Goodwill May Be Coming To Brookfield

Store will be at 18605 W. Blue Mound Road in a 21,000-square-foot building.

Brookfield may be home to a Goodwill store if approved by the common council, according to Tom Daykin of the Journal Sentinel. The store will be at 18605 W. Blue Mound Road in a 21,000-square-foot building, Daykin said in his piece. The building, which is currently an OfficeMax, will be used for both retail and a drop-off center for donations, Daykin wrote. OfficeMax has two years remaining on its lease with an option renewal, according to Daykin. Cheryl Lightholder, a spokesperson for Goodwill, told Daykin that the "an analysis of customer demographic information shows that Goodwill draws substantial numbers of shoppers and donors from Brookfield."

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No Goodwill in This Gal, and Precious Little Sense

With a tidy haul in hand from T.J. Maxx in Brookfield, woman pays an unwelcome visit to the Goodwill store in Tosa and leads clerk on a merry chase before being rounded up.

No Goodwill in This Gal, and Precious Little Sense

With a tidy haul in hand from T.J. Maxx in Brookfield, woman pays an unwelcome visit to the Goodwill store in Tosa and leads clerk on a merry chase before being rounded up.

A Milwaukee woman made a pretty nice little heist from a casual chic clothing chain in Brookfield that could have put her nicely in pocket. But then she decided to cap her day by stealing a few more items worth a pittance from a Wauwatosa store for the poor. That landed her in warm water in both cities. At 2:16 p.m. Tuesday, the 55-year-old woman was arrested for theft at the Goodwill Industries store, 12121 W. Feerick St., after she left the store without paying for four articles of clothing. An employee saw her bag the clothes and walk out, so he followed her outside and asked her to stop. She threw the bag at him, he said, and took off running. He gave chase, pursuing her across North 124th Street and in and out among several buildings …

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