A Green Bay native with a journalism degree and criminology and law studies minor from Marquette University, Lisa Sink comes to Patch.com after working for more than 15 years at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / JSOnline.com and the Milwaukee Sentinel. She also has freelanced for other media, such as the Business Journal, Wisconsin Builder magazine and the American Planning Association.
Way back in those heady college days, Lisa says she naively thought she had life figured out. But then she got married, bought a house and had two children. And she learned that life is messy and learning is a lifelong adventure.
Learning about new people and ideas is what keeps Lisa in journalism during this uncertain time for the industry. Patch.com will offer her new editing and managerial challenges that she is sure to stumble upon. But then she'll get up and keep moving.
Whether it be the next biennial state budget, or school choice, or women's health, residents can offer feedback and listen to state Rep. Paul Farrow at two sessions.
Fourth- and fifth-graders at Burleigh Elementary could be combined in a multi-grade classroom as Elmbrook considers all options including slightly increasing class sizes.
The latest police calls include complaints about illegal burning, harassment via Facebook, "end of the world" messages on parked RVs and more.
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Brookfield police arrested six drunken drivers during a weekend OWI enforcement wave.
The latest police calls include a man being arrested for pushing a 13-year-old girl to fish a bottle out of garbage can at the mall in order to recycle it.
Star senior guard Valerierose Agnello will play basketball next year at Kishwaukee College in DeKalb, IL.
This week's news included increased efforts by the Town of Brookfield to protect its tax base by offering to waive bills to commercial property owners who sign 20-year non-annexation agreements.
Parishioners packed St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Brookfield for its Good Friday service.
On Good Friday, Catholics and non-Catholics flock to seafood restaurants for non-meat dining options. Patch did a quick review of fish fry deals around town on Easter weekend.
Superintendent Matt Gibson called his proposed 2011-12 school district budget "unprecedented" in its cuts, created by retirements, employee pension and health payments and larger class sizes.
Firefighters were cleaning the scene of a collision about 10 a.m. just east of Barker Road on I-94.
State elections officials said JoAnne Kloppenburg's campaign has asked for a statewide recount and a special investigator to review the Waukesha County clerk's "actions and words."
Gary Jones thanked each member of the Elmbrook School Board, administrators and staff as he attended his last board meeting.
Businesses offered special assessment waivers to keep the town from being annexed into obsolescence.
The state Government Accountability Board said Tuesday that its four-day review of Waukesha County's votes for the state Supreme Court race found no irregularities or errors.
The Brookfield team has been a powerhouse for years, racking up awards at the conference, state and national levels.
Sunil K. Singh, 49, will be in prison or on parole until his 80s for the sexual assault of a girl in a Wauwatosa apartment building.
Police and fire officials responded Saturday to reports of smoke and fire at the Woodlands of Brookfield.
Curtis is the second deputy fire chief to retire this year. Deputy Chief Jeffrey R. Johnson announced his retirement last month.
