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Friday, January 24, 2025
Former volunteer with 32 years experience is city’s first full-time chief By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer For new City of Burlington Fire Chief Perry Howard, coming to Burlington is, in a sense, returning to his roots. Through a friend with a farm on the outskirts of town – and weekly […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Back when Tony Romo was an undrafted free agent and then backup quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, it was still a pretty big deal when he came back and hosted a football camp at his high school – Burlington. Now, as a starting quarterback for […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor For Burlington High School seniors Carson Biedrzycki and Kaysie Shebeneck, the 2012-13 school year – their last in high school – more than met expectations. Both boasted high grade-point averages, both led their sports teams to previously unreached heights – and now both are the […]
Male Co-Athletes of the Week Kross Krueger, Catholic Central High School baseball: While the CCHS baseball team might have been bounced from the WIAA Division 4 tournament last week in the sectional semifinals, Krueger made sure they were playing there in the first place. Krueger pitched a complete-game two-hitter in […]
An 83-year-old man was killed Thursday morning when the lawn mower he was operating struck a tree limb, which subsequently fell and stuck him while he worked at Ives Grove Golf Course in the Town of Yorkville. According to the Racine County Sheriff’s Department, the county communications center received a […]
Ketterhagen says tax hike goes against district profile By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The Burlington Area School District approved its preliminary budget Monday night at its monthly meeting, but not without a few words of dissent from one of the more vocal members of the board. Phil Ketterhagen, who has […]
Graduates with the Class of 2013 at Burlington High School toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of commencement exercise at the school June 7. See the June 13 print edition of the Burlington Standard Press for more photos and a story on the graduates’ accomplishments and future […]
Cameron McLean, 1, snoozes while his relatives watch the annual Eighth Grade Recognition Ceremony at Karcher Middle School June 7. For more photos from the event see the June 13 print edition of the Burlington Standard Press. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)
Parts of downtown Burlington was left in darkness Tuesday night, as an electrical transformer on Congress Street failed just before 8 p.m. Power was out briefly and then returned, but then went out a few minutes later. It was not restored until close to 9:30 p.m. While much of downtown […]
But BASD official says local variables make valid rankings difficult By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer While the Burlington Area School District curriculum committee did its review of its annual Wisconsin Knowledge Concepts Exam scores – and district officials preached caution on comparing districts – at least one School Board member […]
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