Washington County News

John Caldwell Jr. has resigned as executive director of Economic Development/Washington County in West Bend, a nonprofit organization promoting economic development in the county.

July 1, 2009 11:40 a.m. Economic Development/Washington County Executive Director John V. Caldwell Jr.

A Jackson man, 18, has been accused of burning "smiley face" patterns on the arms of two people, including a juvenile boy, and breaking the nose of the other burn victim as part of an initiation into a small local group of teenagers known as the Knock Out Kings, police said.

A Menomonee Falls man was charged Monday with his 7th drunken driving offense after he was pulled over Saturday on Highway 41 in Germantown and was seen trying to drain what was left of a one liter of vodka while a Washington County Sheriff's lieutenant returned to his squad car, according to a criminal complaint.

A 14-year-old Beaver Dam girl is among the three missing teens who ran away on Tuesday from the Washington County Treatment Center.

After drinking at least 10 beers at a golf course on state Highway 167 and being left behind by the relatives who brought him there, a South Milwaukee man decided to drive himself the nearly 40 miles back to his home - in a golf cart.

You don't have to be driving a car to be charged with driving drunk. Deputies in Washington County, Wis., report stopping a tipsy duffer who was driving a golf cart home.

By MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE Monday, June 22, 2009 - 9:47 p.m. Jun. 22--RICHFIELD -- After drinking at least 10 beers at a golf course on state Highway 167 and being left behind by the relatives who brought him there, a South Milwaukee man decided to drive himself the nearly 40 miles back to his home -- in a golf cart.

An insurance company this month paid an estimated $16,000 in fees for private attorneys representing Village President Thomas Kempinski during an investigation this year into allegations of criminal misconduct in public office.

Jun. 18, 2009 5:30 p.m. A Menomonee Falls woman was charged Thursday in Waukesha County Circuit Court with third offense drunken driving after she was arrested with her 13-year-old son in the car, according to court records.

A 25-year-old man from Oconomowoc was the victim in a weekend motorcycle crash. The Washington County Sheriff's Department says that Kenneth Christensen was going too fast for a curve on a rural highway when he crashed his bike.

Three motorcyclists have died in two separate crashes in southeastern Wisconsin.

A 25-year-old man from Stone Bank died Sunday after he crashed his motorcycle in Washington County, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Department.

They're a sweet treat, ice cream trucks, but you won't see them right now in one Northeast Wisconsin community.

Jun. 8, 2009 11:46 a.m. Two law enforcement officers and a village firefighter successfully resuscitated a West Bend man, 61, who collapsed Sunday morning while approaching the 18th hole at Hon-E-Kor golf course on Riverview Drive in the Town of Kewaskum.

Investigators released a new picture Tuesday in hopes of identifying a body found in Fond du Lac County.

Bail has been set at $25,000 cash for a Fox Lake man accused of pushing a running lawn mower toward an officer and starting a seven-hour standoff.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Southeast Region in Waukesha is announcing a public information meeting to discuss preliminary design concepts for the reconstruction of the WIS 60 and Kettle Moraine Road Intersection in Washington County.

" The Wisconsin Supreme Court Wednesday struck down the life sentence imposed in St.

A house has been damaged by a fire in Washington County. It happened at a home on Gatewood place just before 9 p.m. Friday.