City will now determine conditional uses for gas station/convenience store By Jason Arndt Staff Writer By unanimous decision at Tuesday’s meeting, the Burlington Common Council approved two items related to Casey’s General Store, which is planning to build a gas station and convenience store on Dodge Street. Casey’s plans to […]
Sports & Other News
Keeping it 1,000
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Maybe Scott muttered, “Welcome to the Club, kid,” as he congratulated Koehnke. Koehnke joins Scott, Ryan Gehring, Wes Warren, Joe Milroy and Ben Heiligenthal as the only players in Topper history to score 1,000 career points. The last guy to do it, Heiligenthal […]
A beast of a tale
Recent sighting adds to lore of Bray Road beast By Todd Mishler Copy Editor Danny Morgan, a resident of Menomonee Falls, was driving north in the area of Townline Road in Spring Prairie at around 10 p.m. Jan. 27, returning home after visiting a friend in Lake Geneva. Morgan, 32, […]
Home cooking: Burlington avenges earlier loss to Wilmot, jumps to 2nd place
Burling’s 19 boards lead dominant, physical effort By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Game after game, another tough opponent takes its shot against the surging Burlington girls basketball team. And game after game, the Demons keep playing their best ball of the season and winning with ease. Tuesday night against Wilmot […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
Do you believe in werewolves? A Menomonee Falls man didn’t – until he drove through western Walworth County and saw something that looked like a big dog walking on its hind legs. Could it be the Beast of Bray Road, a creature of local lore? Whatever it was, you […]
Still untouchable: As expected, Burlington wrestling rolls to conference championship
Demons feature 8 in championship round By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] And Troy Sparks Sports Correspondent Take one glimpse at the 220-pound conference title bout between Burlington’s Max Travis and Waterford’s Jack Trautman last Saturday, and the casual spectator saw all he or she needed to know about the SLC […]
Bleser leads swimmers in Racine
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Bailey Bleser won two events and led the Burlington Co-op boys high school swim team to a third-place finish Jan. 27 in the Racine Swimming and Diving Invite at Park High School. The Demons lost 104-66 to Badger Co-op Jan. 23 in a Southern […]
Casey’s applies full-court press in area
Gas station-convenience store eyes sites in multiple communities; council to consider Burlington proposal Tuesday By Ryan Spoehr Staff Writer An aggressive expansion by Ankeny, Iowa-based Casey’s General Store is being seen throughout the Southern Lakes area, with building proposals and pending sales to the company. Two Southern Lakes area communities […]
Authorities find missing hiker, 79
Hiker was hungry and thirsty, but in otherwise good condition, authorities said Authorities using three K-9 units found a hiker who was reported missing in a Rochester nature preserve for a few hours Saturday. The man, 79, of Milwaukee, went for a hike around noon in what the Racine County […]
Farm strong: Union Grove wrestler learned craft from family, ranks 4th in state
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent A father proudly playing catch with his son has been a piece of Americana for decades. In Union Grove freshman wrestler Cade Willis’ family, the father and son bond is a little different. Instead of throwing around the pigskin or shooting hoops, Cade […]
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