March 12, 2021
Burlington, Ia- Burlington schools had to once again be locked down due to a threatening message made towards a building.
On Thursday, school officials received a message indicating a threat made to Edward Stone Middle School. The building was put on lockdown and Burlington Police were notified. While the threat was being assessed, all other buildings were placed on stay put status.
Police assessed the situation and determined there was no actual threat.
This threat followed a threat made to Burlington High School on Wednesday, March 10th, which also resulted in schools being locked down.
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Lilly Timmerman laid to rest
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After nearly four years of standing strong in the face of leukemia, 12-year-old Lilly Timmerman has been laid to rest.
Masked mourners gathered Thursday inside Burlington First Assembly of God Church, as well as from afar online, to celebrate the life of Lilly, the soft-spoken, fierce, kind and competitive Edward Stone Middle School seventh-grader who died Sunday at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital after she decided to transition to hospice and palliative care. Lily wasn t going to let cancer win. No, Lilly s mother, Maria Timmerman, said. She told us she was ready to go to heaven and was going to go out on her terms and her terms only.