The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ryan Speaks Out Against Proposed Healthcare Bill

By AMY NIXON North Prairie - "Does anyone in Congress have one of these?" asked a man holding up a calculator at U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan's (R) Aug. 24 listening session at the North Prairie Village Hall.

Eagle, East Troy Postal Carrier Routes to Move to Mukwonago

By AMY NIXON As of Sept. 26, all postal carrier routes from Eagle and East Troy will be consolidated to the Mukwonago Post Office. Although no postal workers will lose their jobs, it may mean customers in both Eagle and East Troy will receive their mail later in the day.

Local Acoustic Guitarist Takes Stage at State Fair

By CAROL SPAETH-BAUER "Time trickles by undetected, leaving behind only memories. Slow it down, speed it up, don't try to stop what can't be stopped."

Unfavorable Returns Injury, Special Teams Plays Cost Indians

By JR RADCLIFFE To be a special team, Mukwonago will need to shore up the special teams.

Marine Corps Band Returns to Harvest Fest

By AMY NIXON North Prairie - Two years ago, Joe Whitmore raised money to bring his daughter, Emma Phillips, and the U.S. Marine Corps 29 Palms Band to North Prairie's Harvest Fest. This year marks the third year in a row that the band has visited North Prairie, and Whitmore said he's honored it will return to Harvest Fest.

Runners Come of Age Quickly After Loss of Seven Seniors, Team Takes Second Place

By JR RADCLIFFE The Mukwonago boys cross country team entered the season with some rebuilding to do.

Eagles Landed for Golfers

By CHRIS SCHUCK Playing its best golf of the season last week in the 28-team Waukesha County Scramble at Ironwood Golf Course in Sussex, the Mukwonago varsity girls golf team had something to smile about.

Mukwonago Golden Against Silver Eagles

By CHRIS SCHUCK Traveling isn't for everyone, but if you're going someplace, you might as well make it worth your while.

Format Change Would Alter Wiaa Basketball Postseason

By JR RADCLIFFE Football isn't the only sport facing potential changes in the coming years.

Mukwonago Intends to Use Grant Money for Country Bliss Solution

By AMY NIXON The Mukwonago Town Board will hold a special meeting at 6:20 p.m. tonight to state their intent to use community block grant funds for the Country Bliss water issues.

Lannon Stays Alive in Lol Championships

By CHRIS SCHUCK The Lannon Stonemen, winners of the Land O' Lakes Western Division playoffs, are still alive in the LOL Grand Championship playoffs after going 1-1 in the opening round of the double elimination tournament.

Chargers Win High-Scoring Opener Hillmann Scores Four Times in Blowout

By CHRIS SCHUCK It was a successful visit to Hammes Field for the Hamilton varsity football team Friday.

Hhs Soccer Team Starts 1-3 with Just Four Seniors, Team Building

By CHRIS SCHUCK Adam Marshall says it's best to show patience at this point.

Chargers Carding Better Scores

By CHRIS SCHUCK The Hamilton varsity girls golf team finished fourth on Thursday in a Greater Metro Conference mini-meet, totaling 202 as a team and showing improvement.

Staying in the Fairway Some Finer Points in the Game of Golf

By CHUCK DELSMAN Most golfers participate recreationally, and the laws of the game are subject to variation. But if the stakes were raised, how many would know the precise rules of the fairway? Different rules govern stroke play (total strokes for the entire event) and match play (player or players playing against each other trying to win each hole). Though the golf season is winding down, here are a few rules of interest.

Slim Strobel, Sussex Mechanic for 46 Years

By FRED H. KELLER The Aug. 26 Sussex Sun ran an extensive obituary on longtime Sussex business man, Cornelius C. "Slim" Strobel. While this obituary tells of his death Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, at the age of 79, it barely touches on the life of this big man with the small frame; as only a very privileged few knew his baptized name, Cornelius.

Association Helps Make Local Dreams Come True

By PAIGE SMAGA Disney said it best with the song, "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes." The peaceful melody sung by Cinderella starts,

Area Schools Combat Swine Flu Cases Could Rise in Fall; Schools Prepare; to Handle Outbreaks

By JENNA KLEIST "We've got a pandemic going on, and it hasn't gone away."

Mercury Marine Vote to Save Jobs Management Holds Most of the Cards, Something the Union Seems to Have Forgotten. We Urge Both Sides to Keep Working to Save Jobs in Wisconsin.

Mercury Marine will get what it wants when all is said and done in Fond du Lac -- whatever it is that the company wants. On Tuesday, the company gave the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge 1947 a revised contract proposal, which members will consider later this week. About 850 manufacturing jobs and 1,000 jobs at the company headquarters are at stake, a major slice of the Fond du Lac County economy.

Child Care Fraud Red Flags Ignored the State Child Care System Seems Ripe for Fraud. Lawmakers Must Fix the Problems Before Public Support for This Needed Program Vanishes.

As long as regulators ignore fraud in the state's child care program, providers will continue to bleed the system. And as long as elected officials give mere lip service to reform, regulators will be prone to ignoring all the warning signs of fraud. Regulators who suspected that Latasha Jackson was billing the state for kids not in her care said little to nothing while she built a fortune with taxpayer funding from the Wisconsin Shares program.