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Saturday, May 19, 2012
From 'Laughter' to Tears: Brookfield East Forensics Captivates Audience
Preparing to travel soon to two national tournaments, East Forensics team members performed their competition pieces Friday night at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts.
For the seniors it was their chance to shine at home — performing the speeches and acts they will use to compete in two upcoming national tournaments. The award-winning Brookfield East Forensics team put on a 2 1/2-hour show at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Friday night. Acts ranged from Archit Baskaran's four-minute informative about the benefits of "Laughter," to Kyle Wessel's moving performance of Michael J. Fox's "Lucky Man," to senior Jennifer Vosters' dramatic interpretation of Sunny Jacobs, a woman falsely convicted and left on death row in "The Exonerated." Team members will travel to compete in the National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) Grand National Qualifiers in Baltimore, MD, from May 25 to 28. Some also will …
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Car — Err — Bike Washes at Brookfield Christian School's Bike Day
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Local Students Graduate from UW Eau Claire and UW Waukesha
Students from Elm Grove and Brookfield are honored for their recent graduations and degrees.
Here are some graduations and degrees conferred to Brookfield and Elm Grove students: Mark Wickstrom, of Elm Grove, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing degree with a Business Communications certificate from the Business College of the Univerity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Commencement is Saturday in Zorn Arena and can be viewed online. Nathan Krause, associate's degree Sophia Miranda, associate's degree, chemistry emphasis, cum laude, Kelly Redmond, associate's degree Richard Smeltzer, associate's degree Commencement was held Thursday in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. UW-Waukesha confers associate of arts & science degrees and prepares students to transfer to a baccalaureate institution for a bachelor's degree.
Fire on Tower Hill Drive Causes $100,000 in Damage
Fire fighters were still investigating the cause but warned residents to use extension cords for temporary wiring only and not place cords under carpets or furniture.
A fire caused $100,000 in damage to a deck and home on Tower Hills Drive, but the occupant and a pet dog and monkey escaped without harm. A neighbor called 911 at 3:48 p.m. Thursday and a worker at the neighbor's home notified the occupant there was a fire, Brookfield Fire Chief Charlie Myers said. A Brookfield firefighter suffered and was evaluated for heat exhaustion fighting the blaze in the 1000 block of Tower Hills Drive. The cause was under investigation but believed to be accidential. Myers reminded residents of two things: make sure they have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors on all levels of a residence. He added: "Extension cords should only be used for temporary wiring only and should not be placed under carpets or …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Teen Charged After Mom Finds Marijuana Grow in Brookfield Closet
West Allis man, 18, tells police he only got the plants for a 15-year-old Brookfield boy who wanted to grow his own marijuana.
An 18-year-old West Allis man allegedly helped a 15-year-old Brookfield boy procure marijuana plants so they could grow them, a criminal complaint alleges. Bradley C. Leachy was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Thursday with one count of possession of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. If convicted, he faces up to six months in county jail and $1,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On April 7, 2011, a woman living in the 18900 block of Emerald Drive contacted Brookfield police after she discovered two marijuana plants inside her son’s closet. The boy told officers the plants belonged to Leachy and Leachy had moved them to the boy's house because Leachy was concerned about having a grow operation at his own …
Waukesha Man Led Police on High-Speed Chase Through Brookfield
The driver outran Brookfield police officers who stopped chase before he drove into the Shire neighborhood. They found his car ditched behind a tree in a backyard, but the man turned himself in a week later.
A Waukesha man led police on a high speed chase through Brookfield and eventually ditched his car behind a pine tree in the back yard of a residence, prosecutors allege. Jermaine L. Williams, 27, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Wednesday with one count of attempting to flee an officer. If convicted, he faces up to 3 ½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On April 20, Waukesha County Metro Drug Unit officers set up a drug deal with Williams in the parking lot of Kmart and after the deal other police in the area were supposed to pull him over and arrest him. The deal took place and Williams left, heading westbound on Bluemound Road. An officer tried to pull him over, but Williams turned …
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Town Police Enforcing 'Click It or Ticket'
Police officers will stop and ticket drivers not wearing their seat belts during the statewide enforcement program.
Town of Brookfield police will be on the lookout for drivers not wearing their seatbelts during the state's 'Click It or Ticket' enforcement. Starting Monday and running through June 3, the town police department will assign three squads per shift — one eight designated shifts during the program — to keep an extra eye out for unbuckled drivers, Town Police Chief Christopher S. Perket said. The town is one of about 400 law enforcement agencies statewide joining the effort. Perket said statewide traffic fatalities were higher this year compared to the same time last year. "In all too many recent fatal crashes, the drivers and passengers were ejected from their vehicle because they were not buckled up," he said. "That’s why we’re serious …
New State Report: Wisconsin Lost 5,900 Jobs in April, But Unemployment Rate Drops
A day after Gov. Scott Walker called recent jobs numbers inaccurate and sped up the release of federal statistics, the state Department of Workforce Development reported the state lost private sector jobs for the second consecutive month.
Employment has become central to the decisive recall battle for the state's top office, and Gov. Scott Walker experienced yet another setback Thursday as state labor officials reported the state lost 5,900 jobs in April. The new monthly data, which the state Department of Workforce Development stresses is preliminary and subject to revision, shows the state lost 6,200 private sector jobs, but added 300 government jobs, netting out at a loss of 5,900 non-farm jobs. The data was gathered through a survey of 3.5 to 5 percent of Wisconsin employers. Since December 2010, the month before Walker took office, the state has added a total of 400 jobs. It's the second consecutive month of private sector job losses in the state. The state's …
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Local Students Graduate from Creighton, Dordt College, More
Brookfield area students are honored for their recent graduations and degrees.
Here are some graduations and degrees conferred to Brookfield students: Marie Dreyer earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, magna cum laude Annemarie Hengel earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, cum laude Bryan Klauk earned a doctor of medicine degree. Kelsey Schmidt earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, magna cum laude Creighton University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution located in Omaha, Neb. Commencement was May 12. Hannah Cooper graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work degree, with a minor in Spanish Samuel Du Mez graduated with a Bachelor of Science - Engineering degree Mark Van Weelden graduated with a Bachelor of Science - Engineering degree Dordt College is a …
Bob McBride
1:03 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
Yeah we're backwater because we don't have a high (well, sorta high) speed passenger train blowing through the state on its way to Minneapolis. Randy, it's a high speed train. The whole idea is that you don't have to spend the night or choke down a Subway sandwich at the terminal while people board and get off. If anything, assuming any significant number of people would ride it, it would have an… more ›