Aldermen question why work on traffic lights was delayed By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer While the city’s major road construction projects are done for the year, at least one similar project remains – and members of the City of Burlington Common Council wanted to know Tuesday night why it hadn’t […]
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Burlington’s Mr. Baseball steals home
Longtime umpire and baseball organizer, Rollie Bauman, dies at 86 By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Every small town has characters – people who make life easier in their chosen interests, people so special that generations will tell stories about what he or she did for them. Rollie Bauman did just […]
Bravo! Bravo!
BHS one-act play earns raves, multiple awards at state theater festival By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Even watching from the wings Saturday in Stevens Point, Burlington High School drama director Carrie Fidler knew she was watching something special unfold. Five student actors were putting out their final performance of “Rabbit […]
Was bidding process compromised?
BASD awards lighting work, but debates fairness of bidding process By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Burlington Area School District Board President David Thompson was nothing if not blunt Monday night. “I don’t think this should have been brought to us without bids,” said Thompson two weeks after a proposal to […]
Community comes through
Area residents step up to help Love Inc. provide Thanksgiving meals By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer For Carol Boher, good news has been met with bad news lately. The good news? She and her husband both now have jobs, though she gets about 10 hours a week right now and […]
New director provides a lift for CCHS musical
Students to stage ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ in December With a new director at the helm of Catholic Central High School’s upcoming musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” Principal Eric Henderson is expecting a top-notch production. “Last year, when I was looking to hire someone to resurrect our music department, I was not […]
Annual CCHS ’Topper dinner set for Dec. 1
Catholic Central High School’s 28th annual ’Topper Dinner and Auction will be held Saturday, Dec. 1, at Veterans Terrace at Echo Park in Burlington. The event is the school’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The evening begins with cocktails and appetizers at 5 p.m. and continues with two silent auctions, […]
Town holds taxes steady for 6th year
Budget hearing is set for Nov. 27 By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The Town of Burlington will hold its 2013 budget public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. The proposed property tax levy for 2013 is $1.66 million – down about 1 percent from 2012. […]
Father and daughter die in plane crash near Burlington airport
A Walworth County Sheriff’s deputy on Monday keeps watch over the wreckage of a single-engine plane that crashed just west of the Burlington Municipal Airport Sunday, killing a father and daughter from Antioch, Ill. The airport’s runway can be seen at the upper right of the photo. (Photo by Ed […]
Preliminary test scores encouraging
BASD sophomores show marked improvement over last year By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Before the start of the testing process for Burlington Area School District students this fall, district administrators felt confident that the changes they had made – both in the curriculum and in testing procedures – would benefit […]