Oliver Keen relaxes in a sea of stuffed animals when Union Grove Elementary School celebrated an online Spirit Week earlier this month. The event was meant to recognize the efforts of teachers and staff members as well as students and parents during this period of virtual learning due to coronavirus. […]
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News from throughout Western Racine County.
Helping to solve the local restaurant crisis
City poised to close street to accommodate outdoor dining By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Richard Lynch, of Burlington, calls the COVID-19 pandemic a catastrophic event for the restaurant and tavern industry. Lynch said the pandemic is unlike anything he has seen in his decades of experience as an industry executive. […]
Union Grove prepares for reopening
Officials outline COVID-19 protocol at municipal center By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Union Grove officials have begun outlining efforts to slowly emerge from coronavirus restrictions with in-person government meetings and a reopening of the municipal building. To strike a balance of maintaining social distancing and conducting municipal-related business in person, the […]
WUHS plans in-person graduation ceremony
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent There will be calls for social distancing, good hygiene and all of the other precautions that have become commonplace in the era of COVID-19. But plans are in motion for Waterford Union High School to hold an in-person Class of 2020 graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. […]
Plaza Theater to host Pop-Up Movies for a safe cinema fix
With the coronavirus pandemic still preventing full-scale cinema openings, Burlington’s Plaza Theater is planning to deliver movies outdoor style. Pop-Up Movies, a series of classic and newer movie titles, will begin this Saturday night on a two-story, inflatable movie screen erected across the street from the Milwaukee Avenue theater […]
What happened?
Investigators search for clues in crash that killed veteran pilot By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief The late pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed in a wooded area just east of the Burlington Municipal Airport Friday evening was an Air Force veteran, flight instructor and experienced pilot who began […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
David Schmutzler had been a pilot since he was 11 years old. Flying was in his blood, his wife said. On May 15, Schmutzler’s single-engine airplane crashed in a wooded area short of the runway at the Burlington Municipal Airport. He died a day later, at the age of […]
Her view from the frontline
Traveling nurse from area helps tackle COVID-19 By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Paige Wightman’s eyes have seen realities of COVID-19 and the toll the virus takes on patients while working as a traveling registered nurse. Wightman, a 2009 Burlington High School graduate, has spent nearly two months in a COVID-19 […]
Auxiliary hopes poppies bloom online
Traditional annual veterans fundraiser scratched by coronavirus By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief To organizer Elaine Phelps the annual American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day fundraiser in Burlington means much more than the relatively modest $3,100 it raised in 2019. “It’s a sign that we’re still Americans and we still stand […]
Local governments haven’t imposed their own restrictions
Area leaders urge caution, but continue to look to state for guidance on COVID-19 By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Three Racine County governmental leaders have no immediate plans to impose their own set of rules on residents and business now that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the […]
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