The Wauwatosa Professional Firefighters Association is open to supporting a potential merger of the Tosa and West Allis fire department, which its president calls "a defining moment for both cities."
The bell outside Wauwatosa's fire headquarters originally rang on the USS Wisconsin, commissioned in 1901. A group wants to move it to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc.
The five stops on the Oct. 4 tour will 'showcase the city's rich architectural heritage and the many roles historic buildings have played in shaping community life.'
A committee of mostly parents has been tasked with studying Tosa's school buildings and reviewing seven proposed options for reconfiguring Tosa's facilities that would be expensive, disruptive or both.
The Mandel Group, which is planning to build 157 market-rate apartments on the site of the city's Blanchard Street parking lots, will close those lots soon in preparation for construction to begin.
Owner Natasha Meyer's June grand opening brought lines of customers, and East Tosa was the scene of an even bigger extravaganza last weekend when Meyer and 21 other locations hosted a large book crawl.
