Germantown News

July 7, 2009 6:20 p.m. Kesslers Diamond Center is planning to close its operations in Menomonee Falls and relocate to Germantown.

A Germantown man, 41, was charged Wednesday with sixth-offense drunken driving after a preliminary breath test found that he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16, two times the level considered to be evidence of intoxication in Wisconsin, after the vehicle he was driving was stopped in Germantown earlier in the day.

Village of Sussex a ' Price Transportation Co. - a trucking business that employees about 40 full-time and contractual employees and has been in the Village of Sussex for 20 years - is moving to Germantown, partly as the result of a land-use flap between the Town of Lisbon and Village of Menomonee Falls.

Germantown Youth Futures, Leadership Germantown and the Germantown Police Department will be collecting non-perishable food items, personal items, cleaning supplies, laundry soap, trash bags, clothing and school supplies during the parade.

Germantown a ' The village's Fourth of July festivities start in Firemen's Park, include a parade and end with fireworks.

A sinking economy, combined with heavy competition, is leading one of two Sendik's supermarkets in Franklin to shut down after just one year of business, the store's co-owner said Tuesday.

A Menomonee Falls man was charged Monday with his 7th drunken driving offense after he was pulled over Saturday on Highway 41 in Germantown and was seen trying to drain what was left of a one liter of vodka while a Washington County Sheriff's lieutenant returned to his squad car, according to a criminal complaint.

The village's Fourth of July festivities start in Firemen's Park, include a parade and end with fireworks.

Youth, in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, visited businesses licensed to sell tobacco products as part of the Wisconsin WINS program.

If you ask Jason Farvour about his neighborhood drivers, be sure youa ve got enough time to spare.

A Mosinee mother of seven will be remembered for building the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce's membership and starting several of its programs.

Bill was a resident of Germantown for about 20 years and now resides in Richfield with his wife and 2 children.

Germantown a ' The former Lohmann's Steak House site is on its way to becoming a home for a multitenant commercial building.

Germantown a ' An average residential village wastewater utility customer could pay about $47 more a year, or about $12 per quarter, for sanitary sewer service.

By Donna Nash Jun. 14, 2009 12:07 p.m. The 4th of July parade is an event that everyone looks forward to.

The Gables of Germantown and Aurora Advanced Healthcare will host a free community education session for women on urinary incontinence titled, "Managing a Leaky Bladder" to be held June 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gables of Germantown, N109W17075 Ava Circle.

Officials have chosen a candidate to manage the day-to-day activities of Portage County's solid waste and recycling programs.

Jun. 6, 2009 9:50 a.m. An 18-year-old woman is dead after being stabbed during a fight outside a north-side apartment building Friday night.

A house has been damaged by a fire in Washington County. It happened at a home on Gatewood place just before 9 p.m. Friday.

A Chicago-based hotel operator is considering plans to develop an 83-room Staybridge Suites extended stay hotel in Glendale, which would mark the latest in a series of new Staybridge hotels opening in the Milwaukee area.