Lady Demons overcame youth, rough start to season By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] State titles don’t come around too often. In 2017, the Burlington girls volleyball team knocked off an undefeated River Falls squad back in November to capture the team’s third state championship. The team’s rocky start turned into […]
Sports & Other News
Burlington’s top news stories of 2017
Flood dominates a year marked by triumph, tragedy By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief What started as a seemingly normal thunderstorm on a Tuesday evening in July turned out to be anything but that. Over the next 12 hours or so, the rain continued to pound the area in waves […]
Deputies find missing man after brief search
Disabled man walked away in dispute with mother A dispute between a mother and her grown son turned into a search-and-rescue operation in the Town of Burlington on Christmas Eve. A 58-year-old woman and her son, 29, who has autism, were returning home to Illinois after visiting family in the […]
ROUNDUP: Burlington wipes out Wilmot, BUW gymnastics 2nd in state
By Troy Sparks Sports Correspondent The Burlington wrestling team had no problems with Wilmot Union on the road last Thursday in a Southern Lakes Conference dual match to close out the year. The Demons won 12 of their 14 matches in a 61-6 team win. They are the […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
So who’s the best liar in the world? According to the Burlington Liars Club it’s a Fond du Lac man, who combined two of Wisconsin’s time-honored traditions – hunting and exaggeration – to come up with the winning lie in the club’s 2017 contest. The winners and their tall […]
Koehnke’s OT buzzer beater sinks Thomas More
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] And Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent It was a shot that turned into a popular social media post Dec. 19. Down 43-42 with 3.3 seconds remaining in overtime Dec. 18 at Milwaukee Thomas More, Catholic Central senior Frank Koehnke wouldn’t be denied. He took the […]
Union Grove’s Bull joins 1,000-point club
Senior only 4th Lady Bronco to accomplish milestone By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Union Grove senior guard Brooklyn Bull has joined an elite club. Bull became the fourth player in Union Grove girls basketball history to score 1,000 points in her varsity career. Bull eclipsed the elite mark during […]
Village panel sets protocol for newly laid sidewalks
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As the sea of orange construction barricades, barrels and signage has dissipated from the Highway 45 corridor, a Union Grove panel has set in motion protocol for freshly laid infrastructure in one of the village’s highest profile spots. The Union Grove Water, Wastewater, Storm Water, Streets […]
Songs for the season
Seventh- and eighth-grade Union Grove Elementary School choir members (from left) Isabelle Huenink, Brooklyn Bailey and Rachel Kalba sing during the school’s annual holiday program Dec. 12.
Election filing deadline nears with few races on horizon
City will have three new aldermen following spring election By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief The City of Burlington will have at least two new aldermen, and likely a third, following the April election. Three of the four Common Council incumbents – Ed Johnson, 1st District; Ruth Dawidziak, 2nd District; […]
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