Republican presidential nominee John McCain and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin invited Wisconsinites to look forward with them at Thursday's Straight Talk Town Hall meeting in Waukesha.

A pot holder too close to a lit burner or a space heater left on overnight could be all it takes to start a home fire. In fact, cooking and heating are among the leading causes of home fires in the United States, according to the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

Roy Noble, radio host for the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), faded out The Turtles' "Happy Together" and began the introduction to his next interview. "You can't help to notice over there in America that a presidential election is going on," said Noble, from his studio in Wales, Great Britain.
(Published 10/09/2008)

With a month to go before the fall elections, voters are already beginning to cast absentee ballots, which became available Monday.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, have scheduled a town hall meeting for 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Waukesha County Center Court Sports Complex on Northview Road across from from the Waukesha County fairgrounds.

Waukesha County food pantries are feeling the pinch of a troubled American economy.

The family of 16-year-old Daniel Ross now knows the medical term for what caused Daniel's unexpected death Aug. 27, but they still don't know what triggered it.

While most of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted yes to the $700 billion bailout, the House ignored warnings from President Bush and defeated the rescue plan.

After a high number of protests by residents in the Town of Summit, the Board of Review finished its semijudicial hearings at 12:15 a.m. Sept. 16, about nine hours after the meeting began.

The Town Board received some good news recently as the state Department of Natural Resources has agreed to pay for part of a bike trail that will run along Cushing Park Road.

The Department of Natural Resources received a warm reception for its proposal to create another wildlife habitat unit in the Kettle Moraine State Forest.

When a man dies unexpectedly but is resuscitated only minutes later, he finds that he suddenly has the annoying ability to see ghosts - all of whom want something different from him.

The Town Board received some good news Tuesday as the state Department of Natural Resources has agreed to pay for part of a bike trail that will run along Cushing Park Road.

A Lake Country family of restaurateurs has reopened the Golden Anchor restaurant on Maple Avenue along the shore of Pewaukee Lake.

A lawsuit filed against the Government Accountability Board could mean more work for local clerks.

When North Prairie Village President Joe Whitmore raised money to bring his daughter, Emma Phillips and the U.S. Marine Corps Air/Ground Combat Center Band to North Prairie's Harvest Fest last year, he thought it was a one-shot deal. So when the band contacted him in spring asking if it could ret
(Published 9/17/2008)

Should the City of Oconomowoc and Town of Summit merge their fire departments? It was a possibility raised by Mayor Maury Sullivan during his State of the City address last Thursday.

Waukesha Circuit Court Chief Judge J. Mac Davis has been nominated by President Bush for a seat on the federal bench.

Summit officials have been busy hearing from disgruntled residents who think the recent increases in the town reassessments were too high in what they believe is a soft market.

Inching closer toward incorporation, the Town of Summit has filed its community-signed incorporation petition with the state, to hopefully turn the town into a more stable village.

It is likely that two Lake Country residents will face each other in the November election campaign for Waukesha County register of deeds after a much-closer-than-expected Republican primary contest Tuesday.

Thanks in part to a $1 million grant from the Kern Family Foundation, Teach For America is gearing up to come to Milwaukee in 2009.

The Village Board is close to an agreement with the property owned by Kent Hanson that will allow the harvest of a 7-acre crop of corn planted on his business-zoned property on Highway 18.

Water continues to recede in the Town of Summit and is down 2 feet from when officials first turned on the pump July 25.

A bird that died in the Town of Ottawa has tested positive for the West Nile virus, according to Waukesha County officials, who continue to remind residents to keep themselves protected from mosquito bites.

Waukesha County's poverty rate is the fifth lowest among counties with populations over 250,000, according to information released by the U.S. Census on Tuesday.

The race toward obtaining the 270 Electoral College votes to become the next President of the United States of America is in full force across the nation as the Republican National Convention kicked off yesterday.

One year after the Town Board agreed to resurrect the idea of new facilities the board Aug. 26 agreed to put the project on hold.

Turning 65 recently was a milestone that Pewaukee resident Virginia Armstrong was glad to reach after being diagnosed with Stage 2 ovarian cancer two years ago next month.

Area departments brushed up on skills they typically don't use, but are critical in saving lives.