Wauwatosa

Is Tosa really in the running for a rail station?

Wauwatosa has become the latest battleground for the high-speed rail debate as politicians, policy-makers and pundits have started considering the merits of the city being home to a station along the proposed train route.(8)

Fire chief says it's time to move on

With the opening of the city's new fire station on Underwood Avenue crowning a career in Wauwatosa that has spanned nearly 14 years, Fire Chief Dean Redman has decided he has done pretty much everything he set out to do since he first arrived here from Rockford, Ill.(2)

Magpie celebrates gem of a 10th anniversary

Later this month, Magpie Jewelry and Metals Studio will celebrate its 10th anniversary - no ordinary feat for any company in the present economy, much less a small business. (3)

Tosa DPW worker also a beekeeper

In his 15 years with the Wauwatosa Department of Public Works, Jeff Amich has operated front-end loaders, steered garbage trucks and plowed snow.(2)

Man strips in coin-op, then runs from police

A pants-less man did his best to maintain a little modesty as he led police on a short foot chase Sunday morning.(2)

Tosa doesn't want high-speed rail station, mayor says

Wauwatosa Mayor Jill Didier issued a statement saying she is opposed to both the planned $810 million high-speed train line between Milwaukee and Madison, and to a station in Wauwatosa. (138)

Froedtert & Community Health becomes Froedtert Health

Froedtert & Community Health, which now includes St. Joseph's Hospital outside West Bend and West Bend Clinic, is changing its brand name to Froedtert Health.(6)

Wauwatosa man pleads guilty to reduced charge in killing

A Wauwatosa man charged with killing his former girlfriend and then driving around with her body in his car for four days has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree intentional homicide.(6)

Wauwatosa native seeks Middle Eastern understanding as Fulbright scholar

Rebecca Donaldson was attending Wauwatosa West High School when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers. She's about to embark on her next journey: a research project studying community service in the United Arab Emirates as a Fulbright scholar.(3)

Suburbs rain on water rate plan

Suburban representatives Wednesday called a proposed Milwaukee Water Works rate increase excessive, pointing to jumps of as much as 47% in Mequon and 39% in New Berlin.(84)