Burlington Combined gymnast Lauren Otter performs on the floor exercise at the Falcon Invite Saturday. The local team swept most of the top finishes at the meet, but finished second in the team competition. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

Burlington High School’s Brody Fitzpatrick (left) battles his way to a third-place finish at 138 pounds at the Mid-States wrestling tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater last week. (Photo by Bob Mischka)

A bald eagle perches in a tree in Burlington at the confluence of the Fox and White rivers. Bald eagles have been spotted regularly in the area during the winter months, presumably because the open water near the White River dam provides a suitable spot for cold-weather fishing. (Photo by […]

Shannon Lakota (left), stuck in Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington over the holidays, visits with Santa Claus and her daughter Sam Winter on Christmas Eve. Santa and his elves – along with members of the Burlington Lions Club – made visits to both the hospital and Kindred Health Care to […]

A lone set of footprints crosses the Fox River bridge at Riverside Park in Burlington Dec. 21 after the area experienced its first snow fall of the season. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)

Burlington High School National Honor Society advisor Greg Zeman directs the Klements Racing Sausages on what to do during Saturday’s boys basketball game. The sausage race was held at halftime to raise money for United Way. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

Eighth grader Lauren Dujardin plays flute Nov. 29 with the band at Karcher Middle School. The school’s bands played a variety of seasonal music during their annual Winter Concert. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)

Volunteers help prepare desserts as part of the Thanksgiving Dinner served last week at St. John the Divine Church in Burlington. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

A pack of runners race down the Riverwalk in Burlington as part of the Talmer Bank Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning. Hundreds of runners turned out for the second annual event. Lemke finished 11th in the 4-mile race. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)