Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 10th of September.
Good morning, Waukesha.
Glacial Community YMCA plans to replace CEO Jon Lange with Jess Mieling effective Oct.
12. Mieling (with 20 years of leadership experience) will oversee the Roehl Family YMCA in Oconomowoc (formerly YMCA at Pabst Farms) and Schultz Family YMCA in Watertown.
Father Gordon Haberman is raising $4 million to expand the Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial into a museum and educational center in Kewaskum, with a tribute planned for Friday, Sept.
11 to honor his daughter and nearly 3,000 victims; Mark Bazata said the project will teach future generations.
Community members will honor the 25th anniversary on Sept.
11. Mukwonago hosts a ceremony with guest speaker Peter Jensen at 5:30 p.m., New Berlin holds a memorial at 9 a.m., and Oconomowoc begins a tribute at 7:30 a.m. while Waukesha’s Flags for Heroes display runs through Sept. 15.
The Waukesha Area Chamber of Commerce announced that this year's Christmas Parade theme is Christmas at the Movies, inviting residents to design floats inspired by classic holiday films.
The parade will march through downtown on Dec. 6 starting at 4 p.m.
A University of Minnesota study projects Waukesha County households will transfer $10.4 billion in wealth over the next decade + $42.5 billion in 40 years, while the community foundation says a modest allocation of between 1 and 5 percent could yield up to $500 million for local causes.
The nomination window for the Waukesha Education Foundation Recognition Awards is open, honoring outstanding contributions in education.
Submit your nomination online by Nov. 15 and join an April 8 event next year (WEF staff are available for help with the application process).
Oconomowoc Area School District leases four Flock cameras at its high school for $3,000 each per year.
Records show the system was used to search for a missing cooler from a fundraiser and a missing black Kia while police and county officials reviewed the data over June through August.
The Waukesha County Land Conservancy will host OAKtoberfest on Saturday, Sept.
26 at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle to raise funds for restoring native oak ecosystems — critical for supporting local wildlife threatened by fire suppression and invasive species.
Residents in Big Bend can weigh in on a proposed baseball and softball complex for the Breck Athletic Complex at a 5 p.m. public hearing on Tuesday (held at Christ Lutheran Church and School, S89-W22970 Maple Ave) where officials will review site design and local impact factors.
Oconomowoc will hold a household hazardous waste event on Sept.
12 at the DPW Building at 630 S. Worthington St. Residents must show proof of residency and keep items in a container for safe pickup (event is free).
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