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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Weather puts a drag on ChocolateFest attendance By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Welcome to spring in Wisconsin, said Mother Nature to ChocolateFest this last weekend. Turnout was expected to be lower than usual at the four-day festival because of low temperatures and rain over the weekend. Final numbers for attendance […]
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent High school’s “second season” started Tuesday – a switch the Catholic Central High School baseball team was ready to see. The Hilltoppers won their opening-round playoff game Tuesday evening at Beaumont Field, downing Williams Bay 6-0 in a game shortened to six innings due to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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)
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, […]
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