Monday, December 31, 2012
Patch is looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. Our final installment covers one of the darkest days in the city's history: the mass shooting at the Oak Creek Sikh temple that left six dead and four wounded, including an Oak Creek police officer. There are so many memories and images that stand out from that week—the initial panic and rumors of multiple shooters, the stories of bravery and heroism, laying the victims to rest, getting acquainted with the Sikh community. But the scene at Henry Miller Park following Oak Creek's National Night Out on Aug. 7 left the community in awe, a night that was as heartbreaking as it was uplifting. This story is from that vigil, posted at 12:26…
Patch is looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. Part 9 of this series recalls the new businesses that opened in Oak Creek this year. There were several got attention from residents in this city and beyond: the frozen yogurt chain YoFresh Yogurt Cafe, another AutoZone, a Wheaton Franciscan Oak Creek clinic, CrossFit Oak Creek, new music store Sweet Music, Papa Murphy's, emergency animal hospital Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists, scrapbooking and stamping store My Paper Playground, NDT Specialists, and GFS Marketplace across the street in Franklin, to name a few. But the one that got the most attention on Patch, hands down, was a pasta restaurant that opened in …
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Patch is looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. The eighth installment focuses on redevelopment efforts on the Oak Creek lakefront, which took steps forward in 2012. While years of work still lie ahead, a redevelopment plan was approved in February, land negotiations and acquisitions continued throughout the year and environmental remediation work began late this year. The following story was originally posted Oct. 31. *** City Administrator Gerald Peterson knows Oak Creek residents have heard this all before. For more than a decade, Oak Creek has sought to redevelop the city's lakefront from long-shuttered factories to something its residents can actually use and enjoy. And for …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Patch is looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. Our seventh installment: the unveiling of plans for the former Delphi site, which will be redeveloped into a mixed-use town center called Drexel Town Square. The project aims to create a new downtown for Oak Creek. The following column was originally posted May 10. *** The Oak Creek Plan Commission on Tuesday night got its first extensive look at the updated plans for the former Delphi site -- now called Drexel Town Square. I wrote about the plans over the weekend, but Wispark President Jerry Franke provided some more detail and some of the thinking behind it. Here's a look at some things I found interesting from Franke's …
Friday, December 28, 2012
Patch is looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. Our sixth installment recalls the Oak Creek Knights' 9-0 regular season and top seeding in the WIAA football playoffs. Oak Creek's incredible season included an outright Southeast Conference championship, a memorable 24-7 victory at Franklin and the team's first playoff appearence since 2009. Unfortunately, Oak Creek's season came to a stunning end in the second round at the hands of Kenosha Bradford. The following article was originally posted Oct. 13, the day the playoff brackets were released. *** After polishing off a perfect regular season, the Oak Creek Knights will begin the WIAA playoffs as a No. 1 seed and host Milwaukee …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Patch is taking a look back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. The fifth installment is the construction of the Drexel Interchange, which opened Nov. 20. The following story was originally posted May 4, when Gov. Scott Walker visited Oak Creek to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony. A Nov. 20 event celebrated the completion of construction. *** State Rep. Mark Honadel was a child when Interstate 94 went in, right behind his family's apple orchards. "When I was a little kid I rode my bike on that freeway," he said. "It was the biggest road I've ever seen in my life." Decades later, he would represent the area in the state Assembly and get involved in the years of political battles that it …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Patch is taking a look back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. Here's the fourth installment, which was originally posted July 20. *** With the team trailing 4-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, Oak Creek Knights Coach Scott Holler insisted to his players they would get to Germantown pitcher Ryan Anderson. He was right. The Knights got four runs in the sixth to tie the game before senior Riley Shelton delivered a walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh as the Knights won the state baseball championship 5-4 Friday in Mequon. "They kept their energy up," Holler said. "We just kept telling the guys, 'we'll wear them out, we'll wear them out. We'll get to him eventually.' And they did …
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Patch is taking a look back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. Here's the third installment, which was originally posted July 5. *** The Oak Creek fireworks display was halted Wednesday night due to a grass fire just east of where the fireworks were shot off. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to put out the fire, which was contained to about a one-acre piece of land near East Middle School, Assistant Fire Chief Rodney Palmer said. The fire is officially under investigation, but it's believed to be caused by the fireworks, he said. The extremely dry conditions caused several communities to cancel their fireworks, but Oak Creek went ahead under the fire department's close watch. The department…
Monday, December 24, 2012
Patch is taking a look back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at ten stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. Here's the second installment, which was originally posted the night of April 3. *** Steve Scaffidi is the new mayor of Oak Creek after defeating Mark Verhalen in Tuesday's general election. According to unofficial results, Scaffidi got 3,743 votes compared to 2,997 for Verhalen. Results remain unofficial until certified by the Board of Canvassers. "I think all the hard work we put into the campaign over the past four months paid off," Scaffidi said. "It was a closer race than I actually thought it would be. "Just very excited about the possibilities and the future of Oak Creek. Lots of great projects to work on and we're going to …
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Patch is taking a look back at 10 stories that shaped Oak Creek this year.
From now until the end of the year, Patch will be looking back at ten stories that shaped Oak Creek in 2012. Here's the first installment, which was originally posted Feb. 7. *** Mayor Al Foeckler, who was appointed by the Common Council following the death of Dick Bolender, said all along he supported moving the city hall and the library to the former Delphi site. But he wasn't sure what he would do if the council was split. On Tuesday, with the council divided 3-3, we found out our answer. "With great respect for Mayor Bolender, Mayor Bolender's vision for the Delphi site and the thousands of residents that voted Mayor Bolender to three terms as mayor of Oak Creek, I vote aye," Foeckler said in casting the deciding vote to move forward …
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2:53 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
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