Nicolet defense prevails in win over Tosa East
They still have to change in the trailers and the tents by flashlight after games and they're still a week away from using their lockers, but the members of the Nicolet football team made themselves right at home Friday night, as they battled injuries, execution problems and inconvenience in dominating Wauwatosa East, 9-0.
"We just did what we could do," said quarterback Brandon Kappel, who threw a perfect 21-yard TD pass to Alex Walker with just four seconds in the first half and then added a clinching 41-yard field goal with less than six minutes to go. "It's football. We all did this and it just felt good. The line did the job and everyone stepped up. We could have scored a lot more points, but this is still special."
Indeed it was in the eyes of first-year coach Brian Sommers in the first official school-sanctioned event on the grounds since the July 22 floods.
"The kids are getting tired of life in a trailer," he said. "It's starting to wear on them. They want to get back into a routine. Maybe this'll start a routine of winning (laughs). Now that would be something fun to get into (laughs)."
And at that moment, an unknown assistant clapped him on the shoulder and said as he ran by: "The first of many more to come coach. Just the first."
» Read Full ArticleTraffic and Safety Committee meeting postponed
Due to the memorial service this evening for Shaun Wild, the meeting of the Traffic and Safety Committee scheduled for 7 p.m. has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Memorial for Brown Deer teacher murdered in Illinois
BROWN DEER - A man from Brown Deer was to be remembered by his hometown Thursday.
Shaun Wild was killed over the weekend while trying to break up a bar fight near Chicago.
His memorial service has been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Brown Deer High School.
Those who grew up with him were in shock, and his family and friends call his murder senseless.
"I've known Shaun since kindergarten," explained Andrew Schwark, a friend of Wild's.
» Read Full ArticleTwo lanes of I-43 closed due to crash
GLENDALE - Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies have gone to the scene of a two-car crash that has brought about the closure of two lanes of a freeway in Glendale.
Authorities closed the middle and right lanes of I-43 southbound near Silver Spring Drive because of the crash.
The crash happened at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
There was no initial word on any injuries.
Shorewood board agrees to fill deputy police chief, building inspector positions
The Shorewood Village Board on Monday authorized staff members to move forward and fill two currently vacant positions: lead building inspector and deputy police chief.
The deputy police chief position was created 16 months ago amid Police Chief Dave Banaszynski's reorganization of staffing within the department. Terry Zimmerman, then a lieutenant on the force, was promoted to the position, and retired in December.
Banaszynski said there are a number of virtues to having a deputy police chief position, including a distinct chain of command, maintaining departmental continuity and allowing for sergeants to be back on the street - a scenario that was not always possible without the position.
The lead building inspector hire is part of an overall reorganization to the planning and development department. Responsibilities for the position will be absorbed by two currently vacant inspection positions within the department.
Homestead hangs on to beat Tokoto, Falls, 71-69, in OT
With about a minute to go in overtime Tuesday night, a fan on the Menomonee Falls side of the Homestead Fieldhouse rubbed his hands eagerly and said:
'It's a man's game now, no little kids allowed!"
And that thought was the correct one this evening, as in a high-profile nonconference boys basketball game with WIAA sectional seeding implications, Homestead got two free throws with 5.5 seconds to go from guard LaMonte' Bearden to pull off a thrilling, 71-69 overtime decision over the Indians.
In doing so, the Highlanders improved to 16-2 overall whiile Falls, which had won five in a row and eight of its last 11 (nine of 11 without a forfeit), fell to 9-8.
A game like this late in the season is just all part of the plan, according to Highlander coach Marquis Hines.
» Read Full ArticleWhitefish Bay to seek Bird City USA designation
Whitefish Bay is the latest community in Wisconsin looking to become a Bird City USA community, with backing by the Whitefish Bay Garden Club and Whitefish Bay Civic Foundation.
Bird City USA is Bayside-based organization that was created a year ago through participation with the Milwaukee Audubon Society. It is designed to promote bird conservation by working with member municipalities to examine best practices for bird habitats.
Designees hold a ceremonial event that includes a plaque presentation and educational events. To qualify, a municipality needs to pay $100 annually and go through a comprehensive application process.
The Village Board approved moving forward with the application process Monday with the caveat the membership fee be split in thirds between the Garden Club, Civic Foundation and the village's operating budget.
Public hearing on JCC proposal planned next month
Whitefish Bay residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on several proposed changes at the Karl Jewish Community Campus at a public hearing next month.
The Village Board on Monday voted to move the plans forward to the public hearing level, with members of that board and the Plan Commission jointly overseeing the event.
JCC officials are requesting eight operational and structural changes at the campus, 6423 N. Santa Monica Blvd. The list includes proposed fencing on the back field of the property, increasing the number of permissible annual special events on the campus from 12 to 20 and requesting up to 30 events, including wedding receptions, be allowed to function until 1 a.m., as opposed to the current 11 p.m. cut-off time.
The public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. March 19 at a venue to be announced.
Village Board denies beer, wine licenses
The Brown Deer Village Board decided to stick with precedent and deny a request for licenses to sell packaged beer and wine at a new variety store, Shop on Sherman.
