Members of the Burlington High School student section show off the larger-than-life heads of boys basketball team members during regional play Feb. 22 at BHS. The Demons beat Muskego 59-53 but fell Saturday to Janesville Craig 59-48 in the regional final. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
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Hail to the champ (and he’s just a freshman)
Burlington High School’s Josh Bird (on top) grapples with Bill Holz of Menomonee Falls during the quarterfinals of the WIAA Division 1 state tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison last week. Bird went on to win the title at 120 pounds as a freshman. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
She flies through the air with the greatest of ease
Burlington Combined team gymnast Jacquie Fiorillo competes on the vault at last week’s sectional meet at Waukesha West High School. The team won the meet and competes in the state meet Friday. (Photo by Rick Benavides)
WALTER B. MAAS
Walter B Maas, 89, Presque Isle, formerly of Waterford, died Feb. 20, 2013, at Waterford Senior Living surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 27, 1923, to the late Thomas and Gertrude (Ullmann ) Maas of Waterford. He married Catherine Rucht on April 28, 1945. He was a […]
Enshrined at BHS
Burlington High School Athletic Director Eric Plitzuweit (right) introduces the 2013 athletic Wall of Fame inductees at halftime of Friday night’s boys basketball game: (from left) former coach Lyle Foulke, Jenny (Sliwa) Barry and Nick Webber. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
A land to call their own
Gage Nicholson (left) and his brother, Riley, both from Lake Geneva, enjoy the main display Saturday at the All-Star LEGO Show hosted by the Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club, Kenosha LEGO Users Group and the Chicago Area LEGO Users Group. The display, at the Abbey Resort in Fontana, featured numerous […]
Crews clear the debris from Echo Lake Foods fire
Salvage crews use heavy equipment Tuesday to remove the charred remains from the fire-damaged buildings at Echo Lake Foods. The fire destroyed about 70 percent of the local breakfast foods manufacturing plant. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)
Paying it forward
Natasha Helbling, a six-year cancer survivor, happily made her annual trip back to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee Feb. 8, dropping off dozens of new and gently-used stuffed animals that she knows help kids heal. Helbing is a Union Grove Union High School graduate and now teaches at Washington-Caldwell School in […]
White cap
The statue of Abraham Lincoln, on Kane Street at State Street, wears a cap of snow Friday morning as residents throughout the neighborhood shovel out from several inches of wet, heavy snow that fell on the area Thursday. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)
And the assist goes to the bishop
The Most Rev. Donald Hying, auxiliary bishop of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, adjusts a microphone for Catholic Central High School student Alexa Paleka Jan. 28 during a Mass celebrating Catholic Schools Week at CCHS. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)