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Determined dribbler

Catholic Central High School’s Kelsey Robers wears a determined look as she dribbles up court during a Jan. 21 game against Racine Lutheran. Robers led the Hilltoppers with 12 points in the losing effort. (Photo by John Fisher)

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Beauty and the beast

Even as temperatures plunged below zero Tuesday morning Mother Nature had a way of taking the chill out of the air by providing scenes like this at the White River Dam in Burlington’s Echo Park. The early morning sun illuminated trees and danced through the icy vapor rising from the […]

Waterford

WGSD edges close to the Co-op cliff

To avoid slipping past a Jan. 31 exit-notice deadline, Waterford Special Education Co-operative school boards are considering whether to extend the final notice deadline for Waterford Graded School District to leave the Co-op. A three-month extension to the Jan. 31 final notice deadline was requested Jan. 9 by Waterford Graded […]

Burlington

Hunter shot wolf illegally in Spring Prairie

Animal had strayed from north before it was killed By Bob Peryea Correspondent State wildlife officials have determined a hunter illegally shot a wolf in Spring Prairie Township during the deer gun hunting season in November. The hunter, whose name was not released, received a citation. According to Game Warden […]

Union Grove

The Final Cut

Barber John Lakota retires after 49 years By Julie Rossman Correspondent When John Lakota began working as a barber in Union Grove, the cost of a haircut was about two dollars – $.25 extra for a flat top. It was 1963, and Lakota was just 25 years old when he […]