By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] Sports Editor Mike Ramczyk counts down the final seconds of Catholic Central’s 37-35 win over Barneveld in the WIAA Division 5 state semifinal game at the Kohl Center in Madison. The Toppers (19-9) advance to their first state championship since they won it all in […]
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BREAKING: Catholic Central advances to state basketball championship game
Toppers win it with late free throws By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] MADISON – Catholic Central senior forward Ben Heiligenthal beamed during a press conference immediately after his team’s 37-35 semifinal victory over Barneveld Friday morning. When asked how he felt after the clock hit zeroes and the Toppers won […]
Tug of war
Of all of the booths at the Burlington Home and Garden Expo Saturday, one of the most popular was that of the Racine County Sheriff. Officer Friday, one of the department’s two K-9 units, played tug of war with those willing to try his strength. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
STATE BASKETBALL: Catholic Central closes half on 11-0 run, leads Barneveld
UPDATE: Catholic Central 20, Barneveld 13 15:30 left in game By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] MADISON – While the rest of the Catholic Central boys basketball team struggled throughout the first half, leading scorer Ben Heiligenthal kept the Toppers in the game Friday morning in a WIAA Division 5 state […]
FOLLOW Southern Lakes Newspapers LIVE at state basketball today
What’s on tap? By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] The third-seeded Catholic Central Hilltoppers (18-9) face Barneveld (23-4) Friday morning at 9 a.m. on WMLW Channel 41, Time Warner Cable. Don’t have TWC? No worries. Just follow Sports Editor Mike Ramczyk (@mikeramczyk17), sports assistant Jason Arndt (@thejasonarndt) and photographer Rick Benavides […]
‘Lydia’s Law’ change stopped short of vote
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor On Mother’s Day in 2014, Burlington’s Lydia Schaefer died while waiting for access to a potentially life-saving epilepsy treatment. Almost two years later, the law that bears her name and was supposed to allow Wisconsin families access to cannabadiol – also known as CBD oil, derived […]
High winds topple tree
Tuesday’s high winds – which exceeded 50 mph, according to the National Weather Service — toppled this tree across the driveway of a home at 203 Echo Dr., Burlington. There appeared to be no damage to the home itself. The winds were also blamed for temporarily knocking out Time Warner […]
Hitting the reset button: Local student breaks silence about serious car accident
Catholic Central’s Neuhaus, a multi-sport star, doesn’t remember driving at all By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor There was a laser focus in Austin Neuhaus’ eyes Tuesday afternoon at Catholic Central High School. The 6-foot-2 junior sat on the edge of an aluminum folding chair, five feet from his basketball […]
Heroin still making headlines in the area
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor According to law enforcement, there is a belief that small-town America just isn’t subject to drug problems. What’s been considered a city problem, however, is slowly drifting into the suburbs, as evidenced by a four-overdose call fielded in Burlington Jan. 19. According to the City of […]
Waterford still refining effectiveness evals
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent It has been nearly two years since the introduction of a state-mandated system aimed at gauging teachers’ abilities to engage students in the classroom, and tweaks and refinements continue to take place. At Waterford Union High School, Principal Dan Foster said the district has been complying […]
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