The Burlington community as well as the state wrestling industry lost a friend, family member, competitor and two-time WIAA Division 1 state champion Friday in a Town of Mukwonago crash. Josh Bird, a 2016 BHS graduate, was best described as a loving and thoughtful person on the school program’s Twitter […]
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News from the Burlington area
Section of Burlington Bypass to close Tuesday
Repaving project will last until mid-August Work to replace pavement on the Highway 11 Burlington Bypass is slated to begin Tuesday, May 26. The project area will extend from the Highway 36 interchange on Burlington’s southwest side to the Highway 83 interchange on the city’s east side, according to the […]
Helping to solve the local restaurant crisis
City poised to close street to accommodate outdoor dining By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Richard Lynch, of Burlington, calls the COVID-19 pandemic a catastrophic event for the restaurant and tavern industry. Lynch said the pandemic is unlike anything he has seen in his decades of experience as an industry executive. […]
Plaza Theater to host Pop-Up Movies for a safe cinema fix
With the coronavirus pandemic still preventing full-scale cinema openings, Burlington’s Plaza Theater is planning to deliver movies outdoor style. Pop-Up Movies, a series of classic and newer movie titles, will begin this Saturday night on a two-story, inflatable movie screen erected across the street from the Milwaukee Avenue theater […]
What happened?
Investigators search for clues in crash that killed veteran pilot By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief The late pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed in a wooded area just east of the Burlington Municipal Airport Friday evening was an Air Force veteran, flight instructor and experienced pilot who began […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
David Schmutzler had been a pilot since he was 11 years old. Flying was in his blood, his wife said. On May 15, Schmutzler’s single-engine airplane crashed in a wooded area short of the runway at the Burlington Municipal Airport. He died a day later, at the age of […]
Her view from the frontline
Traveling nurse from area helps tackle COVID-19 By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Paige Wightman’s eyes have seen realities of COVID-19 and the toll the virus takes on patients while working as a traveling registered nurse. Wightman, a 2009 Burlington High School graduate, has spent nearly two months in a COVID-19 […]
Auxiliary hopes poppies bloom online
Traditional annual veterans fundraiser scratched by coronavirus By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief To organizer Elaine Phelps the annual American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day fundraiser in Burlington means much more than the relatively modest $3,100 it raised in 2019. “It’s a sign that we’re still Americans and we still stand […]
COVID-19 testing draws a crowd
National Guard conducts coronavirus testing in school parking lot By Jason Arndt Staff Writer The Wisconsin National Guard, in partnership with multiple health departments, have ramped up free drive-thru testing for COVID-19 statewide including a stop at Burlington High School. The Burlington site, which saw more than 300 people tested […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
If there was any doubt of a pent-up need for additional COVID-19 testing in the area all anyone had to do was take a look at parking lot of Burlington High School early this week to convince them otherwise. Hundreds of cars snaked through the lot as members of […]
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