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By ISRAL DEBRUIN
Nov. 02, 2009 3:56 p.m. | The average number of students absent due to flu-related symptoms was below 5 percent at most Elmbrook schools during the past two weeks, according to district attendance reports.
Between Oct. 19 and 28, only Burleigh Elementary saw more than 10 percent of its students absent due to flu-related symptoms. During that time, Burleigh's daily absentee rate due to flu symptoms ranged from 8.4 percent to 16 percent. At Brookfield Elementary, an average of 6.3 percent of students was out with the flu during the same two-week period.
At all other district schools, flu absences were below 5 percent of the total student population.
Brookfield Central High School was the healthiest building during the past two weeks, with less than 1 percent of students absent because of the flu on any given day.
Overall, the average number of daily absences in Elmbrook schools during the two-week period was 197, a 32.8 percent increase over the same period last year.
By Now Newspaper Staff
2:40 p.m. | State Sen. Jim Sullivan, D-Wauwatosa, will not take part in a local candidates forum being hosted by NOW, the Greater Brookfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Brookfield Rehabilitation and Specialty Care, a spokeswoman from his campaign told NOW today.
Sullivan, who is squaring off against Republican Leah Vukmir for the District 5 seat, will take part in other forums, but cannot fit the 8 a.m. Wednesday event at City Hall into his calendar, the spokeswoman said.
Vukmir and Sullivan will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.
Republican candidates in the District 33 race, Tim Dietrich and Rich Zipperer, also were invited to the forum. They will face off in a primary Sept. 14.
Questions about the forum can be directed to the Greater Brookfield Area Chamber of Commerce at (262) 786-1886.
By Aaron Martin
Aug. 31, 2010 9:07 a.m. | A drunken Brookfield man searching for a place to sleep tried to get caught stealing so he could spend the night in a jailhouse bed, police said.
An officer saw the man steal a number plate from a sign at a gas station at 2:41 a.m. Friday, according to Brookfield police.
When asked why he took the plate, the man said he was drunk and desperate for a warm bed - at any cost.
The man was not cited, and was released to his mother.
By Aaron Martin
Aug. 30, 2010 6:28 p.m. | A Brookfield man who offered a neighbor companionship and sex for hire received instead a stern warning from police to leave the woman alone.
A 25-year-old woman in the 1100 block of Links Court reported Aug. 26 that her neighbor, a 19-year-old man, left a letter under her door stating that he was interested in starting a relationship with her, and that he would accept money in exchange for sex, according to Brookfield police.
Officers warned the man to not contact the woman again, and no citations were issued, police said.
By ALAN HAMARI
Aug. 30, 2010 10:54 a.m. | The state has ordered Brookfield's Church and Chapel Funeral Services to suspend its operations for 25 days because the business cremated hundreds of human remains while its license was expired earlier this year.
According to a news release from the Department of Regulation and Licensing:
Church and Chapel cremated 272 human remains between Jan. 1 and April 25, even though its license to do so was expired.
Church and Chapel also cremated human remains in May 2007 without the correct documentation.
After the suspension is complete, Church and Chapel will have limited privileges and will have to provide quarterly reports that include a notarized affidavit logging their daily cremations to show they are in compliance with the state's order.
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Aug. 28, 2010 3:38 p.m. | We've just posted shots from the Brookfield Central football team's season-opening victory over Racine Case.
NOW photographer Peter Zuzga has some nice shots from the game -- and the sidelines in this photo gallery.
Aug. 28, 2010 12:19 a.m. | Brookfield East coach Tom Swittel took to his team to Grafton for its season opener and came home with his first win as the Spartans' head man, easily defeating the Black Hawks, 42-7.
East trailed, 7-0, and then scored 42 unanswered points as everyone got in on the scoring. Quarterback Jon Lehman scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter to tie the game. In the second quarter he hit wide receiver CJ Gregg with a 16-yard TD pass to take the lead for good.
Zach Schober then intercepted a pass and scored from four yards out for a 21-7 lead at halftime.
In the second half Lehman and Gregg hooked up again for a 7-yard score and a 23-yard score in the third period, sandwiched around a 49-yard run by Tedrick Boone.
Aug. 27, 2010 10:25 p.m. | A sluggish Brookfield Central defeated Racine Case, 28-13, Friday night at home in the season opener for both schools.
The Lancers had to play without five players who were suspended for the opener, but first-year coach Jamie Meulemans had people step up on both sides of the ball as he earned his first win as a head coach.
Two junior running backs stepped up on offense. Craig Jordan scored two touchdowns, and Charlie O'Dwyer, added one, while defensive back Jack Lawton, a senior, and sophomore defensive lineman Chike Obasih led defensive coordinator Sal Logue's defense.
Jordan scored with 3:10 left in the first quarter on a 1-yard run to finish off a 13-play, 62-yard drive engineered by junior quarterback Jason Meichtry.
The Eagles then scored after a nine-play, 65-yard drive, as quarterback sophomore Zach Brenner hit Channing Schultz with a nine-yard pass in the left corner of the end zone to tie the game at 7-7 with 11:48 left in the half.
