Saukville News

Port Washington and Saukville students are about to get more advanced - technologically.

The Ozaukee County Sheriff's office has long been battling "false" 911 calls - hangups, misdials, pocket dials and more.

The end of the day Friday is the last chance to vote absentee for Tuesday's historic gubernatorial recall election.

Perhaps eager to vote once and for all in the June 5 gubernatorial recall election, or simply too busy with summer and not wanting to forget to vote, Port Washington and Saukville residents have been casting absentee ballots at a higher rate than usual.

Short and not-so-sweet, a severe thunderstorm that rushed across the Port Washington area on Monday night caused power outages to about 3,000 city residents, some left without power for nearly 8 hours.

It's hard to believe that it has been one year since the Ozaukee Campus of the Wisconsin Humane Society opened it's doors in Saukville, Wisconsin.

Here are some highlights of the upcoming week in Port Washington and Saukville. There are just the essentials; Port Washington-Saukville Patch hasA its own events calendar A and you are invited to enter your own events.

Bad electrical wiring is the suspected cause for a fire that caused extensive damage to a Saukville family's home on Wednesday, killing the family's two dogs.

Firefighters in Saukville rushed to an apartment fire, only to find a fellow firefighter.

Officials say the fire broke out around 10 p.m. Sunday in an apartment unit above the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge on east Green Bay Avenue.

Fire officials in Saukville had no initial word on the severity or extent of damage after a late night fire.

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The Port Washington Common Council approved the ordinance to allow earlier alcohol sales during its meeting on Tuesday night.

Ozaukee Christian School officials are hopeful an open house with neighbors next week will be the necessary forum to address concerns about traffic and parking if the group were to open a preschool inside Friedens Evangelical Church .

Traffic along Highway 33 in Port Washington will shift to the outside lanes on Thursday as crews come closer to finishing work that has kept aA portion of Grand Avenue closed A since early April.

In an effort to defuse a looming legal battle with the Town of Saukville, County Board Chairman Robert Brooks has offered to discuss concessions that include donating land to the town and paving its roads in exchange for the ability to expand the county's gravel mining operation in the town without a fight, he said Tuesday.

About 40 percent of Port Washington and Saukville voters hit the polls on Tuesday for the recallA primary election that determined the Democratic candidate who will face Gov.

It might be time to start reminding people to lock their car doors again. A 29-year-old Port resident called police at 7:19 p.m. Thursday to report a theft from his unlocked vehicle in the 200 block of West Chestnut Street.

SAUKVILLE, Wis., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- During the month of May the Eric Von Schledorn Auto Group will be teaming up with Chevrolet to salute the nation's active duty and retired service members.

Here are some highlights of the upcoming week in Port Washington and Saukville. There are just the essentials; Port Washington-Saukville Patch hasA its own events calendar A and you are invited to enter your own events.