Olivia Rash gets her first taste of Easter March 17 while participating in the annual egg hunt hosted by the DRIVEN student leadership group at Burlington High School. Olivia was joined by her parents and hundreds of other children from throughout the area for the event, which featured 14,000 colorful, […]
Sports & Other News
A doctor who did it all
Dr. Robert Wheaton’s career included house calls, surgeries and delivering babies By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Dr. Robert Wheaton was the quintessential community physician. According to his son, he’d operate on patients in the morning – tonsillectomies and gall bladder removals were common – and then work in some […]
ALL-CONFERENCE: Southern Lakes, Metro Classic honors winter sports stars
Southern Lakes Conference Boys Basketball First team Jack Pettit, sr., Union Grove. Jaeden Zackery, jr., Westosha Central. Latrell Glass, sr., Wilmot. Luke Umnus, jr., Elkhorn. Riley Hale, sr., UG. Athlete of the year – Pettit. Second team Dylan Anderson, jr., WC. William Busch, sr., Waterford. Jeremy Bruton, sr., […]
How much are you willing to pay?
School referendum survey will focus on tax tolerance By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Instead of inundating district residents with information and options for repair or replacement of school facilities, Burlington Area School District officials on Monday agreed to pursue a slimmed down survey that focuses on tax tolerance. “That […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
In-depth coverage of the closing of one of Burlington’s few fine dining establishments, plans for a school referendum survey that will focus on how much taxpayers are willing to pay and a profile of the late Dr. Robert Wheaton are among the stories in this week’s edition of the […]
B.J. Wentker’s restaurant closes
B.J. Wentker’s restaurant in the historic triangle tavern at 230 Milwaukee Ave., Burlington, has closed, according to a post on the business’ Facebook page. The post, which read simply: “We are permanently closed,” went up shortly after noon on Monday. The announcement touched off a flood of comments on the […]
Veteran’s Truck Line to expand
Commission approves plan to add to terminal, office By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Expansion could be in future for Veteran’s Truck Line, which received unanimous approval of its site plan application at Tuesday’s City of Burlington Plan Commission meeting. Veteran’s Truck Line offers freight service related to food providers, including […]
Man faces charges after fleeing police
Authorities allege he tried to break into home to get away By Jason Arndt Staff Writer A 25-year-old Burlington man free on bond faces more charges after he allegedly tried to elude authorities in the wake of a hit and run crash March 6 in the 300 block of West […]
STATE BASKETBALL: Westosha’s historic basketball run ends, but it’s only the beginning
Central brings fight to favored Kaukauna MADISON – On Friday afternoon on the grandest stage of boys high school basketball in the state of Wisconsin, the Westosha Central Falcons proved they ain’t afraid of no Ghosts. The Ghosts in this case are the Galloping Ghosts of Kaukauna, who used […]
It’s the luck of the Egg-rish
Egg hunt will have St. Patrick’s Day theme The largest free Easter egg hunt in the area will take place March 17 at 10 a.m. at Burlington High School, 400 McCanna Parkway. Children ages from infants to age 11 can hunt for eggs and participate in other children’s activities. The […]
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