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Those darned kids!

Madison Gruman (second from left) and Kids from Wisconsin lit up the Burlington High School auditorium Friday night in a Kids’ “hometown” performance. Gruman is in her final year with the summer touring musical troupe. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

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Honoring America

Members of the VFW Post 2823 Honor Guard present the American flag during the annual flag-raising ceremony at the Town of Burlington Town Hall honoring the Fourth of July. The ceremony included patriotic music, an invocation and a gun salute by the honor guard. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

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Running with the flame

Members of the City of Burlington Police Department and the Racine County Sheriff’s Department – along with family members and friends – took part in the annual Special Olympics Torch Run June 8. (Photo by John Fisher) Editor’s note: the wrong photo credit for the photos ran in Southern Lakes […]

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Late comeback not enough as Delavan-Darien softball falls in state championship

WIAA DIVISION 2 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP New Berlin West 2, Delavan-Darien 1 Historic run ends for Speth, Comets   By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com MADISON – Hundreds of people from the communities of Delavan and Darien showed up to see the main attraction Saturday at the WIAA state softball tournament – Delavan-Darien […]

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Union Grove softball team stunned at state, historic season ends

WIAA D1 SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL: Watertown 5, Union Grove 3 (8 innings) Late miscues allow four unanswered runs   By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com Visibly distraught, Union Grove softball head coach Ryan Boylen didn’t say much after Saturday morning’s WIAA Division 1 state semifinal game. One thing he repeated is that the […]

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Happy grads

Andrew Ohm (left) and Jennifer Panackal look over their diplomas at the Burlington High School graduation Friday night. In spite of stifling temperatures because of the hot day, graduates celebrated the completion of 13 years of school. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

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VIDEO: Burlington baseball team honored after sectional title, celebrated by parents, fans

By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com Two days after the Burlington baseball team’s third sectional championship victory in school history, the boys of summer were back on their grind. Despite heavy rain Thursday afternoon, the Demons took batting practice at Beaumont Field in preparation for Tuesday’s WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal game […]

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Hitting the road

Participants in the annual Special Olympics Torch Run get ready to take off from the Burlington Kwik Trip on the north side of the city. The run went from the north side Kwik Trip to the south side Kwik Trip, bringing in law enforcement and service agency participants from all […]

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McClelland’s three-run blast lifts Union Grove past Burlington

WIAA SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL: Union Grove 4, Burlington 1 Stroke of luck lifts Lady Broncos   By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com UNION GROVE – Union Grove head coach Ryan Boylen said third baseman Alyssa McClelland had been a habitual tough-luck out all season. Line drives right at fielders, deep balls caught at […]