The Common Council directed the city's labor attorney to finalize and file charges against Police Chief Gary Bach by the close of the business day Friday, Oct. 10.

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.

Deliberations will begin next week on a proposed 2009 budget that will increase by $32 the city taxes paid by a resident living in a home with an assessed value of about $400,000.

The joint Pewaukee Park Board is eager to get moving on the new sports complex planned for parkland along Lindsay Road, and the Common Council on Monday favored moving in that direction.

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

City Clerk Gina Gresch is hoping to end a controversy over the Christ the King Lutheran Church polling place by appointing members of the church to be temporary election workers in the November general election.

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.

While the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has decided to allow the use of rifles for deer hunting, there will be no firing of those weapons in the Lake Country area communities that permit hunting.

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.

After the rains that swept through Pewaukee in June, Bob Kreinz went to check on his boat tied up at a local dock, but in doing so, fell though a pier section that had been ripped away by the storms.

When Mike and Jo Mills were first married in 1968, the event was a quickly planned, simple affair at a Catholic church outside Boston.

In recognition of his generosity and dedication and his ability to foster those qualities in others, Mac Dorn, president emeritus of First Bank Financial Centre, will be honored with the Spirit of Giving award from the Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Board.

A Hartland native who owns about a dozen dry cleaning establishments in the Lake Country and Milwaukee markets played a key role in the restoration of the home of a Richland Center family that will be featured on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

A fundraising event sponsored by the Sons of the American Legion will be held Sunday afternoon at the American Legion Hall for prominent local restaurant owner Jessica Krusel.

A Hartland girl who is a sporting enthusiast will be going on a memorable trip, thanks to a local organization.

"Ready or not, here I come," said Marla Neumann, describing the attitude of her newborn baby girl.

Alexandra Wehrley has a sparkly new title.

Kettle Moraine High School senior George Bonadurer III, didn't do the impossible, but he surely accomplished the extraordinary.

The Pewaukee High School Booster Club is fundraising to pump up the school's newly expanded fitness center.

While Arrowhead was found not in violation of Title IX, a federal agency found the district did not have a history of adding programs for female students - though it also could find no instance where students wanted a program the school did not offer.

The construction of Lake Country Lutheran High School in Hartland is on schedule and going well, said Lutheran High School Association Superintendent Tom Buck.

Administrators and school leaders are moving toward paperless board meetings in an effort to become economically conservative and to better reach out and share happenings with the community.

Susan Chandler, director of orchestras at Kettle Moraine High School, has again been rewarded for her passion and effort as a teacher. She has been named Teacher of the Year for 2008 by the Wisconsin String Teachers Association.

Kettle Moraine School District administrators are working out details on a new plan that will revamp the model of scheduling at the middle school for next year to better develop and meet student needs.

The Arrowhead School District will settle a two-year federal investigation regarding inequality in boys and girls athletic offerings when the school improves its girls field hockey and softball fields, the district announced Monday afternoon.

The Village of Hartland and the Arrowhead School District have reached a tentative agreement on the proposed land exchange for the "connector road."

Most children wouldn't think twice about delving into a plate of cookies set before them, but that's not the case with 7-year-old Matthew Trotier and his 5-year-old brother, Michael.

Taxpayers in the Stone Bank School District will see slightly lower school taxes next year.

As the school year begins and the summer sun begins to fade, thoughts of picnics, vacations, pool parties and barbecues become memories. Families are gearing up for the hectic schedules of school and extracurricular activities. But drinking and use of illegal drugs, especially among youths, can t
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The opening for a principal at Kettle Moraine Middle School was short-lived, as the school's associate principal, David Carr, was named interim principal just days before classes started.

Spancrete has announced temporary layoffs that could affect as many as 105 manufacturing employees at its Waukesha facility, 1600 E. Main St.

Chris and Dan Murphy and Laurie and Chris Utter don't have any restaurant experience, but that didn't stop them from buying, updating and opening a sports pub, banquet hall and cocktail lounge on Pewaukee Lake.

Aided by a picture-perfect fall evening, the Hartland Business Improvement District's first restaurant crawl last Wednesday accomplished its mission of showcasing the unexpected number of restaurants in the village center area.

The mayor and members of the Common Council indicated Monday night they want to improve relations between city officials and business owners and operators, including the Village Square shopping center.

ISB Community Bank will open its doors to the Delafield area in November.

ISB Community Bank will open its doors to the Delafield area in November.