MILWAUKEE – The Burlington boys volleyball team (16-11) may be entering today’s WIAA state tournament as an underdog, but the program’s history would say otherwise. This is the fifth time the Demons have advanced to Wisconsin’s elite 8, and the second time in three years. In 2012, a more […]
Sports & Other News
Furniture store finds a buyer
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor An iconic downtown Burlington building will likely have a new owner next week. The Schuette-Daniels Furniture building, which has sat empty since April when a fire devastated the business, is expected to be sold to Shad and Kristine Branen. The scheduled sale closing is Monday. The […]
A fair trade event
Elizabeth Reed (center) and her daughter, Melanie, look at a scarf offered by Alice Lundstrom of Plowshare at the annual Fair Trade expo held Nov. 8 at the CATHE Center in Burlington. The event is designed to offer crafts at a fair-trade cost for the exhibitors. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Potosi outlasts Catholic Central in OT, season ends
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor On Nov. 1 in a WIAA Division 7 Level 2 playoff game roughly three hours west of Burlington, the Catholic Central football team was on the verge of an upset victory over fifth-ranked Potosi in its backyard. At the 7:02 mark in the third, senior […]
Residents rail against shelter location
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Burlington residents aren’t convinced the Women’s Resource Center of Racine needs to place a domestic violence shelter in the city. What’s more? Those same residents can’t fathom why the WRC would choose a building across the street from a school. Just two weeks after word of […]
BASD declines to buy church adjacent to school
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With a facilities study looming in the near future, the Burlington Area School District Buildings, Grounds and Transportation Committee turned down an offer to purchase a church Monday evening. Grace Church, which is across the street from Cooper Elementary School in Burlington, is selling the property […]
ROBERT F. ANDERSEN
Robert F. Andersen, 77, Burlington, died peacefully Oct. 30, 2014, at his home on with his loving family at his side. He was born in Milwaukee on Oct. 23, 1937, to the late Robert L. and Hildagard (Baker) Andersen. He spent his early life in Racine where he graduated […]
Vos re-elected Speaker of the House
Robin Vos, who earned re-election to the State Assembly in District 63 last week, was re-elected Speaker of the House Monday. Vos (R-Rochester) issued the following statement after the members of his caucus selected him as Assembly Speaker for the 102nd Wisconsin State Legislature in a unanimous vote. “I’m honored […]
TIF changes, water rate hike will have to wait
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Wednesday’s planned Committee of the Whole and Common Council meetings were cancelled Tuesday due to lack of a quorum. The meetings had already been pushed back a day because of Tuesday’s elections, but ended up short of the quorum by one. The City Council needs at […]
Transition planned as public health contract ends
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With the big switch imminent, local leaders are bracing for a new public health department agency when 2014 gives way to 2015. Early this year, officials with the Burlington-based Western Racine County Health Department announced the agency was disbanding Dec. 31. Member municipalities — including […]
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