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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Waterford remains in top half in ranking of area school By Vicky Wedig and Jennifer Eisenbart Southern Lakes Newspapers staff All but one of the four western Racine County public high schools scored above the state average on the 2013-14 ACT test, according to results released recently. Among all Southern […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent A TV broadcast and members of Waterford’s youth football program led to a big crowd that helped drive Waterford to a 17-7 victory Sept. 5 at home in a Southern Lakes Conference game against Lake Geneva. My24 Milwaukee broadcast the game as a special […]
Four-year-old Adalein Die checks out the bell in front of Cooper School last week. While the district had 4-year-old kindergarten covered, there was an unexpected surge in 5K registration, prompting the hiring Monday of three new teachers. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart) By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It’s a dilemma the Burlington […]
By Chris Bennett and Mike Ramczyk [email protected] The Demons are owning the courts this season. On Tuesday, the Burlington girls tennis visited Elkhorn and came away with an impressive 7-0 victory. The win bumped the Demons’ record to 4-0 in the Southern Lakes Conference. Overall, Burlington is now 12-3 […]
Through many different buildings and locations, St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waterford has flourished, and will celebrate its 150th anniversary this weekend. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart) By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Throughout 2014, congregants at Waterford’s St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church have been celebrating as the venerable parish commemorates a […]
Council mulling request to allow store sales to begin at 6 a.m. By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The City of Burlington Common Council is looking at sales of alcoholic beverages. Again. At the request of an unidentified local business owner, the council recently discussed whether or not to allow – per […]
By Bud Milroy and Mike Ramczyk [email protected] For a team that lost in the sectional finals in the previous season, it is hard to consider the new season a time to rebuild. However, when you’ve been in the state title game six of the last seven seasons and have […]
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent Union Grove boys volleyball coach Dan Dresen may have found the pathway to coaching Nirvana. Instead of having to deal with old traditions, molding coaching styles, and convincing players to accept a new system, Dresen got to start from scratch as the first […]
Marshall Smith, 85, Weyerhaeuser, died Sept. 7, 2014, after a short illness. He was a longtime former resident of Burlington who served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska. After discharge he worked at American Motors and Foster Forbes Glass Co. He was an avid hunter and […]
Burlington Area School District children went back to school last week, but that didn’t include 3-year-old Elliana Gaal, who proudly proclaimed her age from her mom’s arms while waiting for an older sister to arrive at Cooper School. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
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