After numerous meetings, discussions and fines, Sherry Towns is still holding and advertising weddings on her property.

The Department of Natural Resources Board approved the purchase of a 970-acre parcel Aug. 13, but now must wait for Gov. Jim Doyle's approval to borrow the $10.8 million needed from the land stewardship fund.

Town Engineer Sean Sullivan presented anxious pumpers with two plans for long-term solutions in Country Bliss subdivision.

Three of four political campaign contributors in Lake Country say they are ready to support the candidates who win the Republican and Democratic nominations later this month, even though they helped finance the campaigns of the nominees' primary election campaign opponents.

Three of four political campaign contributors in Lake Country say they are ready to support the candidates who win the Republican and Democratic nominations later this month, even though they helped finance the campaigns of the nominees' primary election campaign opponents.

A bird that died in the Town of Ottawa has tested positive for the West Nile virus, according to Waukesha County officials, who continue to remind residents to keep themselves protected from mosquito bites.

Of all the community needs two services are always at the front of the list: police and fire protection. In 2009, the Eagle Fire Department is attempting to improve fire protection service by transitioning from a volunteer fire department to that of a paid-on-call fire department.

Those triangular purple beetle traps hanging from trees throughout Southeastern Wisconsin did their job in Washington County earlier this month, when three adult emerald ash borer (EAB) beetles were caught in the sticky traps and became the second confirmed finding of the beetle in Wisconsin.

Over $67 million in federal funds is helping Wisconsin residents recover from the floods and storms of earlier this summer.

Residents went to Mukwonago Town Hall on Aug. 6, hoping for answers, but the answers they got weren't the ones they'd hoped they would hear.

Don't let misunderstandings cause the loss of needed disaster assistance, state and federal emergency management officials urge Wisconsin residents.

ProHealth Care has announced plans to open 56 hospital inpatient rooms and an emergency department at its existing campus in Mukwonago.

To say that area conservationists are excited about plans to acquire the 970-acre Rainbow Springs recreation area would be an understatement, according to Nancy Gloe, president of the Friends of the Mukwonago River, in a phone interview Friday.

A Town of Vernon official was fined Monday morning for using a town computer to support a political candidate in the April election.

According to minutes from the July 15 Village Board meeting, the Plan Commission has been working with representatives from both The Home Depot and Wal-Mart regarding lack of compliance with their conditional-use permits.

On July 22, Congress passed "The Clean Boating Act of 2008." In so doing, it gave recreational boaters new hope that they will not be required to undergo a complicated permitting process, as had been feared. All that is needed now is the president's signature. Should he sign the bill, recreationa
(Published 8/06/2008)

Buyers and sellers across the country have been enduring higher prices everywhere from the grocery store to the gas station. Trucks and sport-utility vehicles are harder to move off dealership lots, and the airline industry is cutting flights and jobs. But with a slowing economy, possibly the big
(Published 8/06/2008)

Early-morning fires sent two families into the rain after lightning struck a garage on Cherry Lane and the roof of a house on Lakecrest Court on Monday. No one was injured, but the fires did significant damage to the garage of the Cherry Lane residence and left the home uninhabitable.

David Burback was sitting on a couch in his living room before dinner the evening of July 29. The last thing he expected was a car in his lap.

Last Thursday, U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold announced that the Big Bend-Vernon Fire Department received a 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grant of $228,950.