By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent Last year, it took a late touchdown for Catholic Central to complete a come-from-behind win over Black Hawk. This year, the Hilltoppers needed a fourth-quarter stop on a two-point conversion attempt to secure a 14-12 Level One playoff win over the Warriors. “Black Hawk was […]
Sports & Other News
Swimmers bring home title from Racine Invite
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor In spite of illness wreaking havoc on the team’s lineup over the past few weeks, the Burlington co-op swim team has survived the hardest part of its schedule. On Saturday, in spite of the team’s best swimmer being gone on a college visit, the co-op […]
Standouts for the week of Oct. 26, 2012
Male Athlete of the Week Zach Gesteland, Burlington High School boys volleyball: For the first time in Burlington High School boys volleyball, a team member was named Southeast Conference Player of the Year. Gesteland earned the honor last week, and also helped BHS to the SEC tournament title on the […]
LETTER: Romney is the cure for what ails our health care
Recently we’ve heard about Obamacare and the war on women. We’ve focused on Sandra Fluke’s desire for cheaper and more available birth control. We’ve heard about 10,000 annual deaths to gun violence and the 40,000 lost annually to breast cancer. It’s everywhere. We’ve heard nothing about the 50,000 lost annually […]
LETTER: A few reasons not to vote for Obama
If you want to vote yourself out of a job, vote for Obama. This election is not about how many free condoms you get each week or about who’s paying Big Bird’s salary. It’s about meat-and-potato and kitchen-table issues. Gasoline has doubled during the Obama years and it’s a darn […]
Waterford district may leave special ed co-op again
By Patricia Bogumil Editor A special joint meeting for all school districts in the Waterford Special Education Cooperative has been called for Wednesday, Nov. 14, to discuss the Cooperative’s makeup in the near future. The Cooperative is run by the Waterford Union High School district to provide services for special […]
Step one in fire services merger discussion: Obtain an objective viewpoint
Outside firm hired to study possible benefits and pitfalls of city-town department merger By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer In considering the benefits and pitfalls of a suggested merger of the city and town of Burlington fire departments, Town Chief Ed Umnus commented last week that an outside view is […]
A custom classic
Lori Anderson from Burlington (left) and Holly Taylor from Elkhorn check out a 1923 T-Bucket Model T Ford at the classic and custom car display held as part of Elkhorn’s Oktoberfest celebration Oct. 20 on the Courthouse Square. (Photo by Tom Ganser)
The lowdown on local Halloween events
From Spooky City to trick or treating, you’ll find it here The 23rd annual Spooky City – a Burlington tradition – offers a full day of Halloween-themed activities for children and adults on Saturday. In addition to safe trick-or-treating at participating businesses in downtown Burlington, a costume parade and hayrides […]
Halloween freaky and fun events coming up
Haunted hayride and the Great Pumpkin Fest this weekend The St. Robert Bellarmine Parish’s Youth Group will host the site for the Freaks of Nature Haunted Hayride event on the weekend before Halloween, Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., with a special […]
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