Up-and-coming team enjoying success under first-year coach By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent After struggling through the past few seasons, the Union Grove football team has emphatically turned things around this fall. The Broncos improved to 2-0 behind a stingy defense that held host Wauwatosa East to just seven points […]
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Sometimes you need a hand to hold
Students join hands for the walk from the bus to the classroom on the first day of class Tuesday at Evergreen Elementary School in Waterford. (Photo by Terry Alby)
Football player avoids career-threatening injury; Racine Horlick coach suspended
Burlington receiver eligible to play Friday, Horlick’s Fletcher must watch next game from press box By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor While a Burlington High School football player has avoided a serious injury, Racine Horlick’s head coach will be suspended one game for a comment he made in the wake […]
Mother charged with child neglect
A 32-year-old Burlington woman is charged with child neglect after allegedly leaving her 8-year-old home alone in their apartment. Molly Muhlenbeck was accused of child neglect – a Class A misdemeanor – after police were summoned to the apartment on Milwaukee Avenue Aug. 25. Muhlenbeck is due in court Sept. […]
She made it!
Nicole Williams hugs her daughter, Olivia, after waiting for her with her 3-year-old, Maya, on the first day of class at Winkler Elementary School Tuesday. Students throughout the area returned to sweltering classrooms as temperatures in the 90s greeted students to start the school year. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
BASD preschool screenings set
Preschool screenings for the 2015-16 school year will be held throughout the Burlington Area School District for any child between the ages of birth to 5 years old who is not attending 5-year-old kindergarten. Parents with children within this age range, who are concerned about his/her development, are encouraged to […]
High school football coach suspended one game for comment, issues letter of apology
According to today’s Racine Journal Times, Racine Horlick football coach Brian Fletcher has been suspended one game for his public use of the word “Caucasian” when arguing a referee’s call during Friday night’s Burlington-Horlick football game. Fletcher issued the following statement through the Racine Unified School District on Monday: “I […]
Kenosha County Fair hits average attendance in 2016
By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief For someone who had just 12 weeks to plan this year’s Kenosha County Fair, Denise Zirbel was more than happy with the results of the 2015 event. Zirbel, the fair’s full-time manager, said the five-day affair that concluded at the fairgrounds in Wilmot Sunday […]
AUDIO: Bill Michaels radio show addresses coach’s controversial comment, deems it inappropriate in public
“You don’t bring that up out in public, dude, you just don’t,” said radio personality Bill Michaels Monday morning on his show in reference to my story about a coach’s controversial use of the word “Caucasian” during Friday night’s Burlington High School football game. Late Monday morning, I had […]
Rochester ‘Day In the Country’ approaching
Rochester’s annual “Day in the Country” is set for Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day starts with a 5K run at 8:30 a.m. that begins at Case Eagle Park. Registration is $25, and can be done online at http://www.silvercirclesportsevents.com/Rochester-5k. Enjoy arts/crafts, live band, car show, […]