Conditions were perfect on a Saturday morning in January for an informal gathering of hot air balloonists at East Troy Airport. With 10 balloons participating, the early morning liftoff also made for a nice surprise for local residents. Several balloonists landed in a subdivision near Mukwonago, bringing many curious children […]

Members of the Sauk Prairie Executive Session show choir perform a number in the school’s “A Chorus Line” show Jan. 21 during the Chocolate City Showcase show choir competition at Burlington High School. Sauk Prairie finishedsecond overall behind Mayville in the five-choir field. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

Although she played hard-to-get for more than a month, Mother Nature finally succumbed to charms of Jack Frost in the past two weeks. A fresh fall of snow and a bright winter sun created this picturesque scene at Browns Lake Golf Course Saturday. (Photo by Jacqueline Nadolski)

After going all of December without measurable snow, the western Racine County got its second dose of the white stuff in five days Tuesday morning, touching off traffic accidents and clean up crews – like this one in Burlington – throughout the area. The snow was expected to usher in […]

Employees and patrons of Bob’s Pedal Pusher bicycle store use old fashioned pedal power to move its inventory of bikes to the store’s new location about a mile up the road at 817 North Pine Street Sunday. Both Bob’s and Stan’s Glass are moving because their current building on South […]

The January full moon rises over the Village at Monica condominiums in Burlington Monday. Temperatures hovered in the 40-degree range as the moon climbed in the sky, making it anything but an ordinary January. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)

Ben Lois (from left), Becca Robinson and Elijah Erdmann perform at a recent Burlington High School basketball game. The three are part of the student pep band, Orange Crush. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)

Burlington High School students Alexa Aguirre (from left), Jordan Silverman and Adyson Dinatale perform a spirited version of “Jingle Bells” in front of Reineman’s Hardware while collecting money as part of the Salvation Army’s Kettle Campaign to benefit Love Inc. last week. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)