By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In keeping with a recent trend, the Burlington Area School District Board of Education election in April will feature a full slate of candidates. Six candidates have filled for three open spots by Tuesday’s deadline, one short of the number needed to force a primary election. […]
Sports & Other News
Late rally, ejection propel Catholic Central past Prairie
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor BURLINGTON – Sometimes, things just aren’t going your way. The Catholic Central boys basketball team, ranked fourth in Division 5 coming into Friday’s home tilt against Racine Prairie, endured that agonizing reality for the first 30 minutes. Shots weren’t falling. Loose balls weren’t corralled. […]
Local woman arrested in burglaries
Sheriff’s officials recover ‘large amount’ of stolen property The Racine County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a 30-year-old Burlington woman in connected with a residential burglary that occurred in the Town of Burlington Thursday. In the course of the investigation, sheriff’s officials said in a press release issued Friday evening, they […]
Freezing rain makes driving treacherous
A car plows through standing water on North Pine Street Friday evening in Burlington. Drivers throughout the area battled freezing rain, icy and in some cases flooded roads as the sun set and temperatures hovered near the 32 degrees. Standing water developed in low areas as storm sewer catch basins […]
4th-ranked Catholic Central rips Lakeside, hosts Racine Prairie tonight
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent A huge win over Sheboygan Lutheran and a solid season overall has catapulted the Catholic Central boys basketball team up the state ranks in Division 5. The boys, led by three players scoring in double figures, have won two straight after a tough loss to […]
Grater Tater restaurant closes
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Grater Tater owner Micki Gebel found herself in a Catch-22 situation. She had to find a full-time job to pay the bills. But in order to take a full time job, she had to cut back hours at the restaurant – a potato bar that also […]
2013 Standard Press Male Athlete of the Year: Josh Bird
Championship level motivates Burlington wrestler By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor To be a good wrestler, you have to throw a “normal” diet out the window. Grapplers are constantly losing and gaining weight to fit in a desired weight class when it comes match time. Burlington sophomore Josh […]
How we coped with the cold
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor About the only people in Burlington happy Monday and Tuesday this week were the students. With base temperatures at a high of about -10 Monday and about zero Tuesday – and wind chills dipping into the -40 to -50 range – Burlington Area School District called […]
Who should become the next Burlington football head coach?
Plenty of candidates have city ties Two months ago, I sat at this very desk and tried to break down the recent struggles of the Burlington football program. Lack of offseason training and offensive inconsistency doomed the Demons in 2013, and a promising 3-0 start quickly went downhill. Before […]
How low did we go?
United States Postal Service employee Eddie Powers waves as he delivers the mail in sub-zero temperatures in Burlington Monday. According to National Weather Service records from the observation station at the Burlington Municipal Airport, the coldest temperature during this week’s cold snap of 18 degrees below zero was reached […]
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