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Friday, May 16, 2025
Local woman fears perception will hurt her daughter’s chance for legitimate use By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor There are many things on Sally Schaeffer’s mind right now. Most have to do with her special-needs daughter, Lydia, who has moved from crisis to crisis since being diagnosed with Kleefstra Syndrome at five […]
1/17/14 Fri Jolly Seniors Womens High Game: Marge Crowley – 200 Womens High Series: Pat Schrack – 505 Mens High Game: Wayne Schlitz – 245 Mens High Series: Jack Olson – 579 Other High Series: Al Blum – 544, Ron White – 528 1/17/14 Fri Night Industrial Womens High […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor When the idea of changing the parking hours at the City of Burlington’s livery lot – the strip parking lot located along the railroad tracks between Milwaukee Avenue and East Chestnut Street – was first floated in 2011, it got tabled when support began to wane. […]
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent WILMOT – The Wilmot varsity boys basketball team will honor former standout Greg Bush during a halftime ceremony Friday, Feb. 14. Bush’s school-record 41 points in a single game was broken by current Wilmot senior Brandon Schattner against Burlington Friday, Jan. 17. Schattner scored 45 […]
This ice shanty sits on Browns Lake Monday afternoon waiting for any intrepid fishermen brave enough to challenge the subzero temperatures. The various ice shacks on the lake looked deserted Monday and the prospects for Tuesday were even worse with the National Weather Service predicting wind chills to 45 below […]
Monday evening’s scheduled discussion of a 4-year-old kindergarten proposal for the Burlington Area School District has been cancelled — another victim of the dangerously cold weather. The BASD Curriculum Committee meeting had been slated for the Burlington High School library to accommodate an expected larger-than-usual crowd. Per district policy, once […]
Burlington Area School District schools will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 28, in response to predicted sub-zero cold. Superintendent Peter Smet said parents were to be informed of the closing by the district’s automated telephone message system on Monday afternoon. Wind chills in the area are expected to plunge into the […]
Burlington Area School District schools are closed Monday, Jan. 27, due to dangerously cold windchills and blowing snow that has impacted area roads. Superintendent Peter Smet said in an auotomated phone message sent to parents about 5 a.m. Monday that officials would determine later in the day whether to close […]
Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington will host its 11th Crystal Ball Feb. 1. Proceeds from this year’s Crystal Ball will purchase equipment for the cardiac rehabilitation unit at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. The unit recently opened. The annual community event begins with cocktails at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and […]
By Tim Wester Sports Correspondent The small and proud community of Waterford and highly competitive dance instructor Deanna Schicker has formed a near perfect partnership. In a community hungry for athletic excellence, Schicker has found her niche coaching the successful Waterford Dance team, while co-owning a successful dance studio […]
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