But lawmakers have not yet figured out what the rules are By Patricia Bogumil Interim editor Waterford Graded School District officials find themselves in a bit of a pickle, and they’re not alone. Like WGSD, about half the school districts in Wisconsin have teachers whose collective bargaining agreement expired last […]
Sports & Other News
Demon grapplers win Nicolet Scramble
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT With six weight class champions, the Burlington High School wrestling team dominated the Nicolet Knight Wrestling Scramble Saturday at Nicolet High School in Milwaukee. The Demon boys tallied 565 points to easily outscore second-place Wausau East, which had 483.5 points. “It wasn’t an overly tough […]
Demon girls shelled by Franklin 78-34
By David Paulsen SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Shellshocked. That was the feeling of the Burlington High School girls’ basketball team after the first quarter of its non-conference matchup at Franklin Friday. After defeating Racine Horlick three days earlier by 33 points, the Demon girls were feeling pretty good about themselves. That was […]
BBW gymnastics team wins pair
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor The Burlington/Badger/Wilmot gymnastics team opened its season with a 141.200-137.575 win over Mukwonago/Kettle Moraine Dec. 1 at Karcher Middle School. BBW had the highest team score on three of the four events, and won all of the individual events except bars – which was behind […]
’Topper boys pick up first victory
By Bud Milroy Sports correspondent The Catholic Central High School boys’ basketball team returned home Tuesday night and picked up its first win of the season, beating Lake Country Lutheran 56-43. “We played our best ball of the season so far over the first three and a half quarters of […]
Waterford paced to finish by seniors – and captains
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports editor With a senior-laden team, many people wondered just how far the Waterford Union High School football team would go this season. As it turned out, pretty far. The Wolverines made it all the way to the WIAA Division 2 state championship game before bowing out […]
It’s on! Village tree all lit up for Christmas
By Patricia Bogumil Interim editor With a cold nip in the air but no snow to frost the tips of tiny noses, Waterford’s Winterland Parade stepped off smartly Dec. 2 with holiday-themed floats and marching bands. The parade’s grand finale was again held at Waterford Public Library, where families and […]
New districts to greet county voters
Reapportionment will be in play for spring County Board election By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Local voters will have a chance to elect a slimmed-down Racine County Board this spring, but before you’ll be able to do that you’ll have to figure out what district you now live in. […]
See Tiny Tim melt a Scrooge
‘Christmas Carol’ comes to CATHE stage By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer “God bless us, everyone!” The famous words of Tiny Tim seem to bless at least one local theater stage every holiday season, and this year, the CATHE Youth Theater will produce Charles Dickens’ famous “A Christmas Carol,” starting Friday. […]
Food for troops collected by cute kids
Beth Snyder’s kindergarten class at Kansasville Elementary School really enjoyed taking top honors by collecting the most food for our troops stationed here and overseas. Pictured are Kylee Skalecki, Aubrey Mueller, Roy Ishihara, Chloe Longo, Rylee Preston, Caitlyn Carleton, Logan Powers, and Maria Obieglo.