By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For eight municipalities served by the Western Racine County Health Department, a new contract will begin in 2015 with the Central Racine County Health Department. “They’ve already verbally agreed,” said City of Burlington Mayor Bob Miller. “They just haven’t done it formally.” While the new partnership […]
Sports & Other News
Hawk’s View Golf Club even better with dad
Golf series begins with one of state’s best courses Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in Sports Editor Mike Ramczyk’s summer golf series. He will be sampling a couple area courses and writing about his shenanigans. Know of a good course, or would you like to play with […]
Music ready to make money for TLC
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It has been a year of change for the Transitional Living Center. This spring, the group changed its logo, looking for a newer, fresher approach. And on Saturday, TLC will wrap up a summer concert series that has – at least for this year – […]
City police find goat in city
The City of Burlington had an unexpected visitor early Thursday morning. Police received the visitor – a goat – into the police lobby around 1:20 a.m. The goat had been found standing in the street in front of Burlington Public Library. The goat was picked up by its owner around […]
Year-round dedication fuels 12U little leaguers
Team becomes fourth to advance to Indy By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Burlington Little League 12U All-Stars are six wins away from the sport’s promised land – the Little League World Series. Thanks to a 9-4 thrashing of Madison East in the state championship game Friday night in […]
MacDonald takes over at St. Charles
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor There’s an old children’s rhyming song, the kind that goes with clapping your hands and tagging the next person in the line. “Miss Mary Mack, all dressed in black…” And Mary MacDonald, the new principal at St. Charles Borromeo School in Burlington, knows all about the […]
Waterford Senior Legion bounces back, advances to state
Team features players from Waterford, Burlington, East Troy By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Waterford Senior Legion baseball team will not change its game for the Wisconsin American Legion Class AAA State Tournament. Waterford is participating in the tournament, which started Wednesday and continues through Sunday, at Plover. Plover […]
Southern Lakes Blue Devils capture first victory
By Chris Bennett SPORTS CORRESPONDENT It took better than half of the season, but the Southern Lakes Blue Devils posted their first win of the year July 26 in an Ironman Football League game at Westosha Central High School in Paddock Lake. The Blue Devils defeated the Kenosha Cougars, […]
BASD moving to online registration this year
The Burlington Area School District will begin an online registration process Friday. All families must enroll returning students online, while new students will have to complete paper forms. A limited number of computers will be available at Burlington High School. The online registration window is Aug. 1-13. Book and materials […]
Another week, another district title for little league
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Is there a magic ingredient in the celebratory Capri Suns? Is Dairy Queen spiking blizzards with some secret serum? Whatever the case, the little league all-stars in this city are really good, and they are making a mockery out of the area competition. One […]