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Aug. 27, 2010 6:45 a.m. | Editor in Chief Mark Maley, photographer C.T. Kruger and other staffers from Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW will be at Grasch Foods this afternoon to meet with readers and talk about the revamped newspaper that debuted this week.
We'll be giving away several goodies, including "mini" newspapers and kitchen magnets. And, if you clip out a coupon that appeared on Page 13 of Thursday's Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW, you can also get a free pound of Grasch's famous brats!
We hope to see you at Grasch's, 13950 W. North Ave., from 2 to 4 p.m. today.
Read more about the changes in Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW.
By
Doris Hajewski of the Journal Sentinel
Aug. 26, 2010 1:00 p.m. | The new owners of Flanner's Home Entertainment have reopened the store on W. Blue Mound Rd. across from Brookfield Square.
Colder's, the local appliance/furniture/electronics chain, bought Flanner's assets out of a bankruptcy proceeding in Waukesha County.
Colder's re-opened Flanner's Wednesday and is running a tent sale, offering the merchandise that was purchased in the bankruptcy. The sale runs through Sept. 8, when a grand opening is planned.
Aug. 26, 2010 12:18 p.m. | We're just hours away from the first official games of the 2010 high school football season and there is no better way to find out the latest news on your favorite team then to check out NOW's comprehensive football preview page.
The page is packed with videos on area teams, a roundtable discussion from our sportswriters previewing the top teams to watch, position by position breakdowns, an interactive poll, photo gallery and more.
Go to NOW's 2010 football preview section.
By
MARK SCHAAF
Aug. 26, 2010 10:56 a.m. | Brookfield — There will be Friday night lights at Brookfield East after all.
The School Board Thursday morning unanimously voted to keep the light poles at the football field, with inspections to occur every month and after any major storm or wind event.
The fixtures were part of a nationwide recall, but two engineering firms inspected the poles at East and found no cracks or defects. After more than an hour of community comment and discussion on Tuesday, members said they wanted to reconsider an Aug. 11 vote to take down the poles and scheduled a special meeting for Thursday.
More than 20 residents attended the 50-minute meeting and broke out into applause after the vote was taken.
"I've been in public office for 5½ years, and if I've learned one lesson, it's that reasonable people can look at the same information and reach different conclusions," board President Tom Gehl said.
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By ALAN HAMARI
Aug. 25, 2010 7:08 a.m. | In a surprising move, Elmbrook School Board members on Tuesday said they would reconsider a decision they made earlier this month to remove the light poles at Brookfield East's football field.
The board voted, 5-2, to reconsider its Aug. 11 decision. Board members Gary Jones and Kathryn Wilson voted in opposition.
The board will meet Thursday morning to vote on whether to reverse its decision on removing the poles, which are part of a national recall. The meeting is scheduled for 7 a.m. at the district's Central Administration Office, 13780 Hope St.
After more than an hour of discussion and community comment Tuesday, some board members said they wanted to reconsider the decision they made to remove the lights. But since the agenda did not include language allowing a vote on that motion, the special meeting was scheduled.
The lights were originally scheduled to be taken down Tuesday, and the board was to vote that night on whether to pay half the costs of temporary lights - estimated at $26,000 for a two-month rental - so East could still play Friday night football games. Another option would be to play home games earlier or play some games at another location, most likely Brookfield Central.
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By Steven L. Tietz
Aug. 24, 2010 12:20 p.m. | Long-time Brown Deer boys basketball coach Mike Novak and Nicolet assistant coach Jim Sperl will be inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Hall of Fame in ceremonies to be held Oct. 2 at the Marriott Hotel in Middleton.
The pair will be two of 27 inductees to be honored that night. Sperl, who worked at Nicolet for 27 years is the only assistant being entered, while Novak will be one of nine head coaches to go into the hall including Racine St. Catherine's legend Bob Letsch.
Other inductees of note include Marquette's Al McGuire, Governor Jim Doyle, Lomont Weaver of Beloit and Kelly (Byrne) Mueller of Brookfield East.
By Aaron Martin
Aug. 23, 2010 4:06 p.m. | The Brookfield Square food court may have seemed like the set of a Monty Python flick Aug. 22 when a man came galloping through the Brookfield Square food court on a toy horse, making strange noises while petting a stuffed dragon.
According to the city of Brookfield police report:
Officers responding to reports of a man acting suspiciously at Brookfield Square Mall, 95 N. Moorland Road, just before 2 p.m. Aug. 22, found the man galloping around the food court on a broom stick with a stuffed horse head attached to it. The man said he sometimes reverts back to age 2 and is seeking counseling.
He was released without a citation and was told to refrain from riding his horse in the mall.
By Aaron Martin
Aug. 23, 2010 3:32 p.m. | A Brookfield man either had $100,000 in jewelry stolen from his home - or he just misplaced it, city of Brookfield police said.
On Aug. 16, the man's ex-wife reported the jewelry had been in a house in the 2800 block of North Brookfield Road. She told police her ex-husband had asked her to buy a safe to keep the jewelry in, and she had. But her ex went to Kentucky on business, and the jewelry now cannot be found, according to the police report.
Capt. Jim Adlam said officers are investigating the case as a theft, but "it's possible that the subject hid it and doesn't remember where it is. Apparently, he hides it."
Adlam said there are no suspects.
