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West Allis cuts police positions, combines departments

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Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 12:29 p.m.

West Allis — The Common Council has decided to cut five police officer positions and combine the engineering and public works departments, City Administrator Paul Ziehler said Wednesday.By adopting Mayor Dan Devine's 2010 budget Tuesday, the council approved cutting the five jobs from the 132-officer department.Devine proposed the cuts after the police union was the only city union to balk at a plan to tie any pay raises in 2011 to three sources of city income ...

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West Allis Passes City Budget, Cuts Five Police Jobs

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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 10:51 p.m.

The city of West Allis has passed its budget, cutting five police jobs ...

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Judge Raises Bail, Acker Back Behind Bars

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 7:07 p.m.

A former West Allis swim coach, who is accused of molesting boys over a 40-year period, found himself back behind bars ...

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Judge raises bail after Acker leaves state

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:37 p.m.

Investigators want to know what former West Allis swim coach Daniel J. Acker, awaiting sentencing for sexually assaulting two boys, was doing during a six-day trip to Florida earlier this month.Acker's mother told authorities Acker was visiting Disney World, which Acker denied Monday during a bail hearing before Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Kevin Martens.Acker, 62, who had been free after posting a $100,000 bail, told Martens that he stayed away from amusement parks during his vacation Nov. 8

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West Allis looks at splitting departments

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:23 p.m.

West Allis — The Common Council, which appears split on the issue, will consider Tuesday a report from City Administrator Paul Ziehler that recommends keeping the engineering and public works departments separate.Ziehler's report says eight cities comparable to West Allis were reviewed and that six have a combined department. But the report says engineering and public works essentially operate independently in the six cities and that combining the two departments in West Allis would not result

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Suburbs to decide on police, fire positions

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:29 a.m.

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 ...

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Maritime working to 'bolster' capital position

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Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 5:35 p.m.

Maritime Savings Bank said Saturday that it is working aggressively to meet the requirements of a cease-and-desist order the West Allis Bank received from the federal Office of Thrift Supervision ...

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Firstwatch: Your first look at today's news

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 7:35 a.m.

Here's hoping all the bowlers overcome by possible carbon monoxide poisoning at a West Allis bowling alley on Wednesday are OK.Firstwatch is wondering whether the bowlers taken by ambulance to a local hospital were required to fill out medical forms or whether the admitting personnel simply wrote their names down after looking at the stitching on their shirts - Clem, Schottzie, Madge and Big Stosh.Happily, the city's Christmas tree was axed without mishap this year. Some might remember the

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13 people hospitalized from West Allis bowling alley

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Published Nov. 11, 2009 at 3:05 p.m.

Thirteen people from a West Allis bowling alley have been treated to Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center on Wednesday after reporting that they were feeling sick, police said.Medical workers believe they were exposed to carbon monoxide, St. Luke's spokeswoman Myrle Croasdale said. "They are being treated in the emergency department as we speak," Croasdale said.West Allis dispatchers were told that people at the Riviera Lanes, 8600 W. Greenfield Ave., might be suffering from carbon monoxide

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Possible Carbon Monoxide Leak At West Allis Bowling Alley

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Published Nov. 11, 2009 at 1:12 p.m.

There is a report of a carbon monoxide leak at a bowling alley in West Allis ...

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