Members of the Burlington High School cross country teams enter the school gym with homemade signs Friday at the BHS homecoming pep rally. Members of the school’s fall teams and activities were introduced prior to the crowning of homecoming King Michael Pinter and Queen Lexi Baker. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

Members of the Burlington High School student section get a little wild last week as the Demons host Westosha Central for a Southeast Conference boys volleyball match. From left are Spencer Warner, Jimmy Penzel, Jackson Wightman and Jake Reetz. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

Catholic Central High School’s poms team performs during the all-school homecoming pep rally Friday. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

These trees along Highway D in the Town of Rochester are bathed in autumn’s glory Sunday. Trees in this area are about 25-50 percent of peak according to the fall color report maintained by TravelWisconsin.com. The peak is predicted for the second week in October. (Photo by Jacqueline Nadolski)

Construction workers start laying the first of the new pavement on one half of Milwaukee Avenue on Tuesday. It was a welcome sign for local motorists who have endured months of construction on the city’s busiest street. The project is slated for completion in November. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

A car jumped a curb in the Burlington Pizza Hut Thursday afternoon, crashing into the restaurant and damaging the building. The restaurant was serving its lunchtime crowd at the time of the crash. According to the Burlington Police Department, no one was injured in the crash and the matter is […]

Carson Keim, 5, of Waterford, reacts with wild enthusiasm to a distance shot taken on the pumpkin roll hill at the Sept. 8 Antioch (Ill.) Fall Fest, with encouragement from onlookers, including his brother, Everett, 8 (kneeling). (Photo by Earlene Frederick)

LarryVille Farm’s Michelle Cannon (left) Hands a bag of tomatoes to M.T. Boyle at the Burlington Farmers Market last week. The market, held Thursday afternoons at Wehmhoff Square, runs through October. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

Kailey Harris, 8, (above) bounces her way down an inflatable slide at the St. Mary’s Fall Fest Saturday.  The three-day event feature food, music, games and auctions. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)