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Thursday
September 2010
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Police Blotter: This week's crime reports
News & Notes: Local news briefs
Obituaries: Local death notices
Meetings: City and school government meetings schedule
Community Calendar: What's
on tap around town
Things to Do: Our top picks
of upcoming events
Corrections: Corrections and clarifications to recent stories
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• Oak Creek Parks and Recreation Department
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Cheap as dirt, and a valuable land addition
Oak Creek — The state Department of Transportation needed a place to deposit an estimated 1.3 million cubic yards of dirt, to be excavated as part of the Mitchell Interchange reconstruction.(2)
Administering a 'fine-tooth comb'
Oak Creek — The city continues a thorough examination of four city administrator candidates.
Eminently practical help for farmer
A local businessman will pay the legal fees for Oak Creek's Earl Giefer, the 94-year-old farmer who was embroiled in an eminent domain fight with the city over his 25-acre farm.(1)
Districts put on another good ACT
School officials are still pouring over results of the ACT, the college admission test widely used in Wisconsin, but they largely said they are pleased with this year's results.
City centers its thinking on Delphi
Oak Creek — City officials are considering the former Delphi property as an alternate site for the proposed development of a civic center that would house a new City Hall and library.(6)
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More Headlines
- Some old time flavor (2)
- Oak Creek Bucyrus deal moves forward
- 13th Street company plans to expand (1)
- Pair with no money calls cab, but goes to jail instead
- Man charged in suspected drug-debt related killing (1)
- Oak Creek has flooded fields & streams
- Finding a home for a historic dome (3)
- Farmer must pay his own legal bills (3)
- Golf courses struggle as effects of recession linger
- State aid estimates for local schools could spell 'relief'
- Police chief's mission accomplished (1)
- Oak Creek: Man's sudden death leaves a void among friends, family
- Oak Creek invests in projects
- Take your pick of July 4 festivities (1)
- Oak Creek: Class pauses to remember student on graduation day
Psychologist accused of exploiting patients
An Oak Creek psychologist improperly touched one patient in 2004 and had a year-long sexual relationship with another woman that started when she was his patient in 2005, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday.
S. Milwaukee man charged in slaying of Oak Creek man
A 33-year-old man was charged Friday with killing an Oak Creek man who was found shot to death last month inside a minivan near a Cudahy park.
Oak Creek refuses to pay farmer's legal bill
Oak Creek - The Common Council has refused to pay the $9,081 legal bill of Earl Giefer, the 94-year-old farmer who successfully fought the city's effort to obtain his 25-acre property through eminent domain.(55)
Court appearance ordered for former football league treasurer
The former treasurer of Oak Creek Youth Football made his initial appearance in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Thursday and was ordered to return Aug. 2 for a preliminary hearing on a charge that he embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from the league.(17)
Youth football treasurer accused of vacationing on league funds
The former treasurer of Oak Creek Youth Football told police he used money from the league to pay off his vehicle loan and to help pay for a vacation he took in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, according to a criminal complaint released Wednesday.(33)
More Headlines
- Oak Creek wants county to dredge Bender Park harbor (1)
- Power restored for customers in Oak Creek, Milwaukee
- Oak Creek may repeal photo, fingerprint requirement for alcohol licenses (1)
- Oak Creek football club's former treasurer arrested (12)
- Oak Creek considers lakefront tax district
- Michigan U.P. customers will pay $23 million for Oak Creek coal plant (10)
- John Weinhold: Family of Oak Creek man mourns death, looks for answers
- Bucyrus may get tax credit for buying former Midwest Air site (5)
- Oak Creek police chief to retire
- Ship discovered almost 112 years after disappearing in Lake Michigan (66)
Oak Creek LionsFest 2010
Get ready for food and fun during the Oak Creek LionsFest, set for Friday through Monday, Sept. 3-6, at 9327 S. Shepard Ave., in Oak Creek. Enjoy carnival rides and games, raffle contests, live music from national acts, a car show and delicious pork and beef sandwiches. Admission and parking are free and discounted carnival ride tickets are available at local merchants. Check the links below for more information.
Event flyer | Lions Club website
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Gas WatchFind out where the cheapest gas is being sold in Oak Creek.
Family WatchdogUse the interactive map to see where sex offenders live and work in Oak Creek.
Presidential campaign contributionsFind out how much your neighbors are giving to the candidates.
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Adoptable Animals
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