Advocate Aurora reaches all time high for COVID cases By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Advocate Aurora Health recorded an all-time high in COVID-19 hospitalizations this week and officials from the two-state hospital system warned the trends could become worse. Chief Nursing Officer Mary Kingston said in Monday’s news briefing the […]
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In this week’s Standard Press…
With an area hospital system reaching record numbers of COVID-19 patients this week, Advocate Aurora Health is warning that things could get worse. “These are very concerning numbers, not just numbers, but people who are so ill that they require hospitalization and this points to the critically important need […]
City calculates dam costs
Options to improve or remove would cost average homeowner between $20 and $89 annually By Jason Arndt Staff Writer As residents and local officials mull the fate of the Echo Lake dam, including potential removal, many have posed another question. “The city has been asked what the Echo Lake Dam […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
The year 2021 is best defined by the acronym that dominated headlines throughout the world for the second straight year: COVID-19. The pandemic touched lives in every corner of the community as it ebbed and flowed. It led to an unruly School Board meeting as parents protested the possibility […]
One way to relive your glory days
School district selling sections of former gym floor The Burlington Area School District is selling sections of the wooden basketball court from the former Burlington High School/Karcher Middle School gym. A crew salvaged pieces of the floor before the building was torn down last summer, according to a district official. […]
City seeks opinions on options for dam
Survey on future of Echo Lake now available for residents By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Residents have another way to chime in on the long-term future of the Echo Lake dam through an online survey provided by the City of Burlington. The city has already received some feedback during a […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
With proposals for the future of the Echo Lake Dam in place, City of Burlington officials are seeking input from residents on what they believe to be the best course of action. Residents have a chance to register their preferences for consideration by the Common Council through a survey […]
BASD makes plans for relief funds
District to survey residents in January By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington Area School District residents will soon have a chance to weigh in on the district’s plan for spending the upcoming round of federal pandemic recovery funds. Superintendent Stephen Plank on Monday presented the plan to the School […]
School violence threats on social media deemed not credible
Burlington police and school officials have determined that purported threats of violence in schools circulating on social media are not credible. Burlington Area School District officials said Thursday that a staff member learned Wednesday about 9:30 p.m. of a possible threat of violence to supposedly to occur Thursday, Dec. 16, […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
Officials in the Burlington Area School District are still looking for the right formula for allowing public comments at monthly School Board meetings. On the heels of a period during which the School Board decided to shut down two meetings because of unruly protests by residents, School Board President […]