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NEWSROOM * CIRCULATION * ADVERTISING
Friday
September 2010
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Police Blotter: This week's local crime reports
Obituaries: Local death notices
News & Notes: Local news briefs
Business Notes: North Shore businesses making the news
Community Calendar: What's
on tap around town
Things to Do: Our top picks
of upcoming events
Corrections: Corrections and clarifications to recent stories
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Suspect may be linked to seven North Shore home burglaries
A call from an observant neighbor led Whitefish Bay police to a suspect who may be responsible for a string of burglaries on the North Shore.
Firm to design water system for Century Estates
Thiensville — Ruekert-Mielke engineering firm will start to design a new water system for the Century Estates Water Co-op, per a contract awarded last week by the Village Board. Village President Karl Hertz says the design is one of many steps that have to be taken before construction would start.
River Hills
Teen gets probation in 'ninja' attack
A River Hills teenager who dressed like a ninja and attacked another boy with a machete near Nicolet High School has pleaded no contest to second-degree reckless injury.(3)
North Shore
Villages, schools continue to battle flooding
It has been two weeks since a heavy rainstorm hit the North Shore and caused flooding that resulted in millions of dollars in damage. But local officials - just like residents - are continuing to grapple with the storm's aftermath.(3)Village not ready to go with the flow
Thiensville — Village officials could soon act on a proposal to connect nearly 100 homes to the Mequon Water Utility as a solution to a failing local well.
More Headlines
- Officials want landowner to pay for spill
- Village aims to align its rules with state's redefined gun laws
- Nicolet nightmare: 80 percent of school hit hard by flooding
- Residents pass district levy
- Rain falls and damage rises in the North Shore (1)
- Fire Department swamped with storm calls last week (2)
- Bayshore hit, too
- Senior housing gets OK to increase care
- Water tantalizingly close for subdivision
- Economy changes condo plans
- North Shore: Burglaries take a dive
- Ninja trial set for August
- Brookfield principal hired to helm Homestead
- Police contract to withhold raises for 2010
- Sidewalks, lights to be installed on Cedarburg
B&G Golf closing remaining stores, liquidating inventory
After a half-century of business, Brookfield-based B&G Golf is closing all of its stores and liquidating its inventory.(12)
Police arrest man they say stabbed co-worker
A man who police say stabbed his co-worker in Mequon late Friday night and then fled the scene was located this morning in Milwaukee, according to the Mequon Police Department.(17)
Columnist Alter puts Obama's first year under microscope
Jonathan Alter's "The Promise" provides the most detailed reporting yet in a book on Obama as chief executive. Alter, a Newsweek columnist and MSNBC commentator, will appear Aug. 19 at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon. (10)
Suburbs rain on water rate plan
Suburban representatives Wednesday called a proposed Milwaukee Water Works rate increase excessive, pointing to jumps of as much as 47% in Mequon and 39% in New Berlin.(84)
10 municipalities plus MMSD report sewer overflows
Ten municipalities in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Ozaukee counties, in addition to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, have reported separate sanitary sewer overflows of untreated wastewater to local waterways after Thursday's intense rains.(37)
More Headlines
- 8 communities plus MMSD report sewer overflows (13)
- Group to offer free medical care in Ozaukee County next month
- Gathering on the Green returns to Mequon
- Ozaukee board passes Arizona apology resolution (100)
- Mequon firm seeks to put the brakes on cancer cells (8)
- Mequon man claims lottery winnings (28)
- Floodplain land purchase along Little Menomonee River OK'd (18)
- Horizon to open a hospice in Mequon hospital (1)
- Lightning suspected in fire at Mequon shopping center (18)
- Communities limit bigger wakes (55)
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Cops Corner
Police Department blog
focuses on crime prevention
Five North Shore police departments are teaming up on a new blog that provides residents with the crime prevention and safety tips, and news about community service projects and events throughout the area.
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Gas WatchFind out where the cheapest gas is being sold in Mequon and Thiensville.
Family WatchdogUse the interactive map to see where sex offenders live and work in Mequon and Thiensville.
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