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.
The new bridge is under construction while the old one still stands, part of an innovative method to continue work while keeping the road open to vehicles.
Tracy Flater, an associate elementary school principal in Greenfield, will take over at Highland View after the school year.
Sergio Aleman will be honored in a ceremony Friday at the state Capitol. The event also features the Oak Creek Police Department honor guard.
This week's police reports also include a man who had banned from Southridge Mall stealing from a cell phone store.
While Greendale Fire Department officials say they don't have problems with how ambulances are inspected, others raise concerns that some ambulances in Wisconsin just shouldn't be on the road.
A garden planted in honor of Sikh temple shooting victims got bigger Saturday in an event that included police Lt. Brian Murphy.
While Wauwatosa Fire Department officials say they have no problems with how ambulances are inspected, others raise concerns that some ambulances in Wisconsin just shouldn't be on the road.
While Oak Creek Fire Department officials say they have no problems with how ambulances are inspected, others raise concerns that some ambulances in Wisconsin just shouldn't be on the road.
While Greenfield Fire Department officials say it's up to them to make sure ambulances are properly equipped and maintained, others raise concerns that some ambulances in Wisconsin just shouldn't be on the road.
The store lost about $1,000 worth of razors April 17, according to police. Officers were reviewing surveillance footage in the hopes of identifying three suspects.
A man who called 911 saying he was drunk and had a headache was also taken to a hospital April 23, according to police.
Just 9 percent of public high schools in the country made the Washington Post's list this year.
Through a 4,000-mile motorcycle ride to New Orleans and Key West, Oak Creek Alderman Jim Ruetz hopes to raise money toward a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Ambulances took as many as five people away from a crash scene at 27th Street and Puetz Road Sunday afternoon.
A group reportedly passed out anti-Barack Obama literature near the post office and held signs calling for the president to be impeached last week.
Saturday's event in the community center parking lot is the first of nine scheduled for 2013.
Dredging at the Bender Park boat launch won't be done as soon as hoped but is still in the works.
Construction on the new station, across from the post office, could begin this fall.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, former running mate of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, says that with the election behind him, he's happy to "get back to work" and fight for what he believes in.
Speaking in Oak Creek Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, former running mate of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, says that with the election behind him, he's happy to "get back to work" and fight for what he believes in
