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Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
UWM at Waukesha campus closing, band holds final rehearsal
The Brief A UWM at Waukesha band held its final rehearsal on Friday morning. The Windy Hill Symphonic has been together for decades, but it will lose its home when the campus shuts down for good at the end of the semester. Developers plan to build housing on the property once it closes. WAUKESHA, Wis. - On the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha campus, a band got together one last time on Friday morning. What they're saying The Windy Hill Symphonic, a band that's been together for decades, will lose its home when the campus shuts down for good at the end of the semester. The 40-member ensemble is made up of alumni, community members and current students. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android "I have to be honest with you. I have mixed feelings. It's sort of bittersweet," said Craig Hurst, the band's director. "Life has beginnings and it has endings." Friday was the group's final rehearsal. Windy Hill's last concert is Friday night, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. It will be held at UWM at Waukesha's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. What's next The UWM at Waukesha campus closure will leave more than 70 acres of land, which is currently leased to the university, up for grabs. In January, Waukesha Ald. Rick Lemke said new homes at the site could come with big price tags. Dale Shaver, Waukesha County's director of land use and parks, said a project of single-family or multifamily homes could generate more than $1 million per year for the tax base. Shaver said the county has already heard from a dozen developers, as of January, but he doesn't anticipate construction happening until next year. County leaders said they are listening to neighbor feedback – such as the desire for parks and trails. The Source FOX6 News interviewed Hurst and referenced prior coverage of the campus' closure for information in this report.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Mequon condo fire: Neighbors describe explosion, woman on fire
The Brief A woman was taken to a hospital after a Mequon fire on Sunday. It happened on Ivy Court, off Greenbrier Lane just west of Port Washington Road. The woman suffered second-degree burns. MEQUON, Wis. - A woman was taken to a hospital with second-degree burns after a Mequon fire on Sunday, March 2. What we know It happened on Ivy Court, off Greenbrier Lane just west of Port Washington Road, around 3:30 p.m. Southern Ozaukee Fire Battalion Chief Rick Lemke said the condominium fire was upgraded to a second box alarm. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News Fire officials said the women who live in the unit where the fire started are elderly sisters. One of them suffered second-degree burns. What we don't know Lemke said the status of the woman who was burned is unknown at this time. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The State Fire Marshal will handle the investigation. What they're saying One resident told FOX6 News she ran to help her upstairs neighbors, one of whom was on fire. "I found the ladies above me, one of them was on fire a little bit," said Elizabeth Clayton. "I patted the other one that was on fire out, and I grabbed the fire extinguisher, and I tried to go in their unit, and it was so full of smoke, and I could see the fire across the room, but I just couldn't get to it because of all the smoke." FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android Neighbors described an explosion that rattled the building before the fire started. "It was the biggest explosion we've ever felt in 20-some years here," said Joe Madden. "It rattled the chair I was sitting in." The Source Information in this report is from the Southern Ozaukee Fire Department.
