SGT. Christopher A. “Chris” Kuhl, 24, Burlington, died at his home on July 21, 2012. He was born on Jan. 27, 1988, in Burlington, to Ronald Kuhl and Christie (Hayes) Huber. He had been a lifetime resident of Burlington and a graduate of Burlington High School. He went on to […]
Author: Ed Nadolski
City won’t touch housing covenants
Subdivision rule enforcement will be up to homeowners’ associations By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer While Burlington has to enforce its own municipal code, the members of the City Council really don’t want to take on anyone else’s problems. The City Council on Tuesday shied away from any involvement with […]
Wilks “sets” herself up for the future
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Kassidy Jo Wilks – AKA Jo Wilks, superstar volleyball player, Division 1 college recruit and a not-too-shabby student – will turn 18 on Aug. 1. She leaves for her full-ride college scholarship four days later and her reporting date at Furman is Aug. 7. She […]
Miller’s future includes more than football
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Burlington High School’s Neal Miller has been just about everything his coaches could have wanted in high school. Just ask BHS football coach Hans Block. “Neal Miller is one of the finest young people that I have ever had the privilege to work with,” said […]
ELAINE BAKKE DRAVES
Elaine (Ambos) Bakke Draves ‘Pidge,’ 89, died July 21, 2012, at Holton Manor Nursing Home in Elkhorn. She was born March 22, 1923, in Milwaukee, to the late Andrew J. and Irma Ambos. She married Ben Bakke in 1943. They moved to Waterford in 1944. In 1956, they moved to […]
Gas prices up in past week
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have risen 4.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.50 per gallon on Sunday. This compares with the national average that has increased 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.49, according to gasoline price website WisconsinGasPrices.com. Including the change […]
Man arrested in stabbing at truck stop
A Detroit man is in the Racine County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing incident at a truck stop in the Town of Yorkville Sunday. Nathanial O. Collins, 53, of Detroit, was being held Monday on $50,000 cash bond for charges of first-degree attempted homicide, according to […]
MARY C. KRUMREY
Mary Catherine Krumrey, 69, of Grayslake, Ill., and formerly a longtime resident of Burlington, died at home July 21, 2012. She was born in Chicago to the late George and Catherine (Durbin) Scales on Nov. 19, 1942. She was a member of St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Parish in Burlington. She […]
JOHN W. ATHERTON
John Wayland ‘Jack’ Atherton (Lt. Col. Ret.), son of the late Clayton and Jessie Atherton, was born Aug. 12, 1919, in Rochester, and died at Fairfax Hospital surrounded by his family on Dec. 4, 2011. He honorably served his country in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years before accepting […]
Man accused of pulling a fast one at car dealership
A preliminary hearing was set in Racine County Circuit Court July 18 for an Illinois man accused of knowingly writing a bogus check to purchase a car at the Lynch GM Superstore in Burlington three years ago. The hearing was expected to determine whether there was probable cause to send […]