Waukesha News

The Clarke Hotel and Black Trumpet Restaurant, an ambitious venture that offers luxury to a working-class downtown, has undergone a major personnel shakeup with the loss of partner Andy Ruggeri, a news release from a Milwaukee public relations firm said Wednesday.

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Tailored Label Products Inc . , of Menomonee Falls, WI, USA, has been named the Waukesha County Small Business of the Year.

July 1, 2009 4:06 p.m. Waukesha a ' A retired Waukesha County sheriff's deputy was ordered to stand trial Wednesday on 19 felony charges accusing him of sexually assaulting two children.

A new emergency alert system is now in place for the city of Waukesha and Waukesha County.

Scorching temperatures are causing problems for local infrastructure with damaged fire hydrants and buckled roads.

Below are a listing of places that government officials from Milwaukee County and the counties affected by the heat advisory suggest to beat the heat: Milwaukee County The county has established "cool areas" for people to go in the heat.

The sweltering heat just got more challenging for about 10,000 power customers in the City of Waukesha who lost their electricity just before 2 p.m. The courthouse and downtown Waukesha were among the areas in the dark, but shortly after 3 p.m. at least some areas in Waukesha had power restored.

Another fine-dining restaurant has made steaks its focus, with the addition of Italian specialties.

An aviation expo is a sure-fire means of drawing the public to your home airport so that they can learn about and appreciate it.

Roads are buckling all across the state because of high temperatures. On East Main Street, west of Highway 164 in Waukesha, barricades were put in place to keep motorists off the worst of the crack that expands across both westbound lanes.

Jun. 24, 2009 2:28 p.m. The sweltering heat just got more challenging for about 10,000 power customers in the City of Waukesha who lost their electricity just before 2 p.m. The courthouse and downtown Waukesha were among the areas in the dark, but shortly after 3 p.m. at least some areas in Waukesha had power restored.

The Waukesha Public Library announced Wednesday that it has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read in Waukesha for a third consecutive year.

The search for a missing Waukesha woman now involves Fond du Lac police. The Fond du Lac Police Department and the County Sheriff's Department assisted in a search June 11 and 12 at a Kinker Road property in the town of Friendship, said Sheriff Mick Fink.

Three people were seriously injured in a crash in Brookfield Tuesday morning, Police Capt.

Jun. 18, 2009 9:37 a.m. The board of the Waukesha County Habitat for Humanity has announced the closing of its Waukesha HomeStore operation, a news release says.

Brad Schimel, Waukesha County district attorney, said Thursday that he expects to file criminal charges against Friday the 49-year-old Waukesha man suspected of stabbing a woman in his apartment.

Although it is nothing drastic at this point, it is becoming apparent that homeowners in Waukesha, Wisconsin are more willing to make some major home improvement investments during this phase of the current economic recession.

Barbara Sawyer takes part in a brain aerobics class. Instructor Ruth Flexman suggests that simple but challenging exercises can shake years of cobwebs from the mind and renew sluggish synapses through the MindAlert program.

A 49-year-old Waukesha man was charged Friday in Waukesha County Circuit Court with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his girlfriend, Carol Fisher, by repeatedly stabbing her with a 10-inch butcher knife in his apartment.