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  • Brookfield, WI

A Green Bay native with a journalism degree and criminology and law studies minor from Marquette University, Lisa Sink comes to Patch.com after working for more than 15 years at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / JSOnline.com and the Milwaukee Sentinel. She also has freelanced for other media, such as the Business Journal, Wisconsin Builder magazine and the American Planning Association.

Way back in those heady college days, Lisa says she naively thought she had life figured out. But then she got married, bought a house and had two children. And she learned that life is messy and learning is a lifelong adventure. 

Learning about new people and ideas is what keeps Lisa in journalism during this uncertain time for the industry. Patch.com will offer her new editing and managerial challenges that she is sure to stumble upon. But then she'll get up and keep moving.

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Police Officer Suspension Upheld by Police and Fire Commission

Comissioners upheld the chief's four-day suspension for officer Sarah Mork over an unrestrained prisoner in a squad crash. The prisoner was suffering heroin withdrawal and extremely uncooperative with officers.

Police Officer Suspension Upheld by Police and Fire Commission
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Does Brookfield Have Enough Police Officers?

Brookfield has 1.68 officers for every 1,000 people living in the city. Use this searchable database on Patch to see how this compares with others around the state.

Does Brookfield Have Enough Police Officers?
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East High Flies High with Wizard of Oz Production

Brookfield East's shows this weekend of The Wizard of Oz will include special rigging effects so Glinda the Good Witch will float down to Oz, the monkeys will fly, the balloon will lift and a bike will peddle in the tornado.

East High Flies High with Wizard of Oz Production