Atmospheric conditions produced a beautiful sunset over the farm fields in Burlington Thursday night. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
Sports & Other News
Village gathering estimates for firefighter dorm
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Discussion of a seemingly routine capital expense — installing a fire suppression system — sparked a large-scale discussion this week about the future of one of the Village of Waterford’s two fire stations. The village recently sought bids for the fire suppression system. Five companies provided […]
Day care, laundry eye former M&I building
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor An empty building on the Burlington’s south side will be filled by the fall, if things go according to plan. The City of Burlington Plan Commission approved plans for two businesses to occupy the former M&I Bank building at 200 S. Pine St. The building is […]
Waterford basketball wins on Senior Night
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent The Wolverines outscored the Elks by 17 points and won 66-35 at home Monday in a Southern Lakes Conference girls basketball game against Elkhorn. Waterford won 42-32 Feb. 10 at home in a SLC game against Westosha Central and won 59-29 Feb. 7 in […]
ROUNDUP: Catholic Central boys go to OT, Burlington girls keep rolling
By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] The Catholic Central boys basketball team found itself in a 55-55 tie at the end of regulation Tuesday night at Racine Lutheran. Playing against a team considerably higher in the Metro Classic Conference standings, the Toppers were outscored 14-8 in overtime and fell 69-63 to […]
Union Grove’s Shiffler reaches 1,000-point milestone
Union Grove earns No. 1 seed in WIAA playoffs By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent If there ever was a week for the Union Grove girls basketball team to flex its muscle, it was last week. After winning a Southern Lakes Conference showdown with Wilmot, the Broncos extended their winning […]
Waterford wrestling advances to team state for first time since 1997
Waterford 54, Wauwatosa 19 By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Waterford won five of the first six matches by pin and routed Wauwatosa West/East 54-19 Tuesday at Mukwonago in a WIAA Division 1 Team Sectional dual meet. Waterford advances to the WIAA Division 1 State Team Tournament March 3 & […]
Four minute drill helps Westosha leapfrog Burlington into first place
Westosha Central 59, Burlington 53 Falcons’ big second half bumps Burlington out of first place By Jason Arndt [email protected] Entering a boys basketball Southern Lakes Conference clash for first place, both Westosha Central High School and host Burlington boasted win streaks of at least four games, but one […]
Appointment fulfills student’s dream
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Mikayla Crone grew up knowing the United States armed forces. She spent most of her life in Illinois and California at various naval bases while her father, Darrell, served in the U.S. Navy, and came away following his retirement wanting to attend one of the country’s […]
WUHS hoping for change in start date law
By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Waterford Union High School is joining the chorus of districts across the state urging lawmakers to reverse a decade-and-a-half-old law that restricts when the school year can begin. Superintendent Keith Brandstetter on Jan. 23 asked that the high school’s board go on record in support of […]