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Monday, November 25, 2024
News from the Burlington area
While election news has dominated the past week, Burlington has again quietly established itself as the epicenter of the state’s high school volleyball scene. For the third-straight year both Burlington High School and Catholic Central High School will send their girls volleyball teams to the state tournament. And because […]
City official is confident in process amid unusual election By Jason Arndt Staff Writer City of Burlington election officials stand ready to process an unprecedented total of absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 General Election. City Clerk Diahnn Halbach said she feels optimistic even after Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision […]
Although many have already cast their votes via absentee ballots or early in-person voting, Tuesday represents the final chance for voters to have their say in the contentious, pandemic-tinged election of 2020. And while the presidential election pitting incumbent Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden dominates the ballot, […]
Move would create green space, pedestrian area at new middle school By Mike Ramczyk Correspondent When was the last time you drove on Wainwright Avenue, from Perkins Boulevard to Mary Street? Well, nowadays, most of you probably checked out the construction of the new Karcher Middle School, which recently added […]
For more than 30 years the Spooky City event has been a tradition in downtown Burlington. But not this year. Like so many other events, Spooky City – which features trick or treating at local merchants, hayrides and other Halloween-themed activities – will fall victim to the coronavirus. However, […]
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 21 for an Illinois man who claims voices told him to go to a Rochester home where he drank beverages and smoked a Cigarello before the home’s occupants confronted him. Timothy M. Jurik, 29, of Wood Dale, Ill., was charged Oct. 7 in […]
The Three Harbors Council of the Boy Scouts of America will host a Haunted Woods Walk the next two weekends at Camp OH-DA-KO-TA in Burlington. The Haunted Woods Walk is a mile-long guided tour that will take approximately 40 minutes to complete. There are stairs, hills and some uneven […]
Racine County reached a sad milestone this week as it recorded its 100th death due to COVID-19. Two-thirds of that number is made up of Western Racine County residents. The news comes as the area – and the state as a whole – is seeing a surge in the […]
Investigation reveals 10 students responsible By Mike Ramczyk Correspondent Racially motivated vandalism soiled Burlington Area School District grounds for a second time late last month and the Burlington Police Department has apprehended at least 10 minors involved in both incidents. On Sept. 30, nearly two weeks after the first incident […]
By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Burlington native Alex Hanesakda, owner of Racine’s SapSap Lao cuisine, and star chef Tory Miller joined forces Oct. 3 at The Coffee House on Chestnut and Pine streets for a pop-up food event. Miller, raised in Racine, won the 2012 James Beard Award for […]
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