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NEWSROOM * CIRCULATION * ADVERTISING
Tuesday
September 2010
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Police Blotter: This week's crime reports
News & Notes: Local news briefs
Obituaries: Local death notices
Meetings: School and city government meetings schedule
Community Calendar: What's
on tap around town
Things to Do: Our top picks
of upcoming events
Corrections: Corrections and clarifications to recent stories
News tips? Story ideas?
Contact us
• Muskego-Norway School District
• Muskego High School Performing Arts Center
• Muskego Public Library
• Muskego Parks & Recreation Department
Visit our complete list of Muskego Links.
Think you know football? Win prizes in prep contest
The high school football season is off and running, and if you know a thing or two about prep football, you could win a $100 Visa gift card and more in our Pigskin Picks contest.
It was a tough ACT to follow
Scores for students taking the ACT college admissions exam in Muskego and New Berlin school districts dropped slightly over last year but still remained above the state average, which has dropped to the lowest point in the past 14 years.
Fanning and flaming the smoking ban
Two months into the statewide smoking ban, Muskego and New Berlin area bar owners are expressing mixed - but largely positive - reactions to the effects it has had on their businesses.(1)
Getting down to business could mean homes
Muskego — The Common Council will likely consider in September whether to incorporate homes and businesses along a portion of Janesville Road into the city's downtown redevelopment district.
Fireworks control remains a hot topic
Muskego — Even though fireworks are an explosive issue in Muskego, city officials are tiny bit closer to muffling the disagreement about how their use should be regulated.
More Headlines
- MHS fitness program meets 'gold standard,' national award says
- Kindergartners get younger in Muskego
- Family Night leads off Muskego Fest
- Muskego school tax dips, but that's not all good news (3)
- Musical 'Kids' include some MHS talent
- Fest roars with the Lions, and others
- Muskego may clamp down on use of fireworks (6)
- Muskego: $34 million plan heads to voters (2)
- Suspected looters face single felony charge
- Roundabout plan may be dead (16)
- Muskego pantry lacking food
- Citizens send an anti-crime message with National Night Out
- Will homes be in redevelopment district?
- Enough already, Mother Nature (8)
- Road closed as dispute escalates (2)
Muskego school mourns 11-year-old
Students and faculty at Bay Lane Middle School in Muskego mourned the loss Tuesday of 11-year-old Evan Coubal, who died Sunday evening.
MMSD wants to buy landfill gas
Gas released from the decomposition of garbage in a Muskego landfill will be sold to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District at 48% of the price of natural gas, under terms of a proposed 20-year contract with landfill owner Veolia Environmental Services.(12)
EPA may dig wells to monitor water
Additional groundwater monitoring wells might be placed between an old waste dump on the west edge of the city and a public well a mile away to ensure the water supply does not become contaminated with chemicals that have leaked from the site, federal environmental officials said Friday. (1)
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)
Muskego drops 'Bring Back the Lake' development plan
Muskego - The city is abandoning a proposal to bring back a beach to an area of Little Muskego Lake that once housed the Muskego Beach/DandiLion Park amusement park, create a downtown area there and spur commercial development in the vicinity.(5)
More Headlines
- Waukesha County exec gives upbeat appraisal (6)
- Waukesha County OKs referendum on protecting transportation funds (8)
- 'Slow-no wake' rules imposed on Muskego lakes (10)
- Muskego police arrest 2 men suspected of looting after tornado (42)
- Postal truck fleet takes a hit
- Tornado in Eagle razes six homes
- Storm downs trees in Muskego
- Vrakas seeks amendment sheltering transportation fund from budget raids (66)
- Muskego principal named Germantown schools chief
- Idea for regional recycling center re-emerges (6)
Best Care for Kids
New blog provides health advice, tips for families
The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Clinics-New Berlin blog offers health and safety guidelines, as well as tips on injury prevention, seasonal health, parenting and resources for families.
Latest post:
Gas WatchFind out where the cheapest gas is being sold in Muskego.
Family WatchdogUse the interactive map to see where sex offenders live and work in Muskego.
Presidential campaign contributionsFind out how much your neighbors are giving to the candidates.
Data Warehouse: More searchable databases
The Fur (& Feather!) Flyer
The Humane Animal Welfare Society describes its efforts:
Close to Home
Lorayne Ritt spotlights Waukesha County's nonprofit community: Spell-down for literacy (Sept. 2) | See who attended
