By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer For the last several months, the City of Burlington has been trying to decide how to address Aurora’s decision to close the maternity/obstetrics department at Memorial Hospital of Burlington. The city has weighed options – which include inviting United Health to build another […]
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Fairytale with a twist
St. Charles presents ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ St. Charles School will present its annual spring musical starting this weekend. The show, “Once Upon a Mattress,” is a musical comedy of “The Princess and The Pea” fairy tale. Shows are Saturday at 7 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., Friday, May 10, […]
Farmers Market returns May 2
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The Burlington Farmers Market returns for its sixth season Thursday, May 2, at Wehmhoff Square Park. Market Director Carol Reed said time has flown by, but there are still new things to be found. This year, the market has instituted a debit/credit card system. A […]
Lynch revs it up to host 20th motorsports show
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer For Lynch Superstore General Sales Manager John Fischer, the annual motorsports show at the dealership has been a labor of love. “I grew up with racing,” said Fischer, who is readying for the 20th year of the show, which will be Saturday, May 11. What […]
City launches street repair projects
Washington Street will be closed to traffic near fire station By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer While the weather may still feel like early spring – and at times like winter – the summer road construction season has already begun in Burlington. “We have streets closed already,” said Mayor Bob Miller. […]
BASD budget begins to take shape
Levy at 1 percent increase, but final figures are months away By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The Burlington Area School District has begun to narrow down the numbers for its 2013-14 budget, but there will be several different factors up in the air for the next few months. BASD officials […]
Clean Sweep is Saturday
Residents will be able to dispose of hazardous materials By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The spring Clean Sweep program at the Burlington Department of Public Works will be Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon. Last year, among the six communities involved, more than 43,000 pounds of hazardous household waste, […]
Local students bounce back on statewide tests
Double-digit improvement registered in several areas By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington Area School District students bounced back from a subpar performance on state standardized tests last school year to show nearly across-the-board improvement on tests taken earlier this school year. Figures released Monday by the Wisconsin Department of […]
’12 Angry Men’ takes the stage
Haylofters tackle drama of jury deliberations By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It’s the hottest day of the summer. Twelve men, tasked with deciding the fate of a young man in a murder case, sit in a jury room. One votes “not guilty.” And so goes the award-winning play, “12 Angry […]
River reprieve: Floodwaters recede before wreaking havoc
By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Burlington area officials were ready for the worst last week as local rivers rushed their banks and threatened record flooding. But as sandbags were filled and an emergency declared Thursday, the predicted steady downpour instead showed up as nothing more than an annoying […]
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