County executive announces award with 2018 budget The City of Burlington’s top officials were honored Tuesday during Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave’s budget address for their leadership during the record flood that swamped the area in July. Delagrave presented his inaugural Community Impact Award to the city’s brain trust of […]
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Burlington volleyball waxes Westosha, clinches share of conference championship
Burlington captures first SLC crown since 2014 By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] PADDOCK LAKE – The torch has officially been passed in the Southern Lakes Conference for boys volleyball. On Thursday night, the visiting Burlington Demons knocked off reigning conference champion Westosha Central in four games behind strong passing and […]
Wolverine royalty
The 2017 Waterford High School homecoming court is composed of (front, from left) queen Haleigh Reindl and king Patrick Goldammer; (middle row) Maddy Anderson and Richie LePine; and (back row) Miranda Meyers, Chris Estrada, Ethan Walkowski, Lexi Stock, Katy Gill, Dan Pankowski, Ashley Hancock and Vadim Muenter. The annual dance […]
WEEK 9 FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS: It’s win or go home in Wilmot-Westosha clash
SLC will send at least 4 teams to playoffs It’s a bittersweet time of year. Friday night marks the final game of the regular season, so some area football teams will see their final action. But others will move on with eyes on the big prize – Camp Randall […]
Autumn Fest postponed by rainy forecast
Burlington’s new festival now slated for Oct. 21 The City of Burlington’s first Autumn Festival has been postponed a week by the threat of rainy weather on Saturday. The festival will now be held on Oct. 21. The event, which runs from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Wehmhoff Square in […]
Round and round they’ll go
New intersection opens near school campus By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Traffic entering and leaving the Burlington High School-Gateway Technical College campus changed in a major way Thursday as a newly created roundabout intersection on Highway 142 at McCanna Parkway opened. The $4 million project, which began in mid […]
Big R store opens
Retailer helps revive moribund shopping center By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Big R opened its Burlington store – the first in Wisconsin – Wednesday morning and effectively injected new life into what had been a languishing shopping center. Big R Stores owner Joda Crabtree said Tuesday he believes area […]
Homecoming hijinks
Burlington High School student Haley Walesa chases Riley Nelson with a demon trident during Friday’s pep assembly in the school gym. The assembly capped a week of spirit-building activities and featured the crowing of this year’s homecoming king and queen, Shandon Walton and MaKenzie Swantz. See Thursday’s Burlington Standard Press for […]
Catholic Central volleyball captures conference crown
By Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent The Catholic Central Lady Toppers are your new Metro Classic Conference volleyball champions. They clinched the conference title with a win against The Prairie School on Thursday, Oct. 5. Catholic Central played from behind early after dropping the first set, 19-25. But they picked […]
Waterford soccer beats Burlington to open conference tournament
Burlington hosts Wilmot tonight in SLC tournament By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] And Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent On Tuesday night in Burlington, the Wolverines exacted some sweet revenge in the opening round of the Southern Lakes Conference tournament. Waterford (2-11, 2-5 SLC) scored two second half goals to shut down […]