Average retail gasoline prices in Wisconsin have fallen 5.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.72 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 2.8 cents per gallon in the last week to […]
Sports & Other News
Local anglers asked to weigh in on panfish
DNR to host meeting in Burlington Monday night Local anglers and others are invited to share their expectations for fishing for panfish in Wisconsin at a meeting set for Monday, March 4, at Burlington High School. The meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. in the school library on […]
Win over Comets lifts Broncos to .500 in SLC
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Union Grove High School girls basketball team ended the regular season at home with an easy 49-30 win over Southern Lakes Conference foe Delavan-Darien Feb. 21. The win pushed Union Grove to .500 in the SLC for at 7-7. The girls are 9-13 overall. […]
BHS bowlers headed to club state championships
By Jennifer Eisenbart STAFF WRITER Like many club teams that compete around the state of Wisconsin, the Burlington High School bowling squads have to work hard for any publicity they get. Or, as one of the team members so succinctly put it, if they want any attention for their accomplishments, […]
Live from state gymnastics Saturday!
This is Jennifer Eisenbart, and we will have live updates after each rotation here. Please refresh often, and for more immediate updates, follow JJEisenbart on Twitter. 11:15 a.m. – Burlington Combined gets off to a rocking start on the vault. Everyone landed both vaults, with Molly Benavides topping out with […]
Pot buy sting nabs area man
A Union Grove man is charged with selling marijuana in Burlington following a drug sting conducted by the Racine County Metro Drug Unit last August. Robert A. Vanderham, 30, made his initial appearance in Racine County Circuit Court Feb. 22 to face three counts of manufacture/deliver THC, which is the […]
School Board adopts new compensation policy
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer The Waterford Graded School District Board voted Feb. 18 to change its policy so that its board members are paid. Last fall, electors at the district’s annual meeting voted 10-6 to reduce WGSD board members’ compensation down to nothing. That vote came on the heels […]
Hair today, gone tomorrow – for a good cause
BHS girls will shave their heads for charity (even though prom is just a few weeks away) By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It’s been about two years since Burlington High School junior Micah Gebel last had her hair short. Right now, her brown locks tumble well past her shoulders – […]
Wolverines’ Nannemann caps career with state title
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT For Cody Nannemann, it was a great way to end a high school wrestling career. Nannemann, who went into the WIAA State Individual Wrestling Championships at the Kohl Center in Madison, as the No. 11-ranked wrestler in the state at 160 pounds, came home with […]
Live blog from WIAA state gymnastics meet Friday night!
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer It was another big day for the Burlington Combined gymnastics team. With individual medals on the line Friday night in the WIAA Division 1 state gymnastics meet, BBW did not disappoint, winning or tying for the top spot in all three of the individual events […]