Good morning, Waukesha.

North, South and West high schools will hold fall parent-teacher conferences on Nov.

5 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. while eAchieve Academy will offer sessions from Nov. 9 to Nov. 12 for families to review student progress in person.

In fall 2024, five colleges in Waukesha County enrolled 12,149 students (11,369 undergraduates and 780 graduates), with Waukesha County Technical College reporting 8,367 and a 5.1% rise from fall 2023.

Waukesha elementary schools hold fall parent-teacher conferences on various November dates.

Banting Elementary meets on Nov. 12 and 18 (4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.), and other schools have sessions on similar days; families should check the district website for details.

Residents can attend a public hearing on the proposed Spring Lake Solar project on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church due to overflow attendance; the project by OneEnergy Development, which plans 13,000 panels on 28 acres, could power nearly 1,600 homes if approved.

Local employers in the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector submitted four H-1B petitions during 2025, all approved (a 300% increase from 2024) according to USCIS data.

Former high school standouts from the Waukesha County area will feature in college games on Saturday, Oct.

24; the players from schools like Catholic Memorial and Lake Country Lutheran are set to take the field at various times (from noon to evening).

Jake Paulson has collected 330 Brewers stadium giveaway bobbleheads since 2001 & 326 are autographed, missing only four; he plans to build more shelves when new bobbleheads are introduced this season.