BASD sophomores show marked improvement over last year By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Before the start of the testing process for Burlington Area School District students this fall, district administrators felt confident that the changes they had made – both in the curriculum and in testing procedures – would benefit […]
Sports & Other News
‘Bottoms Up’ toasts the inns of Wisconsin
With dozens of other Wisconsin tavern and brewery sites, the DMZ Bunker in Waterford participated Monday night in toasting the premiere of the one-hour documentary “Bottoms Up: Wisconsin’s Historic Bars and Breweries,” aired on public television stations statewide. The documentary aired Monday night is based upon the book “Bottoms Up: […]
Village OKs creation of new Fire and Police Commission
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After months of discussion, Village of Waterford officials this week made the decision to move forward with a plan to create a Police and Fire Commission. The move comes as the village reorganizes its municipal court and police department, in addition to the fire and rescue […]
City taxes will likely decline
TIF funds will offset levy hike; city portion of most tax bills should go down By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer Mayor Bob Miller expects the City of Burlington’s 2013 budget to be on the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting. That meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The total tax […]
Warm weather calls for special care in handling venison
Forecasters predict relatively warm high temperatures throughout Wisconsin for this weekend’s opening to gun deer hunting season, which is cause for concern for food safety officials when it comes to venison handling. “When temperatures are above 40 degrees, harmful bacteria can grow quickly, so we want to make sure that […]
Christmas in the Village is Friday and Saturday
Waterford’s annual Christmas in the Village will be held from noon until 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17. Five private homes and more than a dozen shops in the village are participating in this year’s event, including: • Quilts and […]
Message or mistake?
Board member says upside down flag wasn’t intentional By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer In the week since President Barack Obama earned re-election, it has become increasingly clear that many people disagree with the result. Some might say the best local indication of that discontent could be found on the flagpole […]
Wanasek sisters see success at state meet
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor It was a sister act at the WIAA Division 1 state meet Saturday for the Burlington co-op swim team. The co-op squad has swimmers from Burlington, Catholic Central, East Troy, Waterford and Union Grove High Schools, but it was three sisters from Burlington that represented […]
Coach, son earn All-State honors for BHS
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor For years, Burlington High School boys volleyball coach Tim Gesteland has waited for his players to get the kind of recognition he felt they deserved on the state stage. Before the start of last week’s state boys volleyball tournament, the coach not only got his […]
Demons come up just short of state title
By Jennifer Eisenbart Sports Editor There are first times for everything, or so the saying goes. Needless to say, though, cramping for the first time ever isn’t something you want to have happen in the WIAA state championship match. BHS libero Garrett Schilling found that out the hard way Saturday […]
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