Thiensville News

Crime in Thiensville decreased 28 percent in 2012, based on year-to-year comparisons.

The School District will begin teaching an updated human growth and development curriculum in the 2013-14 school year, based on recommendations from the Human Growth and Development Curriculum Advisory Committee.

The Village Board will decide later this month whether to grant the village farmers market $1,000, as the Committee of the Whole unanimously recommended Monday.

A new Outpost Natural Foods supermarket planned for Mequon is scheduled to open by summer 2014, after the Common Council this week approved city financing assistance for the project.

A nude man in a Jeep caught the eye of two kids walking with their dad in Port Washington's downtown, prompting a call to police and a short car chase - and though the naked man was nowhere to be found, a Milwaukee man is facing charges.

The Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning will bring Israel-based environmental activist Jeremy Benstein to Milwaukee to speak Thursday through Saturday.

Shorewood Drama is hosting a community forum at 7 p.m. Thursday in the studio theater in the performing arts building at Shorewood High School, 1701 East Capitol Drive, to give parents and community members an opportunity to discuss "Spring Awakening," the spring musical set to hit the stage in May.

The Fox Point and Thiensville police departments will join hundreds of other police departments throughout Wisconsin for the annual "Click it or Ticket" mobilization from May 20 to June 2. The program puts special emphasis on stopping motorists who are not buckled not just because it's the law, but because it saves lives.

On Aug. 11, the village is hosting an informational meeting regarding the coyote population in the area.

The Village Board approved an increase in the fee schedule for the North Shore Health Department.

Blood donors are needed to help support the blood supply during the summer months.

The Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, has activities for all ages.

Also, Jodie Stern of Mequon earned a master's degree in journalism and mass communication, and Diane Reis of Shorewood earned a master's degree in public health.

The Fox Point and Thiensville police departments will join hundreds of other police departments throughout Wisconsin for the annual "Click it or Ticket" mobilization from May 20 to June 2. The program puts special emphasis on stopping motorists who are not buckled not just because it's the law, but because it saves lives.

The Village Board will decide later this month whether to grant the village farmers market $1,000, as the Committee of the Whole unanimously recommended Monday.

May 13-17 is Bike to Work Week. Mequon and Thiensville have planned the following events: May 14 - Commuter Bike Stop from 7-9am at the Mequon Thiensville Chamber on Mequon Rd just west of the Ozaukee Interurban Trail.

MyCommunityNOW.com and five North Shore police departments are teaming up to present a new law enforcement blog that will provide residents with crime prevention tips, public safety information and more.

Fifteen candidates have applied for a vacant position on the Thiensville Village Board created when Van Mobley was elected village president in the April election.

Residents in the southwest part of the village have until noon Friday to sign up for the voluntary municipal water project.

Interested individuals do not need to own their own boat or even know how to sail; the center provides the boats and the training.