Tuesday, May 21, 2013
For Republican lieutenant governor, the biggest battle isn't in the state Capitol - it's dealing with the every day challenges that come with being a parent.
About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains. Rebecca Kleefisch is the highest ranking woman in Wisconsin politics today, having been elected twice to the office of lieutenant governor. She is Gov. Scott Walker's point person business creation in the state and is a sought after speaker on conservative values. She has also battled colon cancer during her first run for office and is an advocate for early screenings, like the one that made her fight against the disease easier to overcome. But it is not the political campaign or the fight over cancer that …
The Bender Park boat launch is closed as crews clear the way for boats to access Lake Michigan.
The Bender Park boat launch has been closed as work to dredge the harbor is under way. The county has committed $150,000 to dredge the Bender Park harbor this spring while they plan a long-term solution to low water levels at the boat launch. Details are still being finalized on when the work will be completed, County Supervisor Steve Taylor said. The county is also studying solutions for problems at the Bender Park beach, which has been plagued by algae, e-coli and noxious odors.
A man was arrested for drunken driving-causing injury following a car-motorcycle crash early Sunday morning during the freeway shutdown.
A driver in the car-motorcycle crash early Sunday at 13th Street and College Avenue was drunk and texting at the time of the accident, according to an Oak Creek police report. According to a police report, the vehicle was northbound on 13th Street and slowing for a stoplight when it rear-ended the motorcycle about 12:20 a.m. Sunday, causing the motorcyclist to fall from the bike and strike his head on the pavement. Police arrested the driver of the vehicle for drunken driving-causing injury. He later admitted to officers he had his head down because he was texting on his phone, according to the police report. A 911 caller reporting the crash told dispatchers the motorcyclist was breathing but not awake, according to the police report. He …
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.
Oak Creek police are investigating a string of burglaries that include incidents at three Asian restaurants. Panda Gourmet, Lotus and Yen Hwa Chinese Restaurant were broken into in a two-night span May 11 and 12. Police are also investigating burglaries at a pair of businesses on Drexel Avenue near Howell—CR Electric, 330 W. Drexel Ave., and Roth Heating, 400 W. Drexel Ave.—that happened the same weekend. According to the Oak Creek Police Department logbook: Panda Gourmet, 8880 S. Howell Ave., and Lotus, 9011 S. Howell Ave., were burglarized after closing about 10 p.m. May 11. Employees at each business discovered hundreds of dollars missing from cash registers. It's believed doors were forced open in each incident. Cash was also stolen …
Freedom to be who you are and fulfilling work tend to earn companies on the top lists of best places to work, according to the Harvard Business Review.
The following story was provided by AOLJobs.com By Claire Gordon What is the perfect place to work? An office where every employee gets an annual 10 percent raise? And nobody ever gets fired? And the CEO knows everyone's name? And there are free massages and volleyball courts and barrels of candy apples? None of the above. Rob Goffee of London Business School and Gareth Jones of IE Business School have spent three years asking hundreds of executives this exact question. Six qualities stood out, they found, which they revealed in this month's Harvard Business Review. And ultimately they seem to boil down to a single nugget: Make employees feel like they're not just mindless slaves of shareholder value. 1. Let You Do You The best company …
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Americans across the country are reacting with shock to the devastation caused by a 2-mile wide Tornado in Oklahoma. Dozens have died, and President Obama has declared the path of the tornado a major disaster area. If you would like to help, you can do so from your computer or mobile device right now. Patch will be posting stories of locals who are working to help victims from afar. If you know of someone local was affected by the tornado or who is working to help the victims, or if you would like to share your reaction to what's happened, please reach out to Community Editor Sarah Worthman.
Monday, May 20, 2013
More than 4,500 runners will participate in the Ragnar Relay Series June 7-8. The race starts in Madison Friday morning and finishes in Chicago on Saturday.
More than 4,500 runners will pass through Oak Creek on June 7 and 8 as part of the Ragnar Relay Series. The 200-mile overnight relay begins in Madison early Friday morning and ends at Lincoln Park in Chicago on Saturday. Officials anticipate teams will enter Oak Creek—on Drexel Avenue—about 9:30 p.m. They will make their way to an exchange at Oak Creek High School and then to another exchange at Parkway Apostolic Church, 10940 S. Nicholson Road, before continuing south. The last runners are expected to leave Oak Creek by 7:30 a.m. Saturday. According to the city, participants are required to wear reflective vests, headlamps and LED lights during the nighttime hours, obey all traffic laws and stay with the normal flow of pedestrian traffic…
The project team met a host of challenges to transform Drexel Avenue from a rural, two-lane road into a four-lane boulevard.
The reconstruction of Drexel Avenue was one of the biggest and most complicated road projects in the recent history of Oak Creek. It took almost a full year for crews to transform a rural two-lane road into a four-lane divided boulevard. Workers dealt with an array of challenges, from wetlands, to a Butler's Garter Snake habitat, to water movement under the roadway. They also built a bike-pedestrian path on the north side of the road. The work got done —the road reopened last November—and has been recognized as a Project of the Year by the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The team led by Brookfield-based R.A. Smith National, along with the city of Oak Creek and Super Western, were recognized at the association’s …
Diana Rowe, an alum of St. Matthew and Oak Creek High School, is a district commander for the Milwaukee Police Department.
A St. Matthew and Oak Creek alum is now a district commander for the Milwaukee Police Department, as Urban Milwaukee reports. Diana Rowe, who enrolled in the MPD training program in 1991, has risen up the ranks to become commander of a district on the city's south side. Rowe, 45, told Urban Milwaukee she credited the Oak Creek Police Department for helping fuel her interest in the profession. Read the whole story here.
Did Gov. Scott Walker break a campaign promise when he vowed to keep pork out of the state budget?
Some campaign promises build in a bit of wiggle room. The one made by candidate for governor Scott Walker to “Strip policy and pork projects from the state budget” did not. This unequivocal pledge, posted on Walker’s campaign website, committed the candidate to eschewing both parties’ longstanding practice of using the budget to make policy changes and reward special interests. In April 2011, less than four months into Walker’s term, the truth-testers at PolitiFact Wisconsin branded this a broken promise. It noted that the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau had identified dozens of non-fiscal items in the governor’s budget repair bills and first biennial budget. Walker’s latest executive budget, for 2013-15, included what the Fiscal …
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