Wallace caps banner track season By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] For the second straight year, Burlington High School graduate Megan Wallace is an All-American. After taking eighth at the NCAA Division 3 nationals as a freshman for UW-Eau Claire last year, Wallace recently took third overall. Competing in the Pentathlon, […]
Author: Ed Nadolski
Down at the station
Club President Bob Lewis inspects a section of the track during the Tri-County Model Railroad Club’s open house March 16 at 1010 Vine Street in Union Grove. Founded in 1967, the Tri-County Model Train Club currently has 30 members building and maintaining the scenes on the model train […]
Riverside Park upgrades planned
Common Council approves improvement contracts By Jason Arndt Editor Improvements to Riverside Park are on the horizon after the Burlington Common Council approved two work orders with Ayres Associates at Tuesday’s meeting. The work orders allow Ayres Associates to assist the city with upgrading its Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan along […]
Strength in numbers: Burlington track hopes to contend thanks to record participation
Webley looking for return to state By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] For the first time ever, the Burlington boys and girls track and field teams have cracked the century mark. And they’re not doing it with a whimper. In fact, a jaw-dropping record of 130 boys and girls are in […]
A four-pronged approach
Grove forms committees to plan stage project By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Residents throughout Union Grove are being asked to help the village with planning for the new entertainment stage project, though concerns over who would serve on specific committees were raised at a meeting this week. The Village Board on […]
Prosecutors levy a dozen drug charges against town man
Traffic stop leads to arrest of suspected dealer By Jason Arndt Editor A Town of Burlington man accused of a dozen drug offenses, including eight felonies, remained in jail on a $250,000 cash bond after his initial appearance in Racine County Circuit Court on Monday. David R. Hodgkins, 53, a […]
Dog rule changes move toward vote
Council set to decide April whether to allow dogs in parks By Jason Arndt Editor Dog owners could be allowed to bring their animals to all City of Burlington parks, with specific restrictions, if the Common Council decides to move forward with the proposal at an April 3 meeting. The […]
Francois tabbed as next Waterford superintendent
Former WUHS teacher served as superintendent in Mineral Point Former Waterford High School math teacher and coach Luke Francois has been named the next superintendent of the Waterford Union High School Distirct. Francois, who spent seven years as superintendent and business manager in the Mineral Point School District and this […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
School District is on the verge of finding a replacement for soon-to-retire Superintendent Peter Smet. The district was poised on Wednesday to release the names of the three finalists for the position. The search for a new community educational leader is among the top stories in this week’s edition of […]
Living the dream: Catholic Central grad will help coach in the NCAA college basketball tournament
CC grad follows coach’s footsteps to North Dakota, joins team staff By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] It’s March Madness time in America, a magical couple of weeks where college basketball’s best 64 teams battle it out for the national championship – and millions of fans fill out their brackets in […]