Oconomowoc Lake News

Kathleen Usarek walks through her yard in the Town of Mukwonago. She and her husband, Robert, have lost 15 oak trees to oak wilt disease and have spent thousands of dollars trying to combat the problem.

City of Oconomowoc The 26,000-square-foot Lutheran Homes of Oconomowoc Lake Country Life Enrichment Center will feature a 60-seat cafe, an 85-seat auditorium, as well as classroom, medical and office space and a second-floor library overlooking Lac La Belle.

In anticipation of possible stimulus dollars, the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads will hold a public hearing in Hartland for 18 public crossings that will be altered when a second mainline track is installed from Pewaukee to Watertown for future passenger trains.

Our government salary survey story included several errors: The Villages of Chenequa and Oconomowoc Lake do, in fact, have their own police and fire departments, and Oconomowoc Lake's administrator also serves as the village's police chief and public works director.

Village of Hartland The Hartland resident who last year requested that a railroad quiet zone be implemented in the village has asked village officials to consider a less-expensive method to upgrading safety at ...

Town of Oconomowoc - At the height of last summer's torrential floods, officials from two neighboring communities stood over a dam and argued strenuously about diverting water from one lake to the next.

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OKAUCHEE - How would you feel if a convicted sex offender moved into your neighborhood? Mother of two Lisa Steele says she feels only one thing: "Very scared."

Last month Steele and her Okauchee neighbors received a bulletin, warning them that an 18-year-old male sex offender had moved onto their street.

Jacob Rezutek was convicted of first and second degree sexual assault on two different girls. Rezutek grew up in this Okauchee neighborhood, and Steele knows one of the girls who became his victim.

"I have two girls and just knowing that he's back in the area... and the potential is high for committing this crime again," Steele said.

She's not exaggerating.

According to the bulletin distributed to neighbors, Rezutek is considered someone with the "potential to reoffend." And he is not being monitored by any law enforcement officials.

In addition, Rezutek's new apartment is less than two blocks from an elementary school. Rezutek was not home when reporter Shelley Walcott knocked on his door.

There is no law stipulating where sex offenders can live in Okauchee. But Steele, and many others in Okauchee, insist offenders should not be allowed in areas with children, or near schools.

City of Delafield - Last-minute changes in plans for a residential development rejected by the Plan Commission have raised philosophical issues about what role council members should play in the process of ...

Town of Summit - There was one thing notably lacking at Thursday's public hearing over the Town of Summit's quest for incorporation: the public.

Where did you get such a strong interest in Oconomowoca s history? My interest started in 1985 when I purchased a home in the former Valentine estate, on the west end of Oconomowoc Lake.

A Hartland woman is accused of stealing jewelry from houses she cleans, including a ring valued at more than $15,000 which she gave to a relative.