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September 2010
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Area students show improved college readiness
When it comes to results of the ACT, the 36-point college admission test widely used in Wisconsin, several area school officials said they were pleased to see students bucking national and state downward trends.(1)
City decides it won't cross that redevelopment line now
Greenfield — Just like that, all the talk surrounding Interstate 894/Loomis Road redevelopment plans - and the eminent domain fears that came along with it - came to a screeching halt.(1)
Legal specialist explains why 'blight' is not right
Greenfield — A national eminent-domain law firm says there is at least one thing the state Legislature should consider if it wants to prevent more related controversies from appearing in Wisconsin.
Project could energize land
Greenfield — A 150-unit senior living facility is proposed for 20 acres near 96th Street and Cold Spring Road.(4)
Grocer will cross the street
Greenfield — The Common Council has approved plans for a new Pick 'n Save grocery store at 4279 S. 76th St.(1)
More Headlines
- Developer closes the door on affordable housing plan
- Geenfield: Crossing a plan off the list? (1)
- Greenfield: Business owners say city wants land to redevelop it (9)
- Whitnall tax levy to rise less than expected
- Another wave of flooding issues
- Mormons hope to feel at home in new neighborhood
- Gas leak forces evacuation of public library
- Whitnall's new head speaks
- Liquor shops come to a stop
- Cops on foot beat meet the neighbors (1)
- Pick 'n Save picks new location
- Council dumps trash exemption
- Greenfield police receive state grant for enforcement efforts
- No shots fired in garage incident
- Tosa chili cookoff to draw the seasoned
No charges filed in Clement Manor death
No charges were filed in a death last February in a Clement Manor independent living apartment because it couldn't be proved who had acknowledged an alarm from the apartment, an assistant district attorney says.(19)
Workers at Clement Manor ignored alarm, lawsuit says
Workers at the Clement Manor complex in Greenfield "inexcusably and unconscionably" ignored for four hours an emergency alarm set off in an apartment at the complex as the resident bled to death, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Local school superintendents average $130,000
Public school districts in southeastern Wisconsin reported paying their top leaders an average salary of nearly $130,000 in the 2009-'10 school year, data released by the state shows.(74)
- Data on Demand: Wisconsin public school employee pay
Resale shops say ordinance will put them out of business
A new Greenfield ordinance requires resale shops to photograph sellers and list items for a police database. The ordinance also imposes transaction fees on resale stores that could amount to tens of thousands of dollars annually - a big burden for small retailers. (153)
Highway construction unearths old skateboard park
Late last weekend, when news began to circulate that The Turf had been unearthed by construction crews working by the W. Loomis Road exit off I-894, the information traveled through the local skateboarding community like a bolt of lightning.
(65)
More Headlines
- Greenfield to hit resale shops with new fee (33)
- Respiratory illnesses reported at Greenfield nursing home (6)
- Walgreens building in Greenfield sells for $4.1 million (9)
- Greenfield grocer seeks OK to sell hookah products (19)
- Greenfield Pick 'n Save may move across street (4)
- Mount Carmel faces seven lawsuits over care (26)
- Abuse counselor gets probation on fraud, drug convictions (21)
- Teen killed on his way to Summerfest (208)
- Mount Carmel nursing home cited 35 times (103)
- Teen resale shop opens in Greenfield (2)
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