Two at WHS named Kohl Award recipients Two members of the Waterford High School community have been named recipients of 2014 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for students and teachers. Student Sydney Lindner and Derek Machan, the WHS Director of Choral Activities and Music Theory, were selected for the $1,000 awards, […]
Sports & Other News
A transition year for Burlington boys tennis
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Entering his 18th season as head coach, Ken Savaglia would like to forget the nightmare that was last season. Just two years removed from a second-place finish in the Southern Lakes Conference, the Demon boys tennis team was 3-8 overall and 2-5 in the […]
Missing girls found after two-hour search
Pair were reported missing in Cedar Park neighborhood Residents of Burlington’s Cedar Park neighborhood were on edge for two hours Thursday night as family members, firefighters and law enforcement officials searched for two girls who had been reported missing. The girls were eventually found safe near their homes. The Racine […]
Talmer agrees to sell local branch offices
Hartland-based Town Bank will take over Wisconsin operations By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Talmer Bank, which operates 11 branches in Wisconsin, including Burlington, announced this week in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has agreed to sell its state operations to Town Bank of […]
Easter egg hunt is Saturday at BHS
High school leadership club will again host annual event By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Spring finally decided to stick around this week – and it picked a good time to do it. For the first time in a few years, the Burlington High School DRIVEN program Easter Egg Hunt will have […]
A flip of a coin earns John Bieringer a board seat
John Bieringer is the newest candidate to win election to the Washington-Caldwell School Board. Bieringer and Stacey Forkner both were write-in candidates for one of two vacant school board positions in the April 1 election. Another candidate, Yvonne McGilvary, filed election papers and her name appeared on the April 1 […]
Catholic Central softball looking for bounce-back season
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent A rare sub-.500 season (7-12 overall and 5-8 MCC) in 2013 for the Lady Toppers softball team should provide a springboard for success in 2014. “In 2013, we played with three seniors, no juniors and nine underclassmen,” said head coach Bill Greskiw. “It was […]
Burlington baseball wins season opener
Boys poised to contend in solid SLC By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Sometimes, records can be misleading. Such was the case with the 2013 Burlington baseball team. At 13-12, the Demons seemed like your average, middle-of-the-road club. But looks can be deceiving. Burlington lost eight of those 12 games […]
TLC, community step up for displaced residents
Fire impacted apartments above adjacent buildings By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With as many people as there were worried about the effect on businesses following Saturday night’s five-alarm fire at the Schuette Daniels Furniture store, it could be easy to overlook the human aspect. Cristen Chaffee of The Transitional Living Center […]
Charred remains
The main floor showroom at Schuette-Daniels Furniture remains a charred mess on Tuesday as members of the Daniels family consider their options for the future of the store, which has been in business at various locations since 1929. Owner Matt Daniels said that decision will likely hinge on the insurance […]
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