Franklin — The Common Council this week approved a religious order's plan to build a four-story, 176-unit apartment building for senior citizens, including active and retired priests as well as members of the public.The Priests of the Sacred Heart next year will build Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake across the street from the Sacred Heart School of Theology, which it owns.The Catholic order's current facility for retired priests, 7330 S. Lovers Lane Road, has 15 units ...
Franklin — The Common Council on Tuesday adopted a 2010 budget that restores funding for one vacant police officer position and one vacant firefighter position and gives the council the option of filling a second vacant police job sometime next year.The council also approved stricter guest registration requirements at the city's hotels and motels, in the wake of the September arrest of a suspected serial killer. For details, see a story from www.FranklinNOW.com.Mayor Tom Taylor had proposed
Franklin — In the wake of the arrest of a suspected serial killer at a Franklin motel, the Common Council tonight will consider strengthening the guest registration requirements at the city's hotels and motels.The major change is customers paying in cash would need to provide photo identification and the hotel or motel would have to keep a photocopy of it, City Attorney Jesse Wesolowski said Tuesday.Suspected serial killer Walter E. Ellis was arrested Sept. 5 at the Park Motel, 7273 S. 27th
West Allis will decide this week whether to cut five police officer positions, while Franklin and New Berlin each will decide whether to fill two police officer positions and one firefighter position that are vacant ...
Franklin — Mayor Tom Taylor's proposed 2010 budget would raise the property tax levy by 3.8%, cut general fund spending by 2.5% and not fill two police officer positions and one firefighter position that are vacant.The Common Council and its Finance Committee will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to consider the plan.A public hearing on the budget is set for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17. The council is scheduled to adopt a budget at that meeting ...
Basil Ryan, a former Franklin alderman, was ordered Tuesday to pay $37,691 in fines for failing to remove a barge that sank in the Menomonee River in Milwaukee, according to a statement issued by state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.The order by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Thomas Cooper also forces Ryan to put $100,000 in an escrow account to pay to remove the barge, the statement says.Ryan's lawyer, Daniel Biersdorf of Minneapolis, could not be reached for comment ...
Electronic Cable Specialists Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electrical and structural products and services for the aviation, medical and industrial markets based in Franklin, has been purchased by Carlisle Companies Inc. for an undisclosed amount. (CSL) ...
Vuance Ltd., a publicly traded provider of radio frequency security systems with headquarters in Franklin, said it has received notice from the Nasdaq stock market that its shares no longer meet the minimum requirements for listing ...