By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor If the beginning of the season is any indication, it’s going to be another big year for the Burlington wrestling team. The Demons, who only lost three wrestlers from last year’s Southern Lakes Conference championship and team state squad, won the Gunslinger Invite against […]
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Can Burlington basketball return to top of SLC?
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Last year was the first time in four seasons that the Burlington boys basketball squad didn’t win the Southern Lakes Conference championship. But after what some may call a down year considering the Demons won the title the previous three years, Burlington is back […]
‘Scrooge’ hits the stage at Malt House
The Haylofters will open a one-weekend-only run of “Scrooge The Musical” tonight at the Malt House Theater in Burlington. The show, a musical version of Charles Dickens’ favorite “A Christmas Carol,” runs Thursday through Sunday, though all tickets for Sunday are currently sold out. Tickets are $12 apiece, and can […]
UW-Whitewater football coach Leipold leaps to Division 1
Successful coach won five national titles By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Whitewater head football coach Lance Leipold has a long list of accomplishments in his coaching career. Now the veteran coach is trying to accomplish something that very few coaches have dared to attempt – coaching two college football […]
Meeting for the first time
Angela Nerby (from left) corrals her children Ella, Ainslee and Silas to see Santa Claus Saturday at the CATHE Center Santa Breakfast in Burlington. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Man charged for shoplifting big-screen TVs
A Milwaukee man who is currently serving an 18-month sentence for theft was charged recently with stealing big-screen televisions and other electronic equipment from the Burlington Walmart store. Ricardo A. Ocanas, 23, appeared in Racine County Circuit Court Tuesday on felony retail theft charges for allegedly stealing nearly $2,000 in […]
Stepfather now charged in child abuse case
A stepfather who allegedly held down a 13-year-old Burlington girl while her mother whipped her with a belt has been charged with child abuse in Racine County Circuit Court. Bob A. Williams, 41, of Burlington, is charged with one count of physical abuse of a child – intentionally causing bodily […]
Barnak says ‘not guilty,’ remains in jail as case advances
By Tracy Ouellette Staff writer James Barnak, the 75-year-old Waterford man charged in Walworth and Racine counties for the repeated sexual assault, false imprisonment and strangulation and suffocation of a 14-year-old East Troy girl, pled not guilty in Walworth County Circuit Court Nov. 26. As of press time Wednesday, […]
PREVIEW: Waterford boys picked fourth in wide-open Southern Lakes
Wolverines open season with dramatic victory By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent There might be no better way to open the season than a last-second, buzzer-beating victory. A layup as time expired gave the Waterford High School boys basketball team a 53-51 victory against non-conference opponent Racine Lutheran Nov. 25 […]
City approves site plan for Aurora care center
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With little discussion and no public comment, the Burlington Common Council passed a number of items related to the Aurora Health Care Center development on the outskirts of the city. Among the items approved included a certified survey map, a project site plan and the implementation […]
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