By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The owners of a business fixture in Burlington had a difficult choice to make this week. After close to a century in the furniture business, the Schuette-Daniels furniture store in downtown Burlington will close in the aftermath of a devastating April fire, Matt Daniels owner of […]
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Lyons Center named School of Recognition
Elementary school honored for improvement of low-income students Lyons Center Elementary School has been named a Wisconsin Title 1 School of Recognition for high progress, the state Department of Public Instruction announced Thursday morning. The awards highlight schools that have demonstrated success in educating students from low-income families. To be […]
Annual river clean up set
On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Fox River C.A.U.S.E. (www.frcause.org) will hold its annual canoe cleanup. The mission is to clean up the area from the Fox River canoe launch to the Iron Bridge. Tip-A-Canoe (www.tipacanoellc.com) has donated the canoes for this event and will be the starting point at 9 […]
Welcome to BASD!
New staff members were welcomed into the Burlington Area School District recently. They are: (front from left) Morgan Schmidt (BHS social studies), Emily Grossen (BHS special education), Ashley Meulemans (BHS physics), Deb Jerome (Cooper occupational therapist; (second row) Jessica Jooss (Cooper kindergarten), Alyssa Riggs (Karcher special education), Courtney Peters (BHS […]
Precocious and determined: teen performer hits music scene
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In her own words, the last year for Lake Geneva’s Genevieve Heyward has been “crazy.” A fixture performing at open mic night at the Coffee House at Chestnut and Pine, Heyward graduated to winning the Chocolate City Idol title in her age group both last year […]
Burlington native Gilmer takes over in San Diego
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor From a young age, Burlington native Martha Gilmer loved music. “I lived in Burlington all of my young life,” said Gilmer, whose maiden name is Schmaling. “I was very active in what was the music scene. Musicals, music groups, youth groups, high school band and playing […]
Schuette-Daniels owner still not certain about store’s future
Furniture store was shut down by fire in April By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It’s been more than four months since fire shut down the Schuette-Daniels Furniture Store in Burlington. It may still be a few more weeks before its owners know its future. Matt Daniels, the owner of the furniture […]
All quiet on the school front: BASD budget passes easily
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It said something about the Burlington Area School District – and the current public quiet – that Monday night’s annual meeting had just one commentator. That was Thomas Boyle, who stood up to talk about instilling the “dignity of labor” in today’s youth. “Our farmers can’t […]
Plaza Theater to host Robin Williams night
The Plaza Theater in Burlington will hold a Robin Williams Night Thursday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. The theater will have Dr. Mervin Langley from Clinical Psychology Associates, Burlington, speak for about five minutes and then answer questions about the warning signs and symptoms of depression and positive strategies to […]
Stylists embrace ice bucket challenge
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor If you’ve been anywhere near social media in the last two weeks, inevitably, you have seen someone dumping a bucket of ice water on his or her head. For hair stylists at Nelson’s Mane Concern in Burlington Tuesday evening, the challenge was taken to a whole […]
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