By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Waterford Union High School softball team may have caught a break last week when Union Grove lost in the regional finals. The Wolverines made sure they took advantage of that Tuesday afternoon. After Janesville Craig eliminated the Broncos – who had beaten Waterford twice […]
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Off to state: Wolverine golfers win playoff for Madison
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT What a way to earn a trip to state. The Waterford High School boys golf team had to play one extra hole Tuesday at the WIAA Division 1 golf sectional, but in the end it was worth it. The result is that the Wolverines are […]
The drought is over! Girls soccer team wins first ever SLC title
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT It was a historic win for the Burlington High School girls soccer team. Thursday’s 1-0 win over Lake Geneva Badger in the Southern Lakes Conference title game clinched the first SLC girls soccer title in BHS history. “We were the only sport in the school […]
Standouts for the week of May 31, 2013
Male Athlete of the Week Calvin Kempken, Catholic Central High School track and field: Kempken has been solid in the shot put all season for the Hilltoppers, but he stepped up his game for the postseason last week. After winning the CCHS regional last week with a best effort of […]
Crash claims life of popular area police officer
Twin Lakes Police Lt. Jeffery Kreft, of Spring Prairie, was ‘like a little kid on Christmas’ May 7 when he was promoted to lieutenant in charge of the third shift for the department. Less than three weeks later, fate would have it that Kreft’s work schedule would put him in […]
Standing tall to honor sacrifice
A trio of Burlington area veterans stand at attention for the singing of the national anthem Monday during the Memorial Day observance in Echo Park. The event featured patriotic music performed by the Burlington High School band, a keynote speech from Racine County Veterans Service Officer Ali Nelson, the placing […]
This is how you do it, son
City of Burlington firefighter Matt LeDuc and his son, Emmett, wave to people along the Memorial Day parade route in downtown Burlington. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)
Burlington will be featured on ‘Discover Wisconsin’
Area bike trails are focus of statewide TV show Burlington new distinction as a destination for bicyclists is the subject of an upcoming episode of the television show “Discover Wisconsin.” “America’s Bicycleland” premieres June 1-2 and will reach more than 250,000 viewers across the upper Great Lakes region, including Wisconsin, […]
City hires its first full-time fire chief
The City of Burlington Fire Department will begin a new era June 3 when its first full-time chief will take the reigns. Perry Howard, a 32-year veteran and an assistant fire chief with the Beach Park, Ill, Fire Protection District and lieutenant with the Arlington Heights, Ill., Fire Department has […]
Gas prices fall, but they’re still relatively high
Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.90 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,112 gas outlets in Wisconsin. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.3 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
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