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OHS boys soccer
Village of Oregon
Budget plan: Add two new employees Taxes would go up $81 on average BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
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The second-seeded Oregon High School boys soccer team came back from a two-goal halftime deficit to defeat No. 4 Sauk