Small plane makes a slick landing on the Interstate By Patricia Bogumil Editor A twin-engine 1968 Beecher aircraft crashed on the Interstate near the Highway 20 exit in Racine Monday night while trying to land at the South Sylvania airport in the Town of Yorkville. At the scene, the male […]
Sports & Other News
A family for Africa
Locals to give up comfortable Wisconsin home to help in Swaziland By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The statistics are sobering. In Africa, a child dies every three seconds of hunger or malnutrition. Every 14 seconds, a child is orphaned because of AIDS. There are 200,000 orphans in Swaziland – a […]
Demons bounced out of WIAA football playoffs
By Jennifer Eisenbart SPORTS EDITOR In the end Friday night, the Burlington High School football team just didn’t have an answer for Watertown quarterback Tarek Yaeggi. Yaeggi completed 21 of 30 passes for 293 yards and five touchdowns in Friday’s WIAA Division 2 Level One playoff game, as the Goslings […]
Driver in critical condition after early morning crash
A 30-year-old Elkhorn man is in critical condition at Froedtert Memorial Hospital after an early morning car crash in Waterford township. According to a press release from the Racine County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the scene on High Drive near Honey Creek Road around 12:30 a.m. When deputies […]
‘You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown’
High school play advances to sectionals The Union Grove High School’s drama department’s production of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” is advancing to sectionals. The department competed in the Wisconsin High School Forensic Association One Act Theater Competition at Tremper High School on Oct. 20 and advanced to the […]
What’s a little rain with art to enjoy?
River’s Edge Art Walk a success in spite of uncooperative weather The Oct. 19 River’s Edge Art Walk drew about 500 people intent on ignoring pesky raindrops while enjoying dozens of original pieces of art on display throughout downtown Waterford. Organizers now are looking ahead to next year, imagining […]
Waterford district may leave special ed co-op again
By Patricia Bogumil Editor A special joint meeting for all school districts in the Waterford Special Education Cooperative has been called for Wednesday, Nov. 14, to discuss the Cooperative’s makeup in the near future. The Cooperative is run by the Waterford Union High School district to provide services for special […]
Hilltoppers come up just short of trip to state cross country
By Jennifer Eisenbart SPORTS EDITOR Throughout the second half of Saturday’s WIAA Division 3 sectional at Lake Country Lutheran High School, the Catholic Central High School girls cross country team moved up in the pack. In the end, though, they didn’t quite move quite high enough. Hoping for a berth […]
Making the grade
Although meeting or exceeding expectations, local schools get varied ratings in state ‘report cards’ By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer When Burlington Area School District Assistant Superintendent Connie Zinnen first presented the basics on the new state school report cards issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, she sounded cautious. […]
BHS boys claim SEC title
By Jennifer Eisenbart SPORTS EDITOR The Burlington High School boys volleyball team wasn’t perfect Saturday at the Southeast Conference tour-nament. In fact, the Demons even lost a set in pool play, forcing them in a position where they had to sweep rival Westosha Central to win the pool. Burlington did […]
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