Ozaukee County News

And now the $25 million question: Is this the right time for a new middle school, technology center and swimming pool? That question will be put to a vote today in the Cedar Grove-Belgium School District, where officials say they need to upgrade overcrowded and inefficient elementary and middle schools and an aging community pool.

The De Pere, Brown County and Oneida Nation public health departments will offer swine flu vaccine clinics next week for high-risk target populations.

Ozaukee County has reported a confirmed death from the H1N1 influenza, the 19th in Wisconsin since the novel virus appeared in the spring.

A Manure spreader that teen hit on dark, foggy road did not have lights, but they may not be required, authorities say A crash last week that killed a teenager who drove into a manure spreader that was stopped on a dark, fog-shrouded road in the Town of Belgium last week has raised questions about safety lights required on farm vehicles.

Wednesday, 04 November 2009 19:23 Inoculations to be given Sunday but county warns it may not have many doses The Ozaukee County Public Health Department plans to hold an H1N1 flu inoculation clinic Sunday, Nov.

Nov. 3, 2009 3:54 p.m. About $750,000 could be coming out of the wages of Ozaukee County employees both this year and next to help balance the county's 2010 budget.

About $750,000 could be coming out of the wages of Ozaukee County employees both this year and next to help balance the county's 2010 budget.

Grafton officials who will decide fate of landmark structure Thursday also hear from others at crowded meeting who say it should be removed to help river, save money The fate of the Bridge Street dam will be decided by the Grafton Village Board on Thursday - one week after trustees received nearly four hours of input at a public hearing attended by ...

A Village Board decision on whether to demolish the Bridge St. dam on the Milwaukee River must wait until next month now that several residents are circulating petitions for a referendum on preserving the historic structure, Village Attorney Michael Herbrand said Thursday.

A 19-year-old Cedar Grove man died when his pickup truck smashed into the back of a manure spreader in northern Ozaukee County.

Oct. 29, 2009 6:50 a.m. A 19-year-old driver died Wednesday night when a pickup truck he was driving crashed into the back of a manure spreader pulled by a tractor in Ozaukee County.

Expanded Bookmobile service and possible replacement of the Bookmobile vehicle are among the items to be discussed at a public hearing tonight in Port Washington and Thursday in Plymouth.

An engineering study to be presented at a public hearing Thursday reveals the Milwaukee River would shrink to one-third its current width in the heart of downtown Grafton if the Bridge Street dam is removed, but preserving the landmark structure could cost the village $4 million - twice as much as first estimated.

The second annual plastic nursery materials recycling collection event at Boerner Botanical Gardens was twice as good as last year's. The event, sponsored by the UW-Extension, Southeast Wisconsin Master Gardener Volunteers and Boerner Botanical Gardens, collected more than 40 tons of nursery plastics.

Hundreds of people wrapped in blankets and huddled under umbrellas for warmth, braved the cold and rain with the hopes of getting a swine flu shot.

Two people, including a Cedar Grove man, were injured in a head-on crash Wednesday afternoon involving a semi and a minivan on county Highway LL in the Town of Belgium, according to the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department.

Health department rushes flu vaccine to public with clinics starting this week but cautions that supply is limited for now With suspected swine flu spreading rapidly throughout Wisconsin, the Ozaukee County Public Health Department is rushing H1N1 vaccine to the public, first by holding clinics beginning this week for people most at risk from the ...

Due to steadily increasing business and a larger market area, Guthrie & Frey Water Conditioning has announced the opening of a second location in Ozaukee County.

Seven years after the discovery of the emerald ash borer in the United States, officials face bleak prospects for trying to control its spread.

Oct. 16, 2009 1:10 p.m. More than seven months after the overdose death of Madison Kiefer, the Milwaukee County district attorney's office later today will file a homicide charge against a man suspected of giving drugs to the 15-year-old Whitefish Bay girl.