Shepherds Ministries, a leading provider of services to people with intellectual disabilities, is opening registration for Camp Discovery, offering four, one-week summer camps for young people ages 13 to 25, held on the Shepherds campus in Union Grove. “We’re planning exciting summer activities for camp this year,” said Andrea […]
Sports & Other News
Police impersonator stops woman
Racine County residents are being warned about a police impersonator in the area, one that pulled over a woman in the Town of Burlington near Bushnell Park. According to numerous media reports based off a Racine County Sheriff’s Department press release, a woman pulled over for what was reported to […]
Burlington track rides roller-coaster week
By Mike Moore Sports Correspondent Even before most theme parks open for the season, the Burlington track teams rode a roller coaster last week. The peak came at the Bronco Invitational on Tuesday, April 22. The boys team won the nine-team event at Union Grove, while the girls team […]
April showers bring a night of 1,000 frogs
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Terry Alby is an admitted frog-hugger who hates to see them get croaked during what he calls Waterford’s “Night of a Thousand Frogs.” That yearly event – in which thousands of critters migrate from a nearby pond to leap frog across Riverside Drive to the Fox […]
Facility study put on hold
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When Nexus Solutions first came to the Burlington Area School District School Board last summer, it promised it could find the district ways to save money and upgrade facilities at the same time. And while Nexus, along with Scherrer Construction, came back to the […]
Community mourns death of ‘Dr. Jim’
By Julie Rossman Correspondent The community of Union Grove has been dealing with both shock and sadness following the untimely death of a local beloved physician, Dr. James Simonds, on April 16. Simonds was a physician at the Wheaton Franciscan Medical Clinic, Union Grove, working alongside his wife, Dr. Lisa […]
Former Burlington pitcher named NCAA Player of the Week for UWM
Cody Peterson, a 2010 Burlington High School graduate, was named an NCAA Player of the Week last week. Peterson pitches for Division 1 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and former Demons Mike Porcaro and Tell Taylor are his teammates. On Friday afternoon against Valparaiso, Peterson took a no-hitter into the eighth […]
Care to ICare?
The iCare Color 5K fun run/walk starts at 8 a.m., Saturday, May 3, at Whitford Park, 625 N. River Road, Waterford. Afterward, enjoy the iCare Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., featuring a volleyball tournament, food, Cops and Bobbers, soccer and baseball clinics, county K 9 units, bounce house […]
Echo Lake Foods submits building plan
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 business plan will depend on the reaction of the Plan Commission. […]
Local principal accepts D1 college hoops coaching gig
Henderson led Catholic Central to 21-5 mark in ’13-14 By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Catholic Central Principal Eric Henderson will be making quite the leap later this year. The former college basketball player and coach will be stepping down as Catholic Central boys basketball coach next season and returning […]