Funeral for Tyler Werlein was set for Friday Racine County authorities identified the man who died in a May 12 Town of Burlington house fire as 29-year-old Tyler Werlein. Werlein, according to his obituary, graduated from Burlington High School and worked as an auto technician before the house fire in […]
Sports & Other News
In this week’s Standard Press…
The Burlington Area School District, which previously acknowledged some shortcomings related to its handling of racial matters, recently submitted a corrective action plan to the Department of Public Instruction outlining directives to address an April 9 ruling against the district. “The submission aims to respond to directives from the DPI […]
Village offers update on incorporation battle
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The Town of Waterford’s incorporation effort, and the Village of Waterford’s future annexation plans, took center stage when village officials held a question-and-answer meeting May 3. In early 2020, town leaders officially moved forward on the municipality’s sought-after incorporation into the Village of Tichigan, filing the […]
Additional sex charges filed against local man
He now faces 84 of counts of raping or secretly recording women and girls Shane Stanger, the local man initially charged in March with raping a former girlfriend and video recording the sexual assaults, saw the charges against him multiply exponentially Wednesday after investigators finished analyzing several of his electronic […]
Burlington Farmers Market opens May 13
Local craft beer joins list of offerings Several new vendors, including craft beer from Burlington’s Runaway Nanobrewery, join the lineup at the 2021 Burlington Farmers Market, which is slated to open the season Thursday, May 13, at Wehmhoff Square in the city’s downtown. The market, which runs weekly until late […]
Looking to hit stride again
BHS track team recovering after promising 2020 season was lost By Mike Ramczyk Correspondent It was one of those years where all the stars aligned before burning out in a super nova. In 2020, the Burlington High School boys and girls track teams had a record 140 athletes out for […]
Cherished memories
Former students reflect on Karcher School history; another open house set for Friday By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Sydney McCourt and Tim Pritzl first met in seventh grade science class 12 years ago at Karcher Middle School. Since then, the two became married and moved to the Chicago area, but […]
The show must go on
CCHS stages ‘Godspell’ outdoors under canopy By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief When the coronavirus pandemic wiped out Catholic Central High School’s production of “The Sound of Music” in 2020, director Abby Galstad vowed to find a way to ensure her students would have a chance to perform in 2021. […]
In this week’s Standard Press…
With the future of the Echo Lake Dam – and subsequently Echo Lake – in doubt some in the community are looking to band together to drum up the support needed to secure the lake’s future. At least one such group has emerged online and others are expected to […]
Grove’s late surge defeats Wolverines
Katterhagen goes 4-for-4 to power Broncos’ offense The Union Grove Union High School baseball team looked to make a return trip to the WIAA Division 2 State Tournament in 2020. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state runner-up Broncos in 2019 saw their chances denied, giving them another year […]
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