Email: mark.schaaf@patch.com
Phone: 262-497-1633
Hometown: Prairie du Chien, WI
Birthday 5-6-85
Bio: Being a journalist is the only career I've ever wanted for myself, and I'm so blessed that I'm getting to do it professionally. I grew up reading newspapers and by the third grade, I was making my own newspapers out of printer paper and putting them out on the porch at night, so when my dad got the Wisconsin State Journal in the morning, mine would be right next to it. (true story - my parents still have the copies) I have a passion for good journalism and I'm happy to be bringing that enthusiasm to Patch.
I grew up in Prairie du Chien and attended college at UW-Eau Claire where I served as editor of The Spectator. I worked for NOW Newspapers for 3 1/2 years before heading over to Patch to be the editor in Oak Creek.
Besides journalism, I'm passionate about music (Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, Jack White) and the Milwaukee Brewers; I enjoy reading (non-fiction, mostly) and Sunday nights on HBO; and I believe Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK but he did not act alone.
A parking structure could be included in a portion of the Drexel Town Square development where a medical office building and lodging is proposed.
Oak Creek High School students created a second flavor of Knightro Fusion soda, which is now on sale in Oak Creek and Franklin.
The company hosted almost 200 eighth-grade students from Muskego last week to show what "environmentally-friendly" really means.
The family restaurant at the corner of Janesville Road and Racine Avenue will open with a ribbon-cutting at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The man was pulled over after running a red light at Howell and Ryan, according to police.
Carp shooters will use bows and arrows Saturday night in an effort to remove carp, considered a "garbage fish" that robs other fish of oxygen and vegetation.
The first Jammin' on Janesville is coming up June 7 and will include more than 45 activities and 27 $1 menu items.
The Oak Creek Community Center is celebrating its 10th year of providing free live music in its summer concert series.
A driver making a left turn onto Rawson never saw a vehicle coming from his left, causing a collision that left both vehicles with severe damage.
A man lost a one-inch chunk of his ear during a bar fight May 19 at Diane's Second Chance Saloon.
A zoning change allows Black Diamond to continue planning a firing range and gun shop at its facility on 6th Street.
Two local veterans groups are planning a new Greendale memorial and are eying school district property at Broad Street and Southway.
The Bender Park boat launch is closed as crews clear the way for boats to access Lake Michigan.
A man was arrested for drunken driving-causing injury following a car-motorcycle crash early Sunday morning during the freeway shutdown.
Oak Creek police ordered patrol watches at Asian restaurants following three burglaries in two nights. Police are also investigating burglaries at a pair of Drexel Ave. businesses the same weekend.
