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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
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Community steps up to help family in need; in memorial to a young golfer By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR On a day where thunderstorms and rain were supposed to make for a soggy afternoon, Saturday turned out to be pretty much perfect for two events seeking to help others. With the […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR A car crash claimed the life of a 24-year-old Lyons woman in the early morning hours Friday. Danielle Heath, a 2008 graduate of Burlington High School, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Walworth County coroner after she was extricated from her vehicle. According to […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The number of students coming into the Burlington Area School District under the state’s open enrollment program is nowhere near the numbers going out. And with no way to deny general students the opt-out, the BASD School Board Curriculum Committee looked at options to reduce the […]
A 24-year-old Burlington woman died early Friday morning when she lost control of the car she was driving and struck a tree along Cranberry Road in the Town of Lyons. Danielle Lee Heath was the driver and lone occupant of a 2006 Volkswagen Passat that, according to preliminary investigation, was […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The Burlington Area School District’s Finance Committee approved a pair of budget adjustments Monday night – one for the current school year, and one to finalize the budget going before the annual meeting in August. According to the district office, the date for the 2014 annual […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For former Burlington High School football coach Hans Block – and more than a few other supporters – renaming the current Burlington Athletic Stadium as “Don Dalton Stadium” simply makes sense. “We believe Don is very deserving of this recognition,” said Block at Monday night’s Burlington […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For Cyndi O’Brien, it is all too easy to get lost in time, and forget that her son, Joey, has been gone now for close to nine years. Just 16 when he died on June 17, 2005, of an aggressive form of leukemia, Joey would be […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When the City of Burlington redeveloped the Hampton Inn site several years ago, the vision of a new hotel – along with an adjacent parking structure and retail development – hung tantalizingly on the horizon. Now, in 2014, two of the three elements are done and […]
Burlington High School will celebrate its Class of 2014 with graduation ceremonies Friday night at 7 p.m. in the BHS gymnasium. The BHS class consists of 281 seniors. Allison Zeman is the class valedictorian and Marah Zinnen the class salutatorian. The high school A Capella choir will sing the national […]
By Patricia Bogumil Staff Writer By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Public health services for eight west-end communities now served by Western Racine County Health Department won’t be offered in 2015 through a newly created Racine County Health Commission – a proposal that drew mixed reviews when floated a month ago. Instead, […]
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