What a guy! Volunteer cleans up Elm Grove eyesore

A Brookfield man decided to take matters into his own hands and do something about overgrowth at a closed gas station that was cluttering up an otherwise well-manicured stretch of road in downtown Elm Grove.(4)

Call reversed: Stadium lights will stay up at Brookfield East

The Elmbrook School Board changed course and decided to not remove the light poles at Brookfield East, which means the Spartans will be able to play their home football games as regularly scheduled.

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Will bell toll for Hillside or Tonawanda?

It's still a long way from being decided, but closing a school is one option the Elmbrook School Board will consider as it explores the best way to eliminate a $15 million budget shortfall over the next five years.(4)

Custom shirts make a nice niche for sports store

As owner of Fan Appreciation at Brookfield Square, Brian Benecky has carved out a niche in the apparel market by being able to take photos, images, words - or a combination of all three - and make them into a custom shirt or sweat shirt.

Unleashing the creative spirit

Wendy Rieves of Brookfield can come up with all kinds of imaginative fabrications, but that's a good thing. Rieves is an artist at heart.

8 communities plus MMSD report sewer overflows

Milwaukee, Mequon, Wauwatosa, Cudahy, Shorewood, Brown Deer, Fox Point and Elm Grove - in addition to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District - reported sanitary sewer overflows to local waterways Thursday morning after overnight thunderstorms poured up to 5 inches of rain on the metropolitan area, a state environmental official said.(13)

Waukesha County exec gives upbeat appraisal

Waukesha - Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas delivered an upbeat state-of-the-county speech to County Board members Wednesday night, praising such efforts as the county's alcohol treatment court, its recent swine-flu clinics, its business climate and several county budget-saving measures.(6)

Waukesha County OKs referendum on protecting transportation funds

Waukesha - The Waukesha County Board Wednesday unanimously approved an advisory referendum Nov. 2 that seeks to stop legislative transfers from the state transportation fund for other general budget purposes.(8)

Vrakas seeks amendment sheltering transportation fund from budget raids

Waukesha - Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas wants county residents to speak up in an effort to prevent lawmakers' use of the state transportation fund to balance the state budget.(66)

Waukesha County hazardous waste collection planned Saturday

Brookfield - A special one-day collection of household hazardous waste, open to any Waukesha County resident, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdayin Brookfield at the public works yard, 19700 Riverview Drive.(1)