Previous requests for similar licenses at two convenience stores and at Walgreens have been turned down, Trustee Jeff Baker noted, and he did not support breaking with that precedent. His colleagues agreed, leading to a 7-0 vote to deny the licenses.
Driver pleads guilty in hit-and-run crash that killed couple
A man with a history of drunken driving convictions pleaded guilty Monday to a hit-and-run crash that killed a Brown Deer couple in Mequon last year.
Daniel J. Fagan, 36, was charged in January 2011 with two counts of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle and two counts of hit-and-run resulting in death for a crash that killed Emiliya Krol, 69, and her husband, Leonid Krol, 72 as they walked in the 4700 block of W. County Line Road.
At a hearing in Ozaukee County Circuit Court, prosecutors agreed to dismiss the negligent operation counts in exchange for the guilty pleas to the hit-and-run counts.
Over his attorney's objections, Fagan, who had been free on $50,000 bail, was taken into custody Monday pending his sentencing next month. Prosecutors plan to recommend he be sent to prison for 12 years, followed by 13 years of extended supervision.
Shorewood girl faces hearing in death of newborn
A delinquency hearing will be held Feb. 20 for a 17-year-old Shorewood girl who investigators say gave birth to a boy in her bathtub and buried him in a flower bed beside her house, a judge ordered Monday.
The girl is charged in a delinquency petition with one count of concealing the death of a child.
According to the petition:
The girl told police that the infant was conceived in early winter of 2010, around the time of her 16th birthday. She said that although she did not gain weight or feel sick, she began to suspect she was pregnant in July 2011.
She said "she found it hard to move around," the petition says, "but was far too busy and didn't have time to worry about anything too much."
» Read Full ArticleShorewood considers prospects at ex-Catholic Life building
The former headquarters of Catholic Family Life Insurance is among possible future development sites in Shorewood, according to village officials.
The 50,200-square-foot office building, at 1572 E. Capitol Drive, was left vacant after Catholic Family was merged into the larger Catholic Knights, based at 1100 W. Wells St., in Milwaukee.
Both groups were fraternal organizations that offer life insurance, annuities and other financial products and benefits to members. The merged organization is now known as Catholic Financial Life.
Village officials hope to see some type of development, or new tenants for the building, said Chris Swartz, village manager. He spoke at a Friday meeting of the village Community Development Authority's board, which was reviewing possible future development sites.
The building is listed for lease or sale by local brokerage firm Cassidy Turley Barry, according to commercial real estate Web site Loopnet.com. The listing price is $2.45 million.
Illinois stabbing victim was athlete, scholar from Brown Deer
The victim of a stabbing in Illinois was remembered Sunday as a multi-sport athlete at Brown Deer High School and a great student and leader.
Shaun Wild, 24, a second-grade teacher for a Naperville, Ill., school, was stabbed to death, apparently after an altercation at a Naperville bar early Saturday.
Wild, who graduated from North Central College in December, had recently started teaching second grade at Spring Brook Elementary School in Naperville.
He played football at North Central - he was the team's punter - and also played football for four years at Brown Deer High School, said his coach there, Rob Green.
"His junior and senior years, we won back to back conference titles in the Parkland conf, and he was our quarterback and our punter," Green said. He also played first base and pitched on the school's baseball team and was a hurdler on the track team. He was in the National Honor Society and won a statewide award as a student-athlete.
» Read Full ArticleNew officers introduced in Bayside
Bayside Police Chief Bruce Resnick introduced two new officers to the Village Board this week. Officer Gina Kleeba, sworn in on Jan. 2, is now attending the Police Academy. Kleeba was a village dispatcher prior to being sworn in. She will be back in the village in about three months when her schooling is completed. Resnick said he misses her computer skills and will be happy to see her back.
Cory Fuller, who speaks both French and Spanish, is the other addition to the department. Fuller spent a year teaching in France, Resnick said. While his French language skills might not be needed often, Resnick said his Spanish will likely be a help to the department. Fuller is on-the-road under the supervision of a training officer while he does his field training.
Brown Deer gunshot victim stable
Brown Deer Police say they anticipate a review of charges by Friday against a 20-year-old Brown Deer man who is a suspect in a shooting that took place in a village residence Tuesday morning. A 24-year-old Brown Deer man who was shot is in stable condition at Froedtert Hospital.
Police Tuesday said the victim was driven to St. Mary's Ozaukee after being shot in the leg/pelvic area. Hospital staff via Mequon Police notified local police of the injury. The suspect, with his attorney, later came to the village police station and turned himself in.
Police said he has been booked and taken to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility.
Brown Deer man shot at home; suspect in custody
A 24-year-old Brown Deer man who sought treatment for a gunshot wound at St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee today was taken by Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital as a precaution.
Hospital staff via Mequon Police notified Brown Deer police of the shooting at 10:03 a.m. According to police, the victim said he was shot at his home in the village and driven to the hospital by another family member.
He suffered a single gunshot wound to his leg/pelvic area.
A 20-year-old relative of the victim, who is also a resident of Brown Deer, was identified as the suspect in the shooting. After fleeing the scene, he eventually appeared at the Brown Deer Police Department with his attorney and is currently in custody.
This incident remains under investigation.
