Heiligenthal’s double-double sparks CC Tuesday night By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor And Dana Ehrmann Sports Correspondent After two signature victories over perennial powers Kenosha St. Joe’s and Racine St. Cat’s, the Catholic Central boys basketball team took care of business on its home floor Tuesday night. Senior Ben Heiligenthal […]
Sports & Other News
Burlington football star commits to Wisconsin Badgers
Multi-sport athlete will be preferred walk-on for defense By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Browns Lake resident Hegeman Tiedt is fulfilling a lifelong dream this week. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound menace to opposing quarterbacks will be taking his football talents to the University of Wisconsin to play for the Badgers. A […]
City gets behind study, School Board questions its role in shared facility
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor The City of Burlington Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to move forward with a study for a shared government services building. While not everyone is fully on board with being a part of the project – at least one council member said putting everything in […]
Obregon trial set for September
By Jason Arndt STAFF WRITER Citing the large amount of evidence that must be reviewed, a lawyer for Andrew Obregon Jan. 21 requested more time to prepare for the accused murderer’s trial. Taking the request under consideration during the preliminary hearing, a judge set Sept. 25 as the date of […]
Man accused of third assault of same victim
A Burlington man out on bail after an argument turned physical in December is back in Racine County Jail – after allegedly assaulting the same person a second time in the city. Colten Ketchum, 23, remained in Racine County Jail Tuesday evening on a $5,000 bond. He is charged with […]
Update: Local man charged in Lincoln statue vandalism
The Abraham Lincoln statue outside the Burlington Area School District offices lies in the snow Saturday morning. On Tuesday, Jacob Hinds, 22, of Burlington, was charged with felony criminal damage to property for his alleged role in the vandalism. City of Burlington police said Monday in a press release that […]
Zelich pleads guilty in ‘suitcase’ murder
By Jason Arndt STAFF WRITER When a Kenosha County judge granted a motion made by prosecutors last month, it prompted Steven Zelich’s defense to accept a plea in Kenosha County Circuit Court Monday. Zelich, a former West Allis police officer, faced two charges of homicide – including one in Minnesota, […]
City, county, BASD will consider study of shared facility
By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief Recognizing a rare opportunity for collaboration that could lead to cost savings, officials from the City of Burlington, Burlington Area School District and Racine County on Monday agreed in principal to pursue a study of a shared government services building to be built in […]
Burlington ramps up energy to whitewash Waterford
Demons start stretch run with pivotal conference win By Mike Ramczyk [email protected] WATERFORD – The final score reads Burlington 65, Waterford 58, but the actual game told a different story Thursday night at Waterford Union High School. The Demons, losers of seven of their previous eight, came out firing […]
COACH OF THE YEAR: Hometown girl took team on magical run
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor The talent was top-notch. Conference player of the year Madison Blair was the leading scorer, but Jenna Bouffiou, Shauna Malchine and Tiffany Stiewe made for a fearsome foursome. Toss in four more seniors, and the experienced Lady Wolverines finished 23-3 and were a few […]
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