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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Burlington hopes to even series at home Thursday By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The Burlington baseball team was flying high entering Tuesday night’s game at Southern Lakes rival Waterford. Winners of five straight games, including doubleheader sweeps on consecutive nights, the Demons found themselves at 10-2-1 and in position […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As Burlington City Administrator Kevin Lahner so succinctly put it Tuesday night, the city is at a crossroads with the Burlington Community Pool. After a lengthy discussion in the Committee of the Whole meeting, the City Council approved up to $25,000 to be given for repair […]
Scott was star on 2001 state championship squad By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Basketball has been good to Kyle Scott. The 2002 Catholic Central graduate has won a high school state championship, played collegiately and worked for the NBA. In fact, Scott even had the opportunity to meet NBA […]
Mary Jane Whitemore, clinical director for Behavior Health Services of Racine County, answers a question Tuesday night during the Racine County Heroin Summit held at Burlington High School. Officials from the criminal justice system, medical and social service fields explained the devastating impact the growing use of heroin has had […]
Henderson accepts college basketball coaching position By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Make no mistake: Catholic Central High School Principal and boys basketball coach Eric Henderson loves Burlington. And, he said, he loves the community in which he works. But when an offer he hadn’t even imagined came his way during the […]
Company plans to rebuild portions of plant lost to 2013 fire By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Echo Lake Foods General Manager Jerry Warntjes confirmed Tuesday that rebuilding plans have been submitted for review to the City of Burlington Plan Commission. Warntjes declined to discuss details, saying that what happens with the […]
Students from St. Charles School, Burlington, perform in the chorus of “School House Rock Live Jr.” The students will perform the play for a final time Friday, May 9, at 7 p.m. in the school’s activity center. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for seniors and children 10 and […]
By Patricia Bogumil Editor A large metal chunk that fell off a Canadian National Railway train traveling through the Town of Waterford earlier Sunday is the likely culprit behind a diesel fuel spill reported around 10 p.m. According to Village of Waterford Fire Chief Richard Mueller, a metal […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor There is no question that heroin has made its way into Racine County. With its devastating effects and almost-instant addiction properties, the drug is becoming a large problem in Wisconsin – and in the area. To that effect, the Racine County Sheriff’s Department, […]
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Town of Waterford officials hope to convince the state Department of Natural Resources to reconsider labeling an area of the town as “urbanized” – a label that will require the town to pay for costly mapping and computer analysis. Dueling opinions from two different engineers – […]
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