Oconomowoc News

The FRIENDS of the Wisconsin Historical Society will roll out the support organization's 30th Star Benefit Antiques Auction on Saturday, April 26, in the historic Clausing Barn at Old World Wisconsin .

Bypassing lower courts, a Milwaukee lesbian couple filed a lawsuit Wednesday directly with the Wisconsin Supreme Court in an effort to invalidate the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

WHEN: Saturday, April 26, 2014. Viewing begins at 9 a.m. Auction begins at 10 a.m. WHERE: Old World Wisconsin's Clausing Barn , Eagle, WI 53119 COST: No charge for admittance The "30th Star Benefit Antiques Auction", benefiting Black Point Estate in Lake Geneva is just around the corner! There is NO CHARGE to attend this every-other-year auction.

The Arcade Apartments in the heart of downtown Racine sold for $4.05 million to an investor group that also owns properties in Oconomowoc.

Shawn Mulhern and Mike Rzadzki, both assistant golf course superintendents, work on cutting a green Wednesday at Kettle Hills Golf Course in Richfield.

Rick Steinke, vice president of manufacturing for Sentry Equipment Corp. in Oconomowoc, talks to students from Kettle Moraine High School as part of the Schools2Skills program.

Anthony Vojtas, 21964 W. Good Hope Road, was charged March 21 in Waukesha County Circuit Court with substantial battery and disorderly conduct.

Another mercifully light week in terms of the accidents, but still no let-up in the rate at which people are accidentally shooting themselves, with another 17 listed this time, and details still emerging on a few more merely reported as accidents but no shooter identified.

In the heat of the 2010 election, after one of six Republican lieutenant governor candidates dropped out of the race, Scott Walker's campaign manager had some harsh words for one of the remaining contenders.

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The Wizard of Oz opened in theaters 75 years ago. But before it went nationwide, it was shown at the historic Strand Theater in Oconomowoc.

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The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office arrested seven drunken-driving suspects, including two repeat offenders who were driving the wrong way, during Operation Drive Sober over the weekend.

Last week, Republicans in Wisconsin put voting rights square in their cross hairs, passing restrictions to end early voting on weekends and pullback early voting hours during the week.

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Every week in the Milwaukee Business Journal's Friday edition we take a closer look at a person who has been promoted or hired in the Milwaukee seven-county area.