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Monday, November 18, 2024
It’s freezing outside finally, and I don’t like it. Winter is officially here, as the final fall state tournaments, boys volleyball and swimming, wrapped up last weekend. Westosha Central was ousted in the first round in boys volleyball, Burlington fans. With the first basketball games tipping off Tuesday […]
Officials say population stability, fawn production are positive signs for area herd By Heather Ruenz Staff Writer Area residents will join hundreds of thousands of other hunters throughout the state in pursuit of white-tailed deer as Wisconsin’s annual nine-day gun season opens Saturday. State wildlife officials are offering an opportunistic […]
Daisy Scout Chloe Wiess fills out a form after filling a gift box for Operation Christmas Child at St. Charles Church Monday. Girl Scouts were filling the boxes, which will be distributed to children in Africa – often the first gifts those children receive. Program coordinator Sarah Burris said that […]
They say Gateway facility doesn’t belong near homes By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When Gateway Technical College representatives came to Burlington Nov. 14 to hear comments from area residents on a proposed emergency vehicle training, those representatives said they were in town to listen. “We’re going to do everything we can […]
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Burlington Combined’s Sara Wanasek experienced a bit of redemption Nov. 16 at the WIAA Division 1 Girls’ State Swimming and Diving Meet at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium in Madison. Wanasek turned in the Demons’ best individual performances, finishing 11th in the 500-yard […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 state swimming meet won’t necessarily be about winning it all for the Burlington Co-op swim team. Burlington’s Sara and Olivia Wanasek and Ellie Petrie along with Waterford’s DeAnn Jones and Kaley Brown are more concerned with finishing with a bang. […]
By Bud Milroy Sports Correspondent For just the second time in the last six seasons, Catholic Central football won’t be playing in the state semifinals. The Toppers’ 2013 football season ended Friday night when the Toppers fell to the Lake Country Lutheran Lightning, 13-7. The Division 7 state […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor As snow fell from the sky Monday morning and afternoon, the timing could not have been better for Love Inc. to wrap up its winter coat drive – which distributed more than 650 coats to people who needed them. And as the sun blasted down on […]
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Players lost their voices. Eardrums popped. The Richter Scale may have been awaken with all the bleacher pounding. Last Thursday’s sectional final between the Burlington and Westosha Central boys volleyball squads will go down as one of the most thrilling sporting events in […]
Frank Konieska (left) Post Commander of American Legion Bixby-Hansen Unit 171, and Shannon Heberling, a chief logistics specialist with the United States Navy, perform a ceremonial flag-folding at Union Grove High School Monday honoring graduates who died in the line of duty. It was one of several Veterans Day observances […]
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