Wauwatosa

Taking his cut

[caption id="attachment_59977" align="alignnone" width="462" caption="Mike Mayer of Interstate Sawing Co. Inc., West Bend, uses a flat saw Thursday to cut a section of asphalt on North 117th Street at Bluemound Road in Wauwatosa. Mayer was helping to make way for a gas main project along Bluemound Road. KS Energy Services LLC, New Berlin, is the primary contractor and is replacing about 5,000 feet[...]

UWM requests extension to close land sale (UPDATE)

By Joe Lanane The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s request for a fourth extension in buying land for the Innovation Park project could force Wauwatosa to delay tax collections from the property. […]

Landmark decision

[caption id="attachment_59826" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The Sheridan House, a boutique hotel and restaurant at 5133 S. Lake Drive in Cudahy, is one of three buildings under consideration for landmark designation by Milwaukee County. Opened in 1911 and expanded in the 1960s, the building got a complete makeover in 2007 in the Art Nouveau style. The Milwaukee County Landmarks Committee[...]

The OSHA report

OSHA reports • LeFever Roofing LLC, Dousman, must pay a $600 eye-and-face-protection citation and a $750 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was […]

Debate forms over Innovation Park’s influence

By Joe Lanane Innovation Park critics and supporters disagree over whether the development on the Milwaukee County Grounds in Wauwatosa will help or hinder property values and growth on nearby […]

Liner launch

[caption id="attachment_58777" align="alignnone" width="345" caption="John Wineski (left) and Scott Piotrzkowski of Michels Corp., Brownsville, work Sept. 13 on a project to line sanitary sewers with resin-coated felt liners in the 9700 block of Ruby Avenue in Wauwatosa. (Photo by David La Haye)"][/caption]

UWM Innovation Park project moves forward

By Joe Lanane The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s proposed Innovation Park project is moving forward with the promise of help from Wauwatosa taxpayers even though project supporters have not announced any […]

UWM’s Innovation Park to get TIF support

By Joe Lanane The Wauwatosa Common Council approved a resolution Tuesday on the creation of a tax-incremental finance district for a portion of the Milwaukee County Grounds that will be […]

General Growth to pay Hughes heirs $230 million

Chicago (AP) — General Growth Properties Inc. will pay $230 million to some of the heirs of moviemaker and aviation mogul Howard Hughes to settle a dispute over a Las […]

County Grounds property: Get it while it’s hot

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

It looks increasingly likely that Wauwatosa city officials will approve their sixth TIF district this September, which will pave the way for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee developers to purchase County Groun[...]

Milwaukee County supervisor pitches for new parks building

By Joe Lanane A Milwaukee County supervisor says the county needs a new parks maintenance building and should help pay for it by selling the existing facility and the land […]

Milwaukee Board of Supervisors push for new mental health facility

By Joe Lanane Members of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors announced Friday that a resolution will be considered next month to build a new state-of-the-art mental health facility on […]