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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
The City of Burlington announced Tuesday that Alan Babe, a 21-year veteran of the Raymond Fire and Rescue Department, will be the new city fire chief. Babe “worked his way up through the ranks,” according to a press release issued Tuesday morning, serving as a firefighter, captain and assistant […]
Burlington Area School District Board Clerk Rosanne Hahn was appointed to the Board of Directors for Wisconsin Association of School Boards last week. “I’m kind of surprised, because there are a lot of good candidates,” Hahn said. “I’m happy to serve.” Hahn will represent WASB Region 13, which includes 47 […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor With the citywide rummage sale event coming up at the end of July, the City of Burlington Common Council on Tuesday discussed allowing people to put signs up in city right-of-ways. In the past, people have been asked to remove rummage sale signs from the grassy […]
WIAA DIVISION 2 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP New Berlin West 2, Delavan-Darien 1 Historic run ends for Speth, Comets By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com MADISON – Hundreds of people from the communities of Delavan and Darien showed up to see the main attraction Saturday at the WIAA state softball tournament – Delavan-Darien […]
WIAA D1 SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL: Watertown 5, Union Grove 3 (8 innings) Late miscues allow four unanswered runs By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com Visibly distraught, Union Grove softball head coach Ryan Boylen didn’t say much after Saturday morning’s WIAA Division 1 state semifinal game. One thing he repeated is that the […]
Andrew Ohm (left) and Jennifer Panackal look over their diplomas at the Burlington High School graduation Friday night. In spite of stifling temperatures because of the hot day, graduates celebrated the completion of 13 years of school. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor While the majority of June 5’s late thunderstorm managed to miss the Burlington area, winds from the storm knocked out power throughout the southeast area. According to a We Energies spokeswoman June 6, about 3,000 customers in Racine County were without power at 10:30 p.m. […]
By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com Two days after the Burlington baseball team’s third sectional championship victory in school history, the boys of summer were back on their grind. Despite heavy rain Thursday afternoon, the Demons took batting practice at Beaumont Field in preparation for Tuesday’s WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal game […]
Senior ace strikes out 10, knocks game-winning hit By Jason Arndt jarndt@southernlakesnewspapers.com Oshkosh North paid the price after walking Union Grove leadoff hitter Kalista Hribar in the top of the eighth inning of the WIAA Division 1 state softball quarterfinal Thursday night at Goodman Diamond in Madison. With a […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Following a closed-session discussion Tuesday night, the City of Burlington Community Development Authority agreed to finalize a contract for the sale of the empty lot at the corner of Dodge and East Chestnut streets. Burlington Core Group Upgrade II, LLC, has been trying to purchase […]
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