Merton News

Sophie Johnson , 8, and her sister, Kady, 12, both of Wauwatosa, ride the Bugline Trail last week with their grandfather, Roger Johnson, a former Sussex Village Board member and a longtime supporter of the trail.

As the number of tickets issued in last weekend's underage drinking party on a Town of Merton dairy farm rose to 60, the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department released more details Thursday, including how they pulled one boy's feet out of a campfire.

Waukesha County sheriff's deputies are issuing more than 50 underage drinking tickets to party-goers at a Town of Merton dairy farm, Detective Steve Pederson said Tuesday.

Waukesha deputies busted an underage drinking party attended by hundreds of kids.

With Flag Day nearly upon us, what better time to air a battle of the banners. Not the usual mutterings concerning the Stars and Stripes - like who's missing a flag pin on his lapel or whether a flag-burning protester is un-American. This brouhaha touches on hometown pride and whether a community by any other name is still a community.

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.

Whatever roadblocks supporters of Lisbon's incorporation as a village might find in their way, opposition from their neighbors won't be among them.

Two local gymnasts, Anna Belson 13 of Hartland and Bridget Pendergast 12 of Sussex, won state championship titles at the Wisconsin USAG State Gymnastics Championships held in Mequon on April 4, 2009.

An official says that a student at Merton Intermediate School has a probable case of swine flu.

Helen M. Tlachac, 91, formerly of Forestville, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Century Ridge Assisted Living Facility, where she lived since 2003.

Until this weekend, an extremely dry month has led to numerous grass fires in the area and a call by fire officials for people to be careful when burning.

Town of Merton About 60 people showed up at Town Hall on Tuesday night, April 14, to urge town officials to continue operating the town dump even though taxpayers might be subsidizing it by as much as about $50,000 a year.

Numerous municipal and school races will be decided Tuesday, as well as the race for state Supreme Court justice and state superintendent of public instruction.

Our government salary survey story included several errors: The Villages of Chenequa and Oconomowoc Lake do, in fact, have their own police and fire departments, and Oconomowoc Lake's administrator also serves as the village's police chief and public works director.

Town of Merton - Arrowhead High School senior Marissa Arndt's loyal companion snores during psychology class and once got her kicked out of choir.

Town of Merton - A 26-year-old New Berlin man was killed Saturday morning when his car apparently left the road at a high speed and crashed into a tree.

A 26-year-old New Berlin man who was killed Saturday morning when the car he was driving struck a ditch and tree in the Town of Merton has been identified by the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department as Gerald C. Rutz.

Authorities in Waukesha County have called Flight for Life to the scene of two serious crashes--one in the Town of Merton and another in Summit.

Oconomowoc Twenty years after its inception, the Lake Country Municipal Court continues to expand, eyeing the addition of another community to its ranks.

Town of Merton Lake Country School District Superintendent Mark Lichte admits that he faces an uphill election battle on April 7 by challenging town icon and incumbent George Miller in seeking Supervisor No.