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5 days ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
GERMANTOWN — The Germantown Plan Commission met Monday to discuss the future creation of Tax Incremental District #10, and many community members shared their opinions during the public comment session. According to Ehlers senior municipal adviser Phil Cosson, the increment funds from the TID would aid in the redevelopment and construction of the village’s proposed Village Center project in the area.
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6 days ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
HARTFORD — The Hartford Union High School (HUHS) District recently announced that chemistry and biology teacher Jamie Lauer has become a finalist in the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). According to the release, the PAEMST is considered the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for math and science teachers.
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6 days ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
WEST BEND — The Washington County Executive Committee approved an ordinance repealing and updating the county’s ordinance on tax deed properties or real estate assets that have been foreclosed on by municipalities due to unpaid property taxes.
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6 days ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
HARTFORD — The Hartford Union High School (HUHS) District recently announced that chemistry and biology teacher Jamie Lauer has become a finalist in the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). According to the release, the PAEMST is considered the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for math and science teachers.
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1 week ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
WEST BEND — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has once again declared April as national Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). In observance of this month, FRIENDS, Inc., which assists domestic violence and sexual assault victims in Washington County, shared some of the resources, events and advice it offers to those in need.
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1 week ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
WEST BEND — The Washington County Public Safety Committee approved two separate uses of the Washington County Municipal Public Safety Radio Grant program at its meeting on Wednesday for the Slinger and Richfield fire departments. According to the committee report on the item in the meeting’s agenda packet, the county dedicated $500,000 toward the creation of a grant program that would provide assistance in the purchase of radio equipment to county police and fire services.
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1 week ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
GERMANTOWN — The Germantown Police Department (GPD) and the Germantown School District are celebrating Archie, the department’s therapy dog, on his first birthday and roughly first anniversary with the department on April 15. According to GPD School Resource Officer (SRO) Toni Olson, even though Archie was still too young to be officially certified as a therapy dog, he has still had a monumental impact during his training period.
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1 week ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
WEST BEND — On Friday, roughly 48 students from the West Bend High Schools participated in a group venture out into the community to learn about new potential career opportunities as part of the West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce’s All Around the Bend bus tours. According to West Bend Area Chamber Director Toni Gumina, these tours give high school students immersive, behind-the-scenes experience with local companies in different career pathways identified by the West Bend School District.
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2 weeks ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
WEST BEND — In honor of the upcoming National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 13–19, West Bend Police Department Chief Tim Dehring took a moment during Monday’s West Bend Common Council meeting to recognize the telecommunications professionals in the department’s own ranks. Among those honored at the meeting were Kim Wendelborn, Beth McCarthy, Dionne Hall, Heather Corning, Amy McCartney, Anne-Marie Hoell, Ashley Seyfert, Imojyn Miller, Kaylie Ruege, Daniel Sidwell, and Jakaila Jordan.
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2 weeks ago | 
gmtoday.com | Andrew Abler
WEST BEND — The West Bend Police Department (WBPD) recently put out an announcement congratulating Capt. Eric Grinwald on his graduation from the Northwestern School of Police Staff & Command last Friday. According to the announcement, the program is an intensive leadership and management education program helping prepare law enforcement professionals for success in senior command positions. More than 21,500 graduates have completed the training since it began in 1983.
