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The best of the best

Area competitors named best in their sports in SLC Led by players of the year Sophia Rampulla and Cooper Willis of Union Grove, and Wylde Chupich of the Badger/Burlington gymnastics team, the western Racine County area is well represented on this year’s All-Southern Lakes Conference teams. Multiple student-athletes from Burlington, […]

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Snow day

Samual Lile catches some air on a jump at the bottom of the sledding hill at Devor Park in Burlington Saturday. After an unusually dry December, the Burlington area received its first significant snowfall of the season on New Year’s Day. The holiday gave people a chance to enjoy the […]

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BHS gets real test Friday night

Union Grove comes into game with unblemished record The football season reaches its halfway point this weekend. While conference favorites like Lake Geneva Badger and Union Grove continue to win and are undefeated at 2-0 in the Southern Lakes Conference, the young, sophomore-led Burlington Demons have won two in a […]

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LILA M. KRUEGER

      Lila M. Krueger, 105, of Tampa, Fla., passed away Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Inspired Living Tampa. Lila was born in Lake Villa, Ill. to Charles and May (nee Ewing) Nelson. Her early life was spent in Honey Creek. She graduated from the Racine County School of Agriculture in […]

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JOEL GAUGER

      Joel Gauger, 63, of Stockton, Calif. and formerly of Rochester, passed away Dec. 22, 2020 Joel was born in Burlington on March 10, 1957 to Marvin and Lois (Keller) Gauger. In his last years, he was fulfilling a life long dream of living on a boat that he experienced […]

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STEVEN J. SOKOLOWSKI

Steven J. Sokolowski, 69, of Union Grove, passed away at Burlington Memorial Hospital on Nov. 24, 2020. Steve was born on Aug. 29, 1951 to Gerald and Delores (nee Knorr) Sokolowski. He proudly served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Following his military service, he worked as […]

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JANET RUTH KLEIN

      Janet Ruth “Jan” (Pues) Klein, 76, of Waterford, passed away peacefully at home, May 14, 2020. Jan is survived by her devoted and ever-loving husband of 31 years, Glenn; her children Robert Pues and Michael (Laurie) Pues; step-daughter Cori (Dean) Gibson; step-son Ryon (Anne) Klein; grandchildren Justin, Jacob, Tony, […]