By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor At around 11:50 p.m. Sunday evening, a train lumbered through the City of Burlington, blasting its horn for all to hear. After that? Blessed silence … well, for the most part. Canadian National railroad engineers ceased sounding train horns at 12:01 a.m. Monday morning as the […]
Sports & Other News
Catholic Central clinches playoffs with last-second touchdown, Demons eliminated
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The last time the Catholic Central varsity football team missed the playoffs, Bill Clinton was President. Brett Favre was only 25 years old, the Milwaukee Brewers were in the American League and every single player on the current Topper roster wasn’t even born yet. […]
Burlington swimmers coast past Elkhorn, perfect in SLC
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Lake Geneva Badger got the jump on the Southern Lakes Conference swim championship when it won the SLC relays way back in August. Now, the Burlington Demons have sent the message to the rest of the conference: we’re good, too. In a pivotal SLC […]
Basking in the sun
This blue heron has been an ever-present figure at Echo Park lately, alternating time between a spot on the dam and a sunken log on the lake. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Facts to ponder as you celebrate low gas prices
With area gasoline prices down as much as 45 cents per gallon from a year ago, here are some facts to ponder from gasbuddy.com. 1. The national average is $3.38 per gallon, down a half cent from Thursday. In the last 40 days, 38 of them have seen the daily […]
Committee votes to eliminate citizen reps
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor There were two schools of thought and a lot of middle ground expressed Monday night in the discussion of whether the Burlington Area School District School Board needed to continue with citizen representatives on committees. After discussing the merits – and drawbacks – of the citizen […]
High school sports new looks inside and out
by Julie Rossman Correspondent A beautiful, sunny autumn day was the perfect backdrop for the dedication of beautiful new Bronco Field at Union Grove High School on Sunday. A crowd of school staff, students, parents and community members gathered for the official ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony for the […]
Lady Demons advance to state for first time in school history
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Burlington girls tennis coach Rose Dolatowski knew her squad had a chance at team state. During Wednesday’s Division I Lake Geneva Badger Sectional, she said her squad had a commanding lead on Monona Grove and seemed well on its way to school history. […]
It’s win and you’re in for Burlington football
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor After a 28-24 loss at Delavan-Darien last Friday night, the Burlington football team finds itself in familiar territory. In both 2009 and 2011, the Demons missed the playoffs by one game. This year, if they can’t pull off two wins in the next two […]
A grand speech
Cole Conrad plays a high school student talking about a theatrical monologue in the Burlington High School production of “The Laramie Project” – a play that spreads a no-hate message by showing what happened in Laramie, Wyoming in the death of Mathew Shepard. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
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