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Warriors win ugly over Sabers

Jan. 29, 2010 9:41 p.m. | Despite 22 turnovers and a rough shooting night, the Muskego girls basketball team pulled out a 38-27 win over host Franklin on Friday.

Junior guard Alyssa Colla scored eight of her game-high 13 points in the second half and Katie Ellerson finished with 10 as the Warriors improved to 11-3 overall, 7-1 conference.

It was Muskego's fifth straight win over Franklin.

The Sabers (8-8, 4-4) took a 22-20 lead with 6 minutes, 55 seconds left in the third quarter on Taylor Atkinson's drive. But Muskego turned up the defensive intensity and went on an 11-0 run that put the Sabers away.

Franklin committed eight turnovers and missed all three of its shots throughout the remainder of the third and endured a scoring drought of 7:44 in the second half.

Candidate forum scheduled for March

Jan. 25, 2010 7:58 p.m. | A candidate forum for both Muskego school and municipal candidates will be held March 11 at the Muskego City Hall, S8200 Racine Ave.

The Muskego-Norway School Board forum for the three candidates seeking two spots on the board will be from 5:45 to 7:15 p.m. and is sponsored by the Muskego Woman's Club.

The aldermanic portion of the forum will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and will be sponsored by the Muskego Area Chamber of Commerce.

All candidates running in the April 6 spring election have been invited to the forum.

The School Board candidates are incumbents Brett Hyde and Rick Petfalski and challenger Stuart Scholz.

District hosts first community forum on facilities Tuesday

Jan. 22, 2010 10:48 a.m. | The first of five community forums on what Muskego-Norway elementary schools need in terms of buildings will be Tuesday.

The Muskego-Norway School Board is considering two preliminary options each containing different alternatives that change the potential price tag. Option one would cost roughly $50.3 million to $57.8 million. Option two would cost $62.3 million to $72.5 million.

Both options include closing Tess Corners and Muskego elementary schools, the two oldest buildings in the district, thereby consolidating the elementary schools from five to three. Included in the alternatives is demolishing Lakeview Elementary and rebuilding it near Lake Denoon Middle School. Lakeview also could be expanded in place as Mill Valley elementary could be.

One new school would be built on district land on North Cape Road under either option. The new school could be either an elementary school or a middle school. As many as two schools could eventually be built, depending on which alternatives are chosen within the two options. The combined Bay Lane Middle/Country Meadows Elementary would become either entirely a middle school or entirely an elementary school.

The School Board is asking for public input at the forums. The options and costs will be explained. A referendum would be needed for either option.

Zoo interchange work could snarl weekend traffic

Jan. 22, 2010 10:36 a.m. | Driving US 45/895 will be tougher this weekend because of closures due to bridge rehabilitation work taking place at the Zoo interchange.

Starting 9 p.m. Friday, drivers headed north on US 45/895 into the interchange will not be able to turn west onto Interstate 94. Drivers headed south will be constricted from two lanes to one. The closures will last all weekend until 5 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25.

To assist the northbound drivers wanting to go west on I-94, a detour will be established to take them onto eastbound I-94 instead. The detour will then take them off the freeway at 84th Street and then direct them back on going west.

The weekend closures will depend on weather.

Knights snap Warriors' SEC win streak

Jan. 20, 2010 12:03 a.m. | Ashley Luke and Angela Rodriguez led a spirited charge that ended the Muskego girls basketball team's 25-game Southeast Conference winning streak.

Luke scored nine of her team-high 15 points in the fourth quarter as visiting Oak Creek rallied for a 47-43 win Tuesday.

Rodriguez, who missed the two previous games with an ankle injury, shook off a rough return to score seven of her 11 points in the fourth, all coming during the Knights' game-ending 16-4 run.

Oak Creek trailed, 39-31, after Muskego's Alyssa Colla hit a 3-pointer with about 5 minutes to go. But Rodriguez nailed a jumper and teammate Cydney Weisflog knocked down a 3 to trim the Warriors' lead to 39-36.

Muskego's Katie Ellerson, who had a game-high 17 points, put her team ahead, 41-36, with a tough turnaround jumper, but Luke answered with a drive through the lane and Rodriguez sandwiched consecutive shots, including a 3, around a layup by Colla in a 20-second span to tie the game at 43-43.

Waukesha County schedules 2 more swine flu clinics

Jan. 12, 2010 5:44 p.m. | Waukesha - In addition to this Thursday's previously announced swine flu clinic, Waukesha County's Public Health Division will hold additional clinics for the general public on Jan. 21 and Jan. 28.

All the clinics are from 2 to 6 p.m., or until the vaccine runs out, at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road.

The H1N1 vaccine will be provided free in both the intranasal and injectable forms. Early clinics were targeted to certain groups who were at high risk of illness from the H1N1 flu, but these clinics are now open to the general public.

Information about the clinics and medical forms that must be completed are available in advance at the county's Web site - www.waukeshacounty.gov/pandemicflu. Information is also available by calling 211.

Domina named Waukesha County Circuit Court judge

Jan. 11, 2010 4:18 p.m. | Waukesha - William Domina, a former assistant corporation counsel in Waukesha County who moved to Milwaukee County to become that county's chief legal counsel in 2003, has been appointed a Waukesha County circuit judge by Gov. Jim Doyle.

He will fill the vacancy created with the December retirement of Judge Robert Mawdsley, Doyle's office announced Monday. Domina will start in February after he moves back to the county. His term will end July 31, 2011, requiring him to stand for election in April 2011.

Domina ran unsuccessfully for Waukesha County judge in 1996 and again in 1999 and was a finalist for the Waukesha-based District 2 Court of Appeals in 2008. Previously, he'd been elected four times to the Waukesha School Board.

