Company agrees to sell candy brands By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Despite agreeing to sell their candy brands to Ferrero, Nestlé officials said Tuesday they plan to retain the Burlington factory and workforce. “While the Burlington plant does produce confectionary products, Nestlé will retain the factory as the majority […]
Sports & Other News
In this week’s Standard Press…
Despite concerns over financing and liquor license availability, City of Burlington officials last summer were cautiously optimistic that a plan to convert Coach’s Sports Bar into a duckpin bowling center and pizzeria would be successful. On Tuesday they learned the plans for the long-vacant building had been abandoned and they […]
Koehnke’s big night fuels Catholic Central’s 2nd victory
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] With several key injuries and youth all over the court, the Catholic Central boys basketball team will take a victory when it can. That was the case Monday night, when the host Toppers struggled to fend off nonconference foe Faith Christian, a team they usually […]
Clark lifts Lady Broncos past Waterford
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent After winning three straight Southern Lakes Conference championships, Union Grove girls basketball coach Rob Domagalski doesn’t care about style points in victories. The Broncos certainly didn’t win any style points at rival Waterford Thursday, Jan. 4. Union Grove squandered a nine-point second half lead […]
Burlington wrestling wins stacked Freedom Invite, still undefeated
By Troy Sparks [email protected] It was another tournament win for the Division 1 fourth-ranked Burlington wrestling team. The Demons participated in the Freedom Irish Invitational on Jan. 13 and returned home winners in a big way. “The wrestling program had a good day at the Freedom Irish Invite,” Burlington […]
School Board seeks consensus on superintendent evaluation
By Alex Johnson Correspondent Members of the Burlington Area School District Board of Education are working to come up with a productive method for evaluating the job performance of Superintendent Peter Smet. School Board President Jim Bousman on Monday made a motion to the Personnel Committee, to evaluate Smet using […]
Chillin’ out
Second-grade students Claire Novak and Payton Ward read read during Washington-Caldwell Elementary School’s Chill Out event on Jan. 5. During Chill Out, students read books alone or with buddies for 2,018 seconds, or about 33 minutes, and then enjoy hot chocolate. The annual event has been a tradition for more […]
BASD is still wrestling with facility survey
Maintenance-only option remains point of contention By Alex Johnson Correspondent What type of information does the Burlington Area School District School Board want to gather from the facility planning survey that will shape a referendum later this year? That is the question that the board discussed at Monday’s meeting. Among […]
Burling becomes all-time assists, rebounds leader, Burlington rolls Delavan
Lady Demons maintain 3rd place in SLC By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] DELAVAN – Jessa Burling continues to etch her name in the Burlington High School record books – and her Lady Demons teammates are reaping the benefits in the win column. On Friday night in Delavan, the senior point […]
BUW gymnastics lands 4th at Emerald Invite
By Troy Sparks Sports Correspondent Freshman Malia Bronson and sophomore Regan Cassidy led the Burlington Co-op gymnastics team to a fourth-place team finish at the Pam Beck Emerald Classic Invitation, Jan. 6 at Waterford. The 135.3 team points that BUW scored placed them in the middle of the eight-team […]
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