Requester convinces officials that it won’t be a nuisance By Jason Arndt Staff Writer After several public hearings, where residents and businesses alike voiced opposition to a proposed gravel pit, the City of Burlington Common Council on Thursday endorsed a rezone application from Reesman Co. at a special meeting. Reesman […]
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In this week’s Standard Press…
Some things are just too horrific to understand. Case in point is the vicious attack that occurred at the Tiny Hooves animal sanctuary in Dover last Friday. The details of the event are incomprehensible: an unknown person shows up and brutally beats two volunteers at the sanctuary with 10-pound […]
Budgeting dilemma
Fire, library funds could be over budget for 2022 By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Village of Waterford officials will look at shoring up spending overages in two municipal departments in the final weeks of 2022 as the books close on the current fiscal year. At the Village Board’s regular monthly […]
State-ranked Grove defeats Waterford in girls tilt
By Tim Wester Correspondent As one of the top rivalries in the Southern Lakes Conference, Waterford and Union Grove do not like to lose to each other. But with both teams at different stages of development this season, the first installment of the 2022-2023 rivalry was more of a learning […]
Ice, ice baby!
Burlington hosted its annual Ice Festival last weekend. The event included 14 ice carvers, including Gina Diliberti who carves block No. 2 sponsored by Veteran’s Truck Line Inc. working with 300-pound ice blocks as part of the Wisconsin State Ice Carving Championship in Wehmhoff Square. The also included a Kris […]
Burlington wins Whitewater Invitational behind 5 champions
The Burlington High School wrestling team didn’t only have five individual champions at the Saturday, Dec. 10 Whitewater Invitational. The Demons won the Invitational itself, accounting for 293.5 total points, in the 12-team meet. Earning individual titles for the Demons include Evan Gill (106 pounds), Landon Jacobs (113), Ben Guerra […]
Boyle hired as chamber executive director
By Jason Arndt Staff Writer The Burlington Area Chamber of Commerce didn’t need to reach very far to find its new executive director to replace Jan Ludtke. Ludtke, who announced plans to step aside within the last month, will be succeeded by Burlington resident M.T. Boyle. Boyle, a former small […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
Bear Development, LLC, which looks to create a massive residential development, cleared one hurdle on Dec. 6 when the Common Council approved a rezone map amendment for the parcel near the Burlington Manufacturing and Office Park. The approval is one more step in a process that will create a […]
Demons ready to compete
Basketball team aims for top spot in SLC By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Demons coach Steve Berezowitz plans to lean on multiple returning letter winners, including last year’s leading scorer JR Lukenbill, entering the 2022-23 campaign. Lukenbill, who recently committed to play for Northern Michigan University, brings nearly a double […]
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