Germantown News

Family, friends and classmates will say their final goodbyes to 14 year old Cody Reetz on Friday.

The family of a 14-year-old boy who was killed by his stepfather in a shocking case of revenge has set up a memorial fund to help pay for funeral and burial expenses.

A Wisconsin man has been charged with strangling his teenage stepson and leaving the body in a minivan in a Walmart parking lot.

The stepfather of a 14-year-old boy found dead inside a car at the Walmart parking lot in Germantown is expected to be charged with first degree intentional homicide in the case.

Police on Monday identified the teenage boy found dead inside a vehicle Sunday night at a Wal-Mart parking lot as Cody A. Reetz of Grafton.

A teenage boy is shot to death in a Germantown Walmart parking lot. Police were called to the scene around 7 p.m. Sunday.

Germantown police were called to the Wal-Mart parking lot Sunday night to investigate a homicide.

State environmental officials dealt a lethal blow to an invasive species on Thursday.

A 15-year-old girl from West Bend died after the car in which she was riding collided with a minivan Thursday at an intersection in the Town of Jackson, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Department.

Gehl Foods just issued a recall of about 115,000 of its HOT TOP2 Nacho Cheese and Chili Sauce Dispensers due to fire and burn hazard.

Community Memorial's Outpatient Pharmacy and Community Outreach departments are coordinating seasonal flu clinics.

Comments are needed on a proposed special pesticide registration to control a non-native species of crayfish found at two locations in Germantown, Washington County.

A large female with eggs was captured last week from a pond trap in Germantown a ' evidence that the aliens are reproducing.

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Germantown a ' Instead of using a collection agency, the village has contracted with Waukesha County to pursue delinquent personal property taxes.

Oct. 27, 2009 7:44 a.m. A series of items caught my eye this morning... Almost Anything Goes... A posting found on Germantown Now carries the news of the annual GHS band program held on the first week-end in November.

NEWS AND NOTES Meeting notes: Barb Lauenstein introduced WWHS Key Club co-presidents Katy Schmutzer & Anthony Stolar.

All American Window & Door, a Germantown, Wis., company, has won the 2009 Torch Award from the Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin.

Germantown a ' Mum's the word from union officials on a proposed wage freeze for village employees in 2010.

Lannon Elementary School students will celebrate Red Ribbon Week Oct. 26 with a presentation by Jay Elliot of JK Lee Tae Kwon Do, who will speak about discipline, respect and confidence.