Association remains in dire need of financial help By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor For the last year, the Burlington Cemetery Association has been trying to get both the city and the town of Burlington to help it out of its financial troubles. The association, hammered hard when a former member embezzled […]
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A hair-raising performance
The Burlington High School dance team performs at halftime of the Oct. 11 game against Wilmot. While the football team was unable to come out with a victory, the dance team and cheerleading squad presented winning performances, judging by the applause from the appreciative crowd. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)
Catholic Central clinches playoffs with last-second touchdown, Demons eliminated
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The last time the Catholic Central varsity football team missed the playoffs, Bill Clinton was President. Brett Favre was only 25 years old, the Milwaukee Brewers were in the American League and every single player on the current Topper roster wasn’t even born yet. […]
Burlington swimmers coast past Elkhorn, perfect in SLC
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Lake Geneva Badger got the jump on the Southern Lakes Conference swim championship when it won the SLC relays way back in August. Now, the Burlington Demons have sent the message to the rest of the conference: we’re good, too. In a pivotal SLC […]
Basking in the sun
This blue heron has been an ever-present figure at Echo Park lately, alternating time between a spot on the dam and a sunken log on the lake. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Lady Demons advance to state for first time in school history
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Burlington girls tennis coach Rose Dolatowski knew her squad had a chance at team state. During Wednesday’s Division I Lake Geneva Badger Sectional, she said her squad had a commanding lead on Monona Grove and seemed well on its way to school history. […]
A grand speech
Cole Conrad plays a high school student talking about a theatrical monologue in the Burlington High School production of “The Laramie Project” – a play that spreads a no-hate message by showing what happened in Laramie, Wyoming in the death of Mathew Shepard. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Hey parents: High school sports aren’t life and death
Last week’s fiasco is yet another reason why people in general need to take a chill pill when investing too much into high school. The average person lives, what, 80 years? High school is only four of those. A blip on the map. A whopping 5 percent. But some […]
Solemn honors for a fallen friend
Lyons Fire Engine 2925 passes under the arch made by City of Burlington and Waterford ladder trucks Saturday, carrying the casket of Josh Tauscher, who died last week following a motorcycle crash. See more photos and read the full story of the tribute to the local firefighter in the Oct. […]
One of the ‘Greatest’ receives his just reward
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer The layout of a B-29 Superfortress bomber – a key part of the United States’ arsenal in World War II – was unique. The first aircraft to have pressurized cabins, there were two crew sections – one in the front, and one in the back, […]