By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT A fifth-place finish in the Southern Lakes Conference tournament, plus a fourth-place finish in the dual portion of the SLC, left the Burlington High School girls tennis team fourth overall in the SLC final standings. The Demons earned six points for three dual wins, and […]
Sports & Other News
BHS boys continue to dominate
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Forced to shuffle its lineup, the Burlington High School boys volleyball team did Saturday what it’s been doing all year – winning. The Demons played without super-senior Carson Biedrzycki most of Saturday at the Fort Atkinson Invite, and still came away the victors. BHS swept […]
Demons girls take second at Sprawl
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor For most of the weekend at the Lynn LaPorte Sprawl in West Bend, the Burlington High School girls volleyball team played like the best team in the state. Only in the championship game did the Demon girls come up short. BHS lost in the Sprawl […]
Demons win overtime thriller over Broncos
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Defeating a team three times in one season sometimes can be very difficult. The Burlington High School boys soccer team did that Tuesday night against Union Grove, but it was not easy. “It was a very exciting game,” head coach Phil Molitor said of the […]
Standouts for the Week of Sept. 28, 2012
Male Athlete of the Week Chad Redmer, Burlington High School football: Redmer picked up his third 100-plus game of the season Friday in helping BHS to a 55-21 win over Delavan-Darien. Redmer rushed for 103 yards and scored a pair of rushing touchdowns – one in the first quarter and […]
Cottonpicker will close
Facing repairs, sewer hook up, owner says ‘it’s time’ By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Since March of 1976, a small building on the corner of highways 36 and W in Burlington has housed a family restaurant – one full of memories, style and attitude. The doors on those memories will […]
Pavement at long last
Construction workers start laying the first of the new pavement on one half of Milwaukee Avenue on Tuesday. It was a welcome sign for local motorists who have endured months of construction on the city’s busiest street. The project is slated for completion in November. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Library program will highlight historic gardens
Marcia Carmichael, historical gardener at Old World Wisconsin and author of “Putting Down Roots: Gardening Insights from Wisconsin’s Early Settlers” will give a presentation on Saturday at the Burlington Public Library. The program, which is free and open to the public, begins at 1 p.m. at the library, 166 E. […]
Common Council tables motion on new pavement
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer After coming up with a variety of solutions other than the one presented to be voted on Tuesday night, the City of Burlington Common Council finally tabled a proposal to place T-turnarounds in the Spring Brook Landing development. At the Sept. 4 Committee of the […]
Cost overruns OKd in farm drainage project
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In a narrow 4-3 vote, Village of Waterford officials recently agreed to increase spending on a project to improve flooding in the Waterford Farm Drainage District by nearly $10,000. Village Administrator Rebecca Ewald came before the board Aug. 27 with a second change order on the […]
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