It’s planned to meet growing demand for natural gas By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief We Energies has filed an application with the state Public Service Commission for permission to construct a 49-mile natural gas pipeline spanning Walworth and Western Racine Counties. The application, filed May 18, seeks permission to […]
Sports & Other News
It’s all about the chocolate
Burlington’s ChocolateFest invites you to ‘Unwrap Your Chocolate Power’ Burlington’s celebration of all things chocolate returns to the ChocolateFest grounds Memorial Day weekend. The annual festival, themed “Unwrap Your Chocolate Power” for 2018, is in its 32nd year. According to the website, the event began in 1985 when Bill Branen, […]
Friend: ‘Leave the girlfriends at home’
Toppers falter in last week of conference schedule, rebound on senior night By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Catholic Central baseball head coach Jim Friend was livid after last Thursday’s game at Simmons Field in Kenosha, the home of the Kenosha Kingfish. He just witnessed his team fall to Kenosha St. […]
Burlington baseball clinches 3rd consecutive conference championship
Pitching, confidence, tradition fuel squad that lost big hitters By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] After a devastating home loss to Waterford two weeks ago, the Burlington baseball team’s chances of a third straight Southern Lakes crown seemed doomed. The Demons still had to play in Waterford and had to finish […]
Rolling thunder: 500 trucks per day to roll through area
Truck traffic is attributed to the Foxconn construction project By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Residents of Western Racine County will experience firsthand the disruption caused by the massive Foxconn construction project next week when as many as 500 dump truck trips per day begin rolling along Highway 11. The […]
SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Lady Toppers shut down Sheboygan Lutheran
Catholic Central earns another home game, Friday evening at Congress at 5 p.m. By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] BURLINGTON – The game of high school softball is about pitching – simple and plain. The Catholic Central varsity squad, which features only four upperclassmen, has managed to go undefeated in the […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
For those wondering when Western Racine County would feel the effects of the massive Foxconn development in Mount Pleasant, wonder no more. Beginning next week Highway 11 will be the main route for as many as 500 dump truck trips per day as haulers carry aggregate from quarries in […]
Thrilling shootout victory propels Burlington soccer to SLC title match
Lopez, Crabtree come up big late By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Burlington junior Amelia Crabtree waited patiently for a moment like this. Two long, hard months of injury kept one of the Demons’ best soccer players out of the lineup, and in her second game back Tuesday at home during […]
Burlington softball captures outright conference championship, first in 30 years
Lonely at the top Lady Demons make historic conference title reality with drubbing of rival Waterford By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] What started out as a share has become official. The Burlington varsity softball squad is the 2018 Southern Lakes Conference champion, all by its lonesome, and it’s the first […]
School district to bring special education in-house
What school it will be in becomes point of contention By Alex Johnson Correspondent The Burlington Area School District Board of Education has decided to move forward with a local special education program in lieu of sending the group of students to other schools in the Milwaukee area. The nine […]