By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor In the space of time it took to turn a vehicle around Friday, Austin Neuhaus almost lost his life. The Genoa City resident and Catholic Central High School junior was on the way to a friend’s house at about noon on […]
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Four men drown on lake in East Troy
By Tracy Ouellette STAFF WRITER As of Wednesday morning, the bodies of three of the four men who took a canoe out on Mill Lake in the early hours of Jan. 3 and went missing had been recovered while dive teams continued to search for the missing fourth man. Mill […]
CCHS to present ‘Usher — a Totally Teen Comedy’
Catholic Central High School student Melissa Schoedel balances a book on her head in the school’s performance of “Usher – a Totally Teen Comedy.” The play takes a mix of Edgar Allen Poe’s writing and characters and weaves them together into a teen-savvy comedy loosely based on “The Fall […]
Large family leads to whopper of a lie
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor If liars – and lies – come in all shapes and sizes, the entries in this year’s Burlington Liars Club competition certainly ran the gamut. And for a Waupaca man who allegedly grew up in a large family, the size of his family gave him the […]
Manhunts, deaths mar 2015 in the area
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Each year, the world around us seems to change – sometimes in a heartbeat. In 2015, news came from all over the area. It came in various forms – both good and bad, happy and sad. And as 2015 winds to a close, Southern Lakes Newspapers […]
Questions remain after fire chief resigns
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After announcing last week that Fire Chief Perry Howard agreed to a transition plan that would result in him leaving in June of the upcoming year, details remained scarce this week in the City of Burlington. City staff sent out the press release at about 7 […]
Obregon manhunt tops 2015 news
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Each year, the world around us seems to change – sometimes in a heartbeat. In 2015, news came from all over the area. It came in various forms – both good and bad, happy and sad. And as 2015 winds to a close, the Burlington Standard […]
Family displaced after Christmas fire
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When Jesse Koller and Jessie Ray went to bed on Christmas Day, it was with the satisfaction of a good holiday. “We were just kind of relaxing around the house,” said Koller. “We hung out as a family.” A few hours later, their lives drastically changed. […]
Coach’s controversial comment, state wrestling title highlight top 10 stories of year
The top 10 sports stories of the year Another year is done. I’m approaching my mid-30s, and I’m starting to feel older. Going out to the bars doesn’t have the same feel because everyone is 10 years younger than me. My busy, curious and adorable daughter Coraline Rose is […]
County listening sessions coming up
Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave announced today the first in his series of monthly listening sessions to be held in Racine County municipalities in 2016. Delagrave will be available Wednesday to meet county residents in the meeting room of the Waterford Village Hall, 123 N. River Street, Waterford. The listening […]