June 25, 2010 10:30 a.m. | We've just posted the second semester honor roll lists for Nicolet High School.
Not only you will find the complete list of hundreds of outstanding area students, but when you click on a student's name, you'll see a printable honor roll certificate.
MyCommunityNOW.com and Marquette University, which sponsors the honor rolls, would like to congratulate the local students for their outstanding achievements. We also welcome honor rolls for local elementary and middle schools - both public and private. If you don't see your child's school on this list, ask your school to e-mail its honor roll to honors@mycommunitynow.com.
June 24, 2010 10:20 a.m. | It's the opening day of Summerfest, and it's also your chance to win some free Summerfest tickets.
All you need to do is follow @MyCommunityNOW on Twitter and tweet the following: "Follow @MyCommunityNOW and RT this for a chance to win a pair of #Summerfest tickets."
We will be giving away a total of five pairs of tickets in two random drawings. The first drawing will be held at noon tomorrow. The second drawing will be held at noon on Wednesday. You have to tweet the message only once to be entered in both drawings.
Winners will be contacted on Twitter and will need to pick the tickets up at our office in Waukesha.
By MARY BUCKLEY
June 22, 2010 11:20 a.m. | The Nicolet School Board last night finalized raises and benefits for four groups of employees, but will file for arbitration in an effort to hammer out a contract with the teachers union.
District Administrator Rick Monroe said filing for arbitration will keep the district and union working on a settlement through the summer months, rather than putting it off until the fall.
In a written statement, Monroe said that filing for arbitration now might result in a contract by fall. Monroe said the district and union were close to a settlement during their mediation session and he hopes the contract will be settled soon.
Under the arbitration process, the district files a preliminary final offer. Monroe said that offer will be consistent with the salaries and benefits for administrators and confidential employees, and for members of the custodians' and food service employees unions.
The board last night agreed to an average 2 percent wage increase for 2009-10 and 2010-11 for all of those employee groups. All of those employees agreed to a change in health insurance, from the WEA Trust Select Plan to the WEA Trust Preferred Plan.
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By Steven L. Tietz
June 21, 2010 11:14 p.m. | West Bend West baseball coach Bill Albrecht is a cautious but prideful man.
So in his team's fast one-loss start, he sees nothing surprising, but he did allow himself a large sigh of relief when his Spartans bolted to a 4-1 lead and then held on for a 5-3 win at defending North Shore Conference champion Nicolet Monday night.
The victory gave West a season sweep of its rivals the Knights and more importantly a two-game lead in the NSC.
"You never expect to that against this program, not with the talent they run through here," he said. "It's a solid program, so this isn't expected. I know we lost some good ballplayers last year, but we still expected good things. I think some people underestimated us."
Knight coach Dick Sykes knows better than that, as his experienced team lost leverage against West and fell to 13-6 overall. His biggest concern was the bottom of the order, which could not generate any spark against West starter and winner Dylan Hinkley.
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By MARY BUCKLEY
June 15, 2010 12:42 p.m. | A 16-year-old River Hills boy charged with dressing like a ninja and attacking teenager with a machete in a wooded area behind Nicolet High School will be allowed to go home, a judge ruled today.
The suspect has been held first in secure detention and more recently in a secure shelter following the incident April 27.
The victim of the attack, a 14-year-old Bayside boy, and three other boys went into the woods seeking a person dressed like a ninja who allegedly had confronted two girls who were in the woods the previous day.
The victim was briefly separated from his companion when there was a confrontation between him and the suspect, who was clearing brush on a private property. The boy required 20 stitches to close a wound over his eye.
Children's Court Judge Frederick Rosa on today released the boy to the custody of his parents, warning him that any violation of restrictions placed on his release would result in his return to secure detention.
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June 12, 2010 11:00 a.m. | We've just posted a photo gallery from Thursday's dramatic overtime game in the Division 1 soccer sectional semifinal game between Nicolet and Whitefish Bay.
Bay came out on top by a 2-1 score and will take on Divine Savior Holy Angels tonight in a game that will decide who goes to the state tournament next week.
As always, stay with your North Shore NOW web sites and newspapers for complete coverage of local high school sports.
Go to photo gallery
By Steven L. Tietz
June 10, 2010 11:33 p.m. | Timing is everything in life.
Just ask Whitefish Bay forward Abby Starker, who happened to be in the right place at the right time Thursday in the WIAA sectional semifinal game the Blue Dukes hosted.
Just 28 seconds into overtime against border rival Nicolet, Bay midfielder Kelsey Corrigan launched a long bomb of a shot from the right side. The ball carried high and long in the cool, wet night air and struck the crossbar of the goal squarely.
It came down right at the feet of Starker, who was scarcely five yards in front of the Knight goal and she wasted no time in popping the shot in to decide the physical, hotly-contested game, 2-1.
"I mean, it was right there," said Starker. "I just hit it with my right foot and it went in."
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By MARY BUCKLEY
June 09, 2010 10:46 a.m. | A summer wooden bat league baseball team would be allowed to use a new baseball stadium at Concordia University in Mequon under the terms of an agreement hammered out with the city last night.
The new stadium will seat up to 2,000 people, and will have lights, a press box and public address system.
A large crowd of residents turned out for last night's meeting and most of them supported allowing the private wooden bat league to use the stadium in the summer. Concordia's baseball team will play there in the spring.
The following stipulations will govern the use of the stadium, which will be built in time for the spring 2011 collegiate baseball season:
• collegiate intramurals or practices will end at 9 p.m.;
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June 04, 2010 7:58 a.m. | The state individual tennis tournament began yesterday at Madison's Nielsen Tennis Stadium and NOW's Peter Zuzga was there capturing the action, as seen in this photo gallery, which features more than 15 images.
The tournament continues through Saturday, with championship matches set for around 11:30 a.m. The team state tournament is Friday and Saturday, June 11-12.
Go to NOW photojournalist Peter Zuzga's photo gallery.
June 02, 2010 8:36 a.m. | State-meet berths were on the line yesterday at Blackstone Creek Golf Course in Germantown and we've just posted a photo gallery from the competition.
Marquette (301) and Germantown (316) finished first and second to earn team berths at next week's state meet at University Ridge, just outside of Madison.
Marquette's David Christian fired a 74, the low round of the day. See complete results.
Go to NOW photojournalist C.T. Kruger's photo gallery.
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Flooding hits the North Shore
Five North Shore police departments are teaming up on a new blog that provides residents with the crime prevention and safety tips, and news about community service projects and events throughout the area.
