The popular community gathering will be from 1 p.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15, at Conservancy Commons Park, 6822 Yellowwood Lane, DeForest. Last year, more than 700 area residents enjoyed the festival.
-Deforest Times
MEIJER STORE PROPOSED FOR TOSA WINS PLAN COMMISSION APPROVAL
A combined Meijer supermarket-discount store was unanimously recommended for zoning approval Monday night by the Wauwatosa Plan Commission.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A business improvement district proposed for Milwaukee's far northwest side, including the area near the former Northridge Mall, was recommended for approval Monday by the city Plan Commission.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Oak Creek Common Council is proceeding with plans to stablize lakefront bluffs, and prevent contaminated storm water from reaching Lake Michigan, according to reporter Michael Runyon's article at OakCreekNow.com.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
NEW MALWARE EXTORTS RANSOM FOR YOUR COMPUTER
"Ransomware" is the latest in computer malware, and authorities say it's hitting nationwide, including Wisconsin.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Helium is the second must abundant element in the universe but there is a national shortage many blame on the Federal Helium Reserve. There is about 10 billion cubic feet of the gas in a U.S. government reservoir in Texas.
-Biz Times
METRO AREA HOME SALES UP 21% IN AUGUST
Home sales in the four county metro Milwaukee area were up 21 percent in August, compared to August of 2011, according to the latest data from the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).
-Biz Times
EVEREST COLLEGE TO CLOSE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS
Everest College announced last week that it will close its downtown Milwaukee campus, located in the 2-story, 67,500-square-foot building northwest of North 6th Street and West McKinley Avenue.
-Biz Times
DAIRY INNOVATION CENTER TO SHUT DOWN
A not-for-profit organization that played a key role in the rise of specialty and artisanal cheese in Wisconsin is shutting down at the end of September because it lost federal funding and leaders couldn't find enough money elsewhere to keep it going.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
NONPROFIT WANTS TO BUY CITY-OWNED BUILDINGS AS PART OF RENOVATION PLAN
A nonprofit neighborhood development group on Milwaukee's near south side wants to buy a pair of city-owned buildings as part of a larger $6 million plan to renovate foreclosed homes and other properties into rental housing and commercial space.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
