By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The Waterford Graded School District will forego funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in favor of greater freedom as part of a plan approved by the School Board this week. At a special meeting Feb. 10, the school board voted to go […]
Sports & Other News
Answers to questions about Aurora’s plans will have to wait
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor In the past week, City of Burlington Mayor Bob Miller hasn’t heard anything negative about the Aurora Medical Group’s $100 million commitment to the area. Almost two weeks ago, Aurora announced it would dedicate $30 million to renovations at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington and Lakeland […]
Beat the blahs with some winter golf
A refreshing round of golf on a frozen lake is one of the more original ways to fight cabin fever. In Kansasville this month, it’ll also be a way to help out the community. The Kansasville-Dover Betterment Committee invites brave fun-seekers from around the area to its inaugural Winter Golf […]
Waterford Graded School District updates
Waterford Graded School District is offering families two mobile apps to provide more options for school-to-home communication. The two apps are extensions of technology already used by the district: the Skyward Family Access and Sharp School website apps. The Skyward Family Access app, which is available for both i-devices and […]
Burlington swimmers 4th at SLC meet
By Chris Bennett Sports Correspondent Strong individual performances from David Jones and Luke Herman, among others, led the Burlington Combined boys swimming team to a fourth-place finish Feb. 8 at the Southern Lakes Conference boys’ swimming meet at Delavan-Darien High School. Burlington Combined consists of swimmers from Burlington, […]
4K approved at BASD, but fireworks fly
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It’s official. A voluntary 4-year-old kindergarten program will start in the Burlington Area School District for the 2014-15 school year. However, while the majority of the BASD School Board may support the program – for a variety of reasons – there remains a vocal minority that […]
Weekend Hi-Liter 2/15/14
Click on the image at right to access the Feb. 15, 2014, Weekend Hi-Liter.
JV girls step up for Burlington gymnastics
By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor Sometimes, your best athletes deserve a much-needed night off. While the Burlington-Badger-Wilmot gymnastics squad had its “Big Three,” Molly Benavides, Bailey Fitzpatrick and Jenna Fitzpatrick, in limited action Jan. 6 at Whitewater, it was the junior varsity girls that stepped up when called […]
BBB lists top 10 scams of 2013
The Better Business Bureau deals with thousands of complaints about scams every year and most of them have one goal in common – tricking consumers into providing money or personal information that the scammer can use to access accounts or steal the consumer’s identity. Some scams are widespread, getting a […]
Hair falls for a friend
Firefighters shed hair, whiskers for one of their own who is battling cancer By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor It’s amazing sometimes how small a gesture can turn into such a huge deal. For City of Burlington firefighter John Hanson, on Saturday, he seemed unable to truly comprehend how people […]
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