While summer has fled and fall has more or less arrived, summer flowers still offer color at the Burlington Farmers Market. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
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Football Predictions: Upset Friday heightens parity in deep Southern Lakes
Talk about unexpected. Last week, every single one of my Southern Lakes Conference football predictions was wrong. And while I had a brief moment of inner sobbing, and maybe outer, it was a good thing and actually made me happy. With victories from Lake Geneva Badger, Westosha Central, Elkhorn […]
With kindest egrets
A large group of great egrets recently took up residence at Burlington’s Echo Lake Park dam. The egrets are not known to normally be in the area, but seemed perfectly at home at the dam Tuesday. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Lights, camera, action: Waterford football turns up for TV
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent A TV broadcast and members of Waterford’s youth football program led to a big crowd that helped drive Waterford to a 17-7 victory Sept. 5 at home in a Southern Lakes Conference game against Lake Geneva. My24 Milwaukee broadcast the game as a special […]
MARSHALL SMITH
Marshall Smith, 85, Weyerhaeuser, died Sept. 7, 2014, after a short illness. He was a longtime former resident of Burlington who served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Alaska. After discharge he worked at American Motors and Foster Forbes Glass Co. He was an avid hunter and […]
Hey, Ma, I’m three!
Burlington Area School District children went back to school last week, but that didn’t include 3-year-old Elliana Gaal, who proudly proclaimed her age from her mom’s arms while waiting for an older sister to arrive at Cooper School. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
PREDICTIONS: Conference season kicks off with SLC blockbusters
Two weeks are down, and the fun, let’s-see-what-we-have games are behind us. Play time’s over. Conference seasons are starting across the state, and that means high school football is starting to get interesting. Winning four of seven conference games guarantees a playoff spot, so the ramifications are colossal beginning […]
How to survive the first day of school
Airiana Chapin is armed with a poster wishing her well Tuesday as she arrives at Cooper Elementary for the first day of the school year. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Charges expected after smokeshop search
City of Burlington Police Chief Peter Nimmer confirmed Thursday that charges are expected after a search warrant was executed at Up in Smoke in Burlington Wednesday. Nimmer expected multiple charges, and said that two people were in Racine County Jail following the search. The State of Wisconsin, Department of Revenue, […]
Ride for ALS (and ice cream)
The fourth annual Ice Cream Ride 4 ALS took place Sunday, with riders from all over the area driving to four various stops along the countryside. Deb Heinzelmann – the ride’s organizer – rides with head ride captain Bill Foster. (Photo by Kristine DeCillis)
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