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Updated: Industrial Supplier Wins Gap Financing from New Loan Program
The city and Waukesha County Economic Development Corporation will provide $150,000 to help spur job expansion.
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Lisa Sink, Patch Staff
- Brookfield, WI
A Green Bay native with a journalism degree and criminology and law studies minor from Marquette University, Lisa Sink comes to Patch.com after working for more than 15 years at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / JSOnline.com and the Milwaukee Sentinel. She also has freelanced for other media, such as the Business Journal, Wisconsin Builder magazine and the American Planning Association.
Way back in those heady college days, Lisa says she naively thought she had life figured out. But then she got married, bought a house and had two children. And she learned that life is messy and learning is a lifelong adventure.
Learning about new people and ideas is what keeps Lisa in journalism during this uncertain time for the industry. Patch.com will offer her new editing and managerial challenges that she is sure to stumble upon. But then she'll get up and keep moving.
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The Shire Meeting Canceled for Indemnity Review
A special Plan Commission meeting Wednesday was canceled to give Waste Management and developer Joe Niebler more time to review the city's request for indemnity on The Shire subdivision.
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Photos: City Kicks off Holidays with Tree-Lighting Festivities
A Hillside Elementary School Brownie Troop and Brookfield Civic Chorus sang carols, and children made crafts and took photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
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Woman Urinates Outside Business After Denied Restroom Use
Employees at Firestone near Brookfield Square mall said he saw a woman urinating outside the building.
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Black Friday House Fire Causes $100K Damage
A Wilson Drive home owner returned home about 3:30 a.m. from Black Friday shopping to find kitchen on fire.
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Police Called on Black Friday Recall Walker Drives
Advocates trying to collect signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker were told to stay off some business properties and stick to public sidewalks, and no arrests were made.
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Week Ahead: The Shire, 'Grease,' Druecke Sentencing, Tree Lightings
The week ahead also features a St. John Vianney book fair, a used book sale, Annie opening at the Sunset Playhouse and more.
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City Tree Lighting and Santa on Fire Engine
A city tree lighting ceremony and other holiday activities will start at 5 p.m. Monday.
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Traffic Light Pole Struck, Gets Stuck in Drunken Driver's Truck
Driver continued home with the traffic light still stuck on his vehicle, police said. In another case, a driver who struck an I-94 median had heroin and marijuana in his truck.
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Wartman, Lambert to Seek Re-Election to Elmbrook School Board
The two board members whose terms expire in April said Tuesday they will seek re-election to another term.
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Elmbrook School Board Approves Hillside Redistricting Plan
Planning the merger of Hillside and Brookfield elementary schools can continue in earnest after the board's adoption Tuesday of a redistricting plan.
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Police Report: Man on Dating Site Scams Woman out of $29,000
The latest police calls include a Brookfield woman who was scammed into wiring $29,000 to a man in Malaysia she met on Match.com.
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Holly Stahl Foundation Awards Scholarships, Promotes "Love Life!"
Nearly a year after Central grad Holly Christina Stahl died in a car crash, her foundation is awarding scholarships and encouraging people to relish time with family, friends.
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Mother Forgets 3-Year-Old in Walgreens, Drives Home Alone
Mom realized her mistake as soon as she got home and went back to the store to get her daughter.
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Bomb Threat Called into QPS Employment
Brookfield corporate office said it was uncertain which branch the threat targeted but none reported any problems.
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Threats Made to National Teachers Unions Firm in Brookfield
Company and WEAC official report receiving threatening and harassing phone calls.
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Week Ahead: School Board Vote on Redistricting After Hillside Closure
The week ahead also includes recruitment efforts for a new Elmbrook Schools superintendent, a public hearing on an assisted living project in the town and school basketball tournaments.
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Stuff the Bus: Elmbrook Elementaries Surprise Hunger Task Force
Four schools — led by Dixon Elementary — collected more than 4,500 items and 8,500 pounds of food for the Hunger Task Force in a stuffed school bus.
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Festival of Trees Benefits Blood Cancer Patients
Public invited to enjoy and bid on theme-decorated Christmas trees, sports memorabilia and many more goodies while listening to musicians, visiting Santa, face painting and entering the bone marrow registry.
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Tributes to Fiserv Co-Founder George Dalton Who Has Died
Business leaders pay tribute to George Dalton, co-founder of the Brookfield-based Fiserv, who has died.
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