By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor Jillian Leighton smiled Friday afternoon, even as the event she was waiting for at Walmart took a little while to get started. Due to a traffic accident in downtown Burlington, the “cops” portion of “Shop With a Cop” were a little late to arrive – though […]
Sports & Other News
Policing change ready to go in Waterford
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With one week before the monumental switchover, officials in the Village and Town of Waterford are gearing up for a new era in law enforcement services. The Waterford Village Board in early June decided to unwind a decades-long arrangement that called on a Racine County Sheriff’s […]
Heiligenthal surpasses 1,000-point plateau in Catholic Central’s third straight win
Senior guard having a banner 2015 By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Only a month removed from earning conference player of the year and first team all-County in football, Catholic Central senior Ben Heiligenthal put an exclamation point on his 2015 Tuesday night. Heiligenthal scored 22 points to reach the […]
Girl who lost best friend in New Year’s Eve crash moves beyond injuries
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR For 13-year-old Kayla Brown, New Year’s Eve isn’t a high-profile day – she normally just hangs out with friends. She remembers nothing from the day in 2014 – only from the day before, spending time at her friend Samantha Russell’s home after they went shopping at […]
Burlington wrestling suffers first loss of season to rival Elkhorn
Elkhorn 46, Burlington 22 Middleweights run away with dual meet By Mike Ramczyk sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com By Chris Bennett chrbenn6@gmail.com Burlington wrestling coach Jade Gribble didn’t mince words after his squad’s blowout loss Dec. 17 at Elkhorn High School. “It was a straight up butt-kicking,” he said. “They generally wanted […]
Burlington fire chief will resign, city says
City’s first full-time chief presided over contentious two years By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor City of Burlington Mayor Bob Miller announced Tuesday night that Fire Chief Perry Howard will resign in June of 2016. In a news release distributed Tuesday evening, Miller stated the city and Howard had “worked out an […]
Girl’s viral plea for cards reaches Washington-Caldwell
By Maureen Vandersanden Correspondent Students at Washington-Caldwell School joined thousands of others from across the country in making one young girl’s Christmas wish come true. Eight-year old Safyre Terry, Schenectady, N.Y., who lost her entire family to arson on May 2, 2013 and was left severely burned herself, made a […]
Christmas Eve ‘in the barn’ set at Squire farm
A live nativity will be held Thursday on Christmas Eve at Squire’s farm, 27615 Church Road, Burlington. The services run every half hour from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The public is invited to this free event. English Settlement Church members and friends will play angels, shepherds, wise men and […]
Teen charged for having sex with 15-year-old girls
A Burlington teenager – who admitted to police he was already on probation for having sex with an underage female – is now charged with felony sexual assault after having sex with two 15-year-olds. Dave Fenlon, 17, was charged last week in Racine County Circuit Court with three counts of […]
Big shoes to fill for Union Grove wrestling squad
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent With the Southern Lakes Conference seemingly getting stronger by the year, Union Grove wrestling coach Andy Weis realizes there is no time for rebuilding. Despite losing state qualifiers Adam Braley and Cole Ryan to graduation, Weis expects his team to pick up the slack right […]
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