Disability Justice decries exemption for local resale shop By Jason Arndt Editor Disability Justice, a Wisconsin-based Civil Rights organization, is accusing the City of Burlington and a local establishment of ignoring federal civil rights law. The organization, according to a news release, plans to attend a May 7 Common Council […]
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Open house is Saturday at Shepherds College
Shepherds College, Union Grove, will host a community open house from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 4. All visitors are welcome to find out more about the nation’s leading post secondary school for people with intellectual disabilities. Tours of campus, 1805 15th Avenue, will be given every half […]
Union Grove High School to host May 8 open house
Event showcases facility improvements, first annual plant sale The community is invited to see the facility improvements at Union Grove High School during an open house scheduled for Wednesday, May 8 from 3 to 7 p.m. The facility improvements were possible through a referendum passed by the community. Improvements include […]
Fire leaves family searching for home
Family of six didn’t have renters insurance By Jason Arndt Staff Writer A Waterford couple and their four children are looking for a new place to live after a fire damaged their rented home last week. Katie Guardiola, the mother, said she and her family have been staying with friends […]
Festival fireworks are back on
Community State Bank, Mangold Insurance step up as sponsors By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief ChocolateFest will begin with a bang again in 2019. The fireworks that have become a 19-year tradition on the opening night of the annual Memorial Day weekend festival in Burlington are back on after a […]
A servant leader on a global stage
Spitzer recalled as a powerful force for good in business and community By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Robert Spitzer rarely stopped thinking about ways to solve the world’s hunger. The Burlington resident served as coordinator of the international Food for Peace program under President Gerald Ford in the 1970s […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
Because it’s often lost to political allegiance, blind ambition and the pitfalls of conceit, true leadership is an uncommon trait that is reserved for precious few people. That title, however, is emphatically placed upon Robert Spitzer by those who knew him. Spitzer, a captain of industry and education, and […]
Clean Sweep slated for Saturday
Annual hazardous waste collection event runs from 8 a.m. to noon By Jason Arndt Editor Residents from seven area communities have their chance to dispose of hazardous waste, electronics, appliances and medications from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The annual Clean Sweep event at the City of Burlington Public […]
Cleaning crew takes a walk on the cute side
Maureen Vander Sanden and son Ben, 3, walk hand-in-hand Saturday in search of trash along the Seven Waters Bike Trail in Waterford. The duo were among about 50 volunteers who turned out for the trail cleanup organized by Absolutely Waterford. Event founder Angionette Hansen said volunteers collect an average […]
Faith tested in fire
Notre Dame blaze resurrects memories of local church conflagration By Jason Arndt Editor When Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire last week, parishioners and other supporters ran into the 13th-century structure and grabbed whatever they could save as firefighters arrived to battle the blaze. Those sights and the terror […]
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