Local printer is considering new facility to house merged operation By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Since 1933, the Bulletin has served printing and office supply needs for the Burlington area. Now, it is time for owners Lynn and Gordy Gruenke to – in Lynn’s words – start the next phase […]

A Burlington man who briefly holed up in his ex-girlfriend’s basement and allegedly threatened to slit her throat and kill their children May 26, was in jail this week awaiting court proceedings on multiple criminal charges. Adam G. Floyd, 27, was captured by a Racine County Sheriff’s Deputy after apparently […]

State budget process leaves BASD, other districts hanging By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer There’s nothing like a state biennial budget process to throw a school district for a loop. That is where Burlington Area School District is sitting right now. While most budget issues seem to be falling neatly into […]

A supporter of improvements to athletic facilities at Burlington Area School District schools has launched an online petition drive to drum up backing for a referendum that – if successful – could secure funding for the upgrades. Kevin Bird, a local youth wrestling coach and parent of a state champion […]

Hispanic ministry brings together local congregations Catholics representing several Burlington-area congregations joined with members of the Hispanic community at St. Charles Borromeo Church last Saturday in a procession that served as a show of unity among local Catholics. The procession, led by the Rev. Sergio Lizama, a priest who ministers […]

City officials were hoping to learn more in June Aurora Health Care officials announced Thursday afternoon that it will be the end of the year before they make any decision regarding the long-term future of medical facilities in the Burlington area. In a statement sent to the Standard Press, Jeffrey […]

Twin Lakes Police Lt. Jeffery Kreft, of Spring Prairie, was ‘like a little kid on Christmas’ May 7 when he was promoted to lieutenant in charge of the third shift for the department. Less than three weeks later, fate would have it that Kreft’s work schedule would put him in […]

Area bike trails are focus of statewide TV show Burlington new distinction as a destination for bicyclists is the subject of an upcoming episode of the television show “Discover Wisconsin.” “America’s Bicycleland” premieres June 1-2 and will reach more than 250,000 viewers across the upper Great Lakes region, including Wisconsin, […]

The City of Burlington Fire Department will begin a new era June 3 when its first full-time chief will take the reigns. Perry Howard, a 32-year veteran and an assistant fire chief with the Beach Park, Ill, Fire Protection District and lieutenant with the Arlington Heights, Ill., Fire Department has […]