken by Mckenzie’s sister, Charli, in a field of sunflowers on the Oak Rest Farm along Highway 83 in the Town of Burlington. The picturesque field has created a buzz on social media that continues to attract […]

Burlington

Preserved for posterity

Spitzer’s collection now on file with state Historical Society By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Forty-five boxes containing correspondence with presidents, plans to solve world hunger and life-affirming words of the world’s foremost optimists have found their way from a home high atop a hill in Burlington to a revered […]

Burlington

Group set to launch fundraising for athletic facility

Meeting was intended to raise public awareness of project By Alex Johnson Correspondent The Burlington High School Athletic Association plans to launch a campaign seeking donations for the proposed 47,000-square-foot Burlington Athletic Training facility that would be connected to Burlington High School’s south side. Mike Deans, a member of the […]

Waterford

District moves toward referendum

WGSD officials continue review of possible ballot questions By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In the lead-up to a possible vote in the near future, Waterford Graded district officials continue to discuss the possibility of holding a facilities-related referendum on an upcoming ballot. District Administrator Ed Brzinski this week continued discussing with […]

Union Grove

Grove moves to regulate e-cigs

Proposed ordinance outlaws sales of vaping products to minors By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Union Grove could soon follow in the footsteps of a smattering of other Southeastern Wisconsin municipalities and have on its books an ordinance regulating e-cigarette, or vaping, products. The Village Board on July 9 combed through a […]