Tosa Forward News is awarding its inaugural award for best Halloween decorations to Andy Rumpf, Jill Sanfelippo-Rumpf and family for taking their spooky yard to the next level on Lloyd Street, and it gets bigger and spookier every year.
Staff members have raised concerns about district administrators' presence at Whitman Middle School this year, and they singled out an incident last month involving Superintendent Demond Means, though few specifics have been released.
The school spent more than five months working to fill the vacancy left when former teacher Craig Griffie left at the end of the last school year, but another resignation weeks into this school year upended the school's efforts.
Joseph Mensah agreed to resign from the Wauwatosa Police Department in a negotiated separation agreement in November 2020 after three fatal on-duty shootings in five years. Few details have been released about his worker's compensation claim.
With construction due to start in 2031, a public information meeting is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at City Hall for residents to ask questions and see details of the planned changes up close. Planners gave a preview at a recent committee meeting.
City officials say they are still weighing their options about whether to conduct potentially costly repairs to the Hart Park softball field or seek a new use for the space.
This is Blue Door Academy's first year providing before- and after-school care to Tosa elementary school students, but if a site falls short of enrollment minimums by Oct. 1, its students could be moved to consolidated sites at different schools.
The changes mean Washington Elementary's closest guard will be a block away from the school, and Underwood Elementary will have no crossing guard in its neighborhood. Instead, the city will double up at two busy Wauwatosa Avenue intersections.
As local voters and the rest of Wisconsin look ahead to the general election on Nov. 3, we take one last look at the Tosa-specific results of the Aug. 11 primary election.
