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Locals push to provide service dogs for vets By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff writer Sgt. Robert Johnson knew he was bound for military service before he even finished high school. “I just felt it was something I should do,” said Johnson, now 24 and a veteran with tours in Iraq and […]
The humors and sorrows – not to mention the complications – of love, relationships and marriage are tackled with biting (and hilarious) accuracy in Joe DiPietro’s “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” – the fall production by The Haylofters of Burlington. The show will run Oct. 6-8, Oct. 14-16 […]
Philip “Bee” Isferding, 77, of Burlington, died Oct. 3, 2011, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, following a four-year battle with lung cancer. He was born Dec. 19, 1933, in Racine County, to the late Edward R. and Dorothy M. (Carpenter) Isferding. Bee spent his early life and received […]
Laura A. Bronenkant (nee Kuehn), 88, a longtime resident of Tichigan Lake, died in Williamsburg, Va., on Oct. 3, 2011, after a brief illness. She was born on Nov. 27, 1923, in Milwaukee. She came from a large German family, on her father’s side, that settled in Door County in […]
Kay “Sissy” Charlene Harder, 63, formerly of Burlington, died at her residence in Minneapolis on Sept. 30, 2011. She was born Sept. 2, 1948, in St. Paul, Minn., to the late Roy and Jean Fladwood. She grew up in Alexandria, Minn., where she graduated from Jefferson High School and later […]
A spirited third-quarter comeback wasn’t enough to carry the Burlington Demons Friday in a homecoming game loss to visiting Wilmot. The visiting Panthers withstood a Burlington rally that cut the lead to two points late in the third quarter, but that was as close as the Demons would get as […]
Earl E. Johnson, 98, of Spring Prairie, died his residence Sept. 29, 2011. He was born May 14, 1913, in Bartlett, Ill., to the late John and Mary (Dufer) Johnson. He spent his early life in West Chicago and Bartlett, and was a graduate of Wayne Center Seven High in […]
Jeremy Morris, of Virginia, performs a solemn salute at the gravesite of his relative and Revolutionary War patriot, Andrew Lytle, Jr., during the final Wisconsin Historical Marker Program held at United Presbyterian Cemetery in Dover on Sept. 17. Lytle, born in 1762, came to Wisconsin with his son […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor Welcome back, Zach Fischer. In his first game since Sept. 2 because of a torn knee ligament, Fischer returned in style Friday, throwing three touchdown passes as Waterford routed Westosha Central 49-14. The Wolverines improved to 3-1 in the SLC – with their only loss […]
By David Paulsen Sports Correspondent When the season began, they had hoped to simply finish somewhere in the middle of the pack in the Southern Lakes Conference. The Burlington High School girls’ tennis team managed to be better than that. After finishing the dual portion of the season with a […]