As Waukesha County's senior assistant corporation counsel, he was perhaps best known for his work in the "cocaine mom" case, in which he forced a pregnant, cocaine-abusing Waukesha mother into treatment when she was eight months pregnant and continuing to abuse drugs.

Domina's actions, although upheld by trial and appeals judges, were ruled illegal by a 4-3 vote of the state Supreme Court, which said state child protection laws did not extend to fetuses.

Snow woes start with snowplow hitting pickup

Jan. 07, 2010 11:04 a.m. | With snow floating down since early morning, Muskego police got their first call for help at 6:20 a.m. - from a Racine County snowplow driver who just hit a pickup truck on Highway 36, Police Capt. John LaTour said.

A little later, Muskego assisted two drivers who went into the ditch in the morning rush hour - one at 7:45 a.m. at Crowbar and Kelsey drives and the other eight minutes later at Martin and Lannon roads.

The roads at rush hour were snow-covered and slippery, LaTour said.

"It was slow going and pretty backed up around the high school between 7 and 7:20," he said, as more parents than usual were dropping off their children, rather than letting them drive to school.

While the morning has been fairly uneventful, LaTour predicted some spinouts later in the afternoon as the snow continues.

Waukesha County schedules another swine flu clinic

Jan. 06, 2010 10:04 a.m. | Waukesha - In addition to Thursday's previously announced swine flu vaccination clinic for the general public, another clinic has been scheduled for a week later, on Jan. 14, Waukesha County officials announced this week.

Both clinics will be held at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road, from 2 to 6 p.m. or until the vaccine runs out.

While the H1N1 vaccine is particularly recommended for people at risk from the flu - such as pregnant women, emergency medical service and health workers, and those with chronic health problems - the general public can also receive the free shots.

Medical forms needed for the shots can be filled out in advance by printing them from the www.waukeshacounty.gov/pandemicflu Web site.

Two aldermen face challengers; two board members face a challenger

Jan. 05, 2010 5:58 p.m. | As of the 5 p.m. filing deadline Tuesday, there will be races for two of the three aldermanic seats on the Muskego Common Council and a three-way race for the two seats on the Muskego-Norway School Board.

District 1 Alderwoman Tracy Snead, S6598 Sherwood Circle faces no opposition.

In District 3, incumbent Neil Borgman, W16972 Briargate Lane, and Larry Lefebvre, S6782 Jewel Crest Drive, will run.

In District 5, incumbent Bill Schneider, W20101 Ridge Road, will face Daniel Soltysiak, S7979 Ancient Oaks Drive.

Aldermen receive $7,644 annually.

Muskego bar bouncer gets probation in beating

Jan. 04, 2010 3:08 p.m. | Waukesha — A bouncer who was convicted of beating a bar patron in January 2008 was placed on two years of probation Monday.

Kevin Siegesmund, 28, of Cudahy avoided a jail sentence as part of a plea agreement he entered into in November in connection with the beating of Eric Hummer at Bushy's Pub and Grill in Muskego on Jan. 17, 2008.

Siegesmund in November pleaded no contest to three counts of misdemeanor battery and was found guilty.

Siegesmund faced up to 27 months in jail, but Waukesha County Circuit Reserve Judge Patrick L. Snyder withheld the sentence. If Siegesmund violates conditions of probation, he could be sent to jail.

Another bouncer, Robert Kanack, 33, of Milwaukee, also was convicted in the beating. He was sentenced in November to two years of probation.

Waukesha County schedules swine flu clinic

Dec. 30, 2009 3:30 p.m. | Waukesha — Free intranasal and injectable swine flu vaccines will be offered from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road.

The vaccines are for Waukesha County residents, according to the county Public Health Division.

To download forms that must be submitted at the time of vaccination, or to get more information about the clinics, go to www.waukeshacounty.gov/pandemicflu.

Information is also available by calling 211, which provides information 24 hours a day, or by calling (877) 947-2211 or (262) 547-3388.

School Board gives itself flexibility on ideal class sizes

Dec. 23, 2009 10:58 a.m. | A policy to give more flexibility in deciding how many children will be in each classroom was approved Monday night by the Muskego-Norway School Board. The new policy calls for the board and administration to make every effort to maintain reasonable class sizes.

The previous policy called for a model of 25 students per regular classroom to be the norm.

But classes have generally been smaller than 25, anyway, Kelly Thompson, assistant superintendent of schools, said.

Board decides not to demolish Lakeview as it reviews consolidation options

Dec. 23, 2009 10:56 a.m. | Demolishing Lakeview Elementary School and building a new one on the same site will no longer be a facilities improvement option, the Muskego-Norway School Board decided Monday night.

Two other potential options remain, however, for Lakeview as part of the district's overall facilities planning. Lakeview could still be expanded and renovated or the building could be closed as a school and a new Lakeview Elementary School built on the site of Lake Denoon Middle School.

For many months, the School Board has been narrowing its options to improve school facilities. The board favors consolidating the five elementary schools into three by retiring the district's two oldest schools - Tess Corners Elementary and Muskego Elementary. In addition, one new school would be built on district land on North Cape Road. Lakeview and Mill Valley elementary schools would be expanded, as necessary. The combined Bay Lane Middle/Country Meadows Elementary would become either entirely a middle school or entirely an elementary school.

The various plans are organized into two general options that have some overlap.

But both the options cost money and public input sessions will start in late January to get a feel for whether there is enough support for borrowing to actually do the facilities update. If strong community support is found, the community might be asked to vote in a referendum as early as November 2010.