School Board members weigh in on spouses serving as citizen representatives By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer What exactly constitutes a conflict of interest? Depending upon whom you talk to now in the Burlington Area School District, it might be who has applied to be citizen representatives on the BASD […]
Sports & Other News
Swimmers fourth at Fort Atkinson
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor While the Burlington co-op swim team may have only finished fourth at the Fort Atkinson Invite Saturday, head coach Denita Jones liked who her team finished fourth against. Arrowhead (512 points), Milton (377) and Fort Atkinson (297) all finished ahead of Burlington (254.5), but Arrowhead […]
Lady ’Toppers sweep pair
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor The Catholic Central High School girls volleyball team continued its march through the Metro Conference last week. The Lady ’Toppers swept Racine Lutheran 25-17, 25-16, 25-14 Sept. 18, then also swept Kenosha St. Joseph Sept. 20, 25-16, 30-28, 25-19. Catholic Central improved to 20-5 overall […]
Demon netters fourth overall in SLC
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 […]
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)
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