Suhling plans to use her talents in home state By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer Like most students at Catholic Central High School, Casandra Suhling had college in her future as she started her senior year. The question was: would she get the financial aid to go to where she […]
Author: Ed Nadolski
Tough talk, more time
Owner gets another extension to work on Teut Rd. home By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer How serious was Town of Burlington Supervisor Jeff Lang June 14? Well, after years of working being delayed on the property at 246 S. Teut Road, he was completely serious in his suggestion that if […]
Music for the market
Jeff Kramer (left) and George Lawrence perform on the banjo and guitar, respectively, at the Burlington Farmers Market on a recent Thursday. The market is offered each Thursday from 3-7 p.m. at Wehmhoff Square in downtown Burlington. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
BASD tensions are part of the process
Incoming Superintendent Smet says Democracy isn’t always easy By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer The old proverb, “May you live in interesting times,” has been offered as both a blessing and a curse. Incoming Burlington Area School District Superintendent Peter Smet tends to look at the blessing side of the […]
EUGENE F. HOPKINS
Eugene “Gene” F. Hopkins, 90, Union Grove, died June 12, 2012, at his residence. His family and friends may gather for visitation at the Union Grove Methodist Church on Saturday, June 30, from 1-2 p.m. A memorial service officiated by the Rev. Milagros Bermudez which will include Masonic prayers will […]
GLORIA D. CROWLEY
Gloria D. Crowley, 77, of Lyons, died June 19, 2012, at Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal, Ill. She was born on April 3, 1935, in Chicago, to the late Julius and Ilda (Caccini) Desideri. She spent her early life in Chicago and was a graduate of Spalding […]
Fire fails to consume residents’ spirit
Mementos from charred rubble help them move on By Ed Nadolski Editor in chief Sharon Klein, who lost her husband to cancer a year-and-a-half ago, said through tears Tuesday that she felt she lost him all over again after a fire ravaged the duplex that she, her two sons […]
Top teams dominate SLC softball selection for 2012
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Throughout the entire Southern Lakes Conference season, three schools spent most of the time trying to make a case for their claim of being the best – Wilmot, Westosha Central and Union Grove. In the end, all three schools ended up tied on top of […]
BHS on top of SLC baseball picks
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor In a year where Wilmot narrowly edged out Burlington and Westosha Central for the Southern Lakes Conference baseball crown, the Demons could still claim they had the best of the best players in the conference. Burlington (9-4 in the SLC) finished with three players on […]
Another bombshell for BASD
Timing of Ketterhagen’s merit pay plan touches off firestorm By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer The final words spoken by out-going Burlington Area School District Superintendent David Moyer at Monday night’s curriculum meeting were direct, to the point – and might have summed up just where tensions on the […]