Grafton News

Published July 3, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. Category: Festival Guide Tags: Saukville , Grafton , Port Washington , Fredonia , Ozaukee , Summerfest , Cedarburg , I have gone to every Summerfest since 1991 with the exception of last summer.

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.

July 1, 2009 12:36 p.m. Removing one dam and creating fish passages at two others in Ozaukee County, along with eliminating nearly 100 other minor barriers, would give fish access to 158 more miles of the Milwaukee River and its tributaries, as part of a watershed restoration project to receive $4.7 million in federal economic recovery act funds.

Jun. 29, 2009 2:52 p.m. I note that the Interurban Trail Bicycle Bridge over I-43 in the Town of Grafton is right on schedule to open in early September.

Town of Grafton - With work on a bicycle bridge over I-43 almost complete and work on the trails leading to the bridge set to start any day, bicyclists on the Ozaukee Interurban Trail can expect to traverse the four-lane freeway by early September, an official overseeing the project said last week.

American Design-Build, located in West Bend, Wisconsin and Kinseth Hospitality Corporation , an Iowa based hotel development and management company, are pleased to announce the opening of the Hampton Inn & Suites - Grafton, an 83-unit, four-story property on Tuesday, June 30.

The food shelves of Family Sharing of Ozaukee County will be the beneficiary of a healthy food drive to be organized and conducted on Saturday, June 27 by the Ozaukee County Chapter of "Organizing for America" in conjunction with President Obama's National Day of Health Care Service.

Mequon a ' Three city firefighters could get kicked out of the department for failing to meet the minimum requirements for attendance at training sessions and responding to fire calls.

These are some lucky sonsaguns. Allen J. Sweeting, 28, didn't kill anyone. Not himself, not the other driver, not even his 4-year-old son riding with him in the midafternoon of May 29, though all had some injuries.

Hildegarde A. Siemers, age 95, went home to be with her Lord and Heavenly Father on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Pine Haven Nursing Home where she had been a resident for the last two years.

Big Road Blues has posted an interesting essay called "The Blues Ain't No Monkey Junk," part of their annual tribute to the legendary Son House : "Patton told Laibley about House and about two other musicians Willie Brown and Louise Johnson, setting the stage for one of the blues most legendary recording sessions.

May. 30, 2009 2:00 p.m. The executive director of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards is warning legislators about provisions in the proposed 2009-'11 budget that would repeal teacher pay controls at the same time they restrain revenue for school districts.

Washington County authorities responded to a motorcycle crash in the town of Wayne Friday morning.

May. 27, 2009 5:32 a.m. Wauwatosa police have arrested a man whom they believe may have stolen tens of thousands of dollars worth of tools from area The Home Depot stores.

Residents of a two-story apartment building at 1113 Woodridge Dr. were displaced after a fire broke out in one of the units Friday night.

An apartment fire displaced residents in Grafton. The Grafton Fire Department said the fire started in the living room of an upper unit of an eight-unit building on Woodbridge Drive just after 10 p.m. Friday.

Ripon's Cody Pinkerton and Kewaskum's Jason Jahnke qualified this week for the Wisconsin State Golf Association Match Play Championships.

The Feed Bag, a retail pet supply and dog day care, will open in the former Ethan Allen Furniture store on Port Washington Road after receiving a conditional-use permit May 4 from the Mequon Planning Commission.

Interstate 43 is open once more after a serious crash shut it down near Highway C. The crash happened outside of Grafton near the intersection of I-43 and Highway 60.

The Village of Grafton has requested approval from the Department of Natural Resources for improvements to its Green Bay Road Lift Station located at Green Bay Road just south of the intersection with Falls Road.