Elm Grove News

July 4 fireworks are still a few days off. Believe me, I can wait. True, I might be caught ooooo-ing and aaaaaah-ing with the best of 'em at pyrotechnic displays.

A sinking economy, combined with heavy competition, is leading one of two Sendik's supermarkets in Franklin to shut down after just one year of business, the store's co-owner said Tuesday.

Elm Grove, WI, July 1, 2009 ActionCOACH of Elm Grove announces local business coach, Chris Carman, has achieved Gold Master Coach status with the company.

Elm Grove's Independence Day celebration will be held at Village Park, and features a fun run/walk, a bike-decorating contest, a Rotary Club food booth, a baking contest, carnival games and much more.

To celebrate its 150th Anniversary, St. Mary's Grade School in Elm Grove is hosting a Barbecue Picnic for Alumni on Saturday, August 1 at 6pm .

A deluge overwhelmed municipal sewers across the Milwaukee area Friday and caused backups in hundreds of basements, leaving frustrated residents to clean up a foul and potentially costly mess.

Jun. 18, 2009 11:44 a.m. The financial conditions of Allco Credit Union and First Security Credit Union have weakened to the point that regulators are seeking to merge them into stronger institutions.

Two suburban Milwaukee credit unions -- Allco Credit Union of West Allis and First Security Credit Union of Elm Grove -- are undercapitalized and face a regulatory requirement to address the problem.

Elm Grove, WI, June 18, 2009 ActionCOACH of Elm Grove announces the June graduation class of BusinessRICH, the two-day business boot-camp that supplies the fundamentals of building a successful business model.

The Elm Grove Business Association and Uno Chicago Grill are hosting a fundraiser to benefit Elm Grove police officer John Krahn and West Allis resident Scott Partenfelder.

This year's Tour Le Jardin features homes in Menomonee Falls, Elm Grove and Brookfield.

Monica Ensley-Partenfelder thought she watched her son die on Memorial Day. As a 94-car freight train came barreling toward her minivan stuck on the tracks, she was pulled out by an Elm Grove police officer.

Jim Palzewicz of ActionCOACH of Elm Grove, has been awarded membership in the President's Club of ActionCOACH.

Two-year-old Mackale "Baby Mac" Partenfelder was still strapped into his car seat last month when a 94-car freight train crashed into the van, crumpling its frame, busting out the glass and sending it flying 35 feet down the track.

Brookfield police last week arrested two Elm Grove residents, one of whom they believe pointed a toy rifle at several cars on Bluemound Road.

Divine Savior Holy Angels High School senior and Elm Grove resident Margaret Davis is a 2008-2009 National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist.

View "Sense and Sensibility", based on the book by Jane Austen. The film will be shown Wednesday night, June 24, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the O'Neill Room, downstairs from the library.

Student fees will remain at current levels after the School Board defeated a proposed increase that would have brought an additional $28,600 in revenue to the cash-strapped Elmbrook School District.

State Sen. Jim Sullivan, D-Wauwatosa, whose 5th District includes Elm Grove and portions of Brookfield, has just launched a blog on BrookfieldNOW.com and ElmGroveNOW.com, the Web sites of Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW.

Fun Things to Do in an Elevator Joke: Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off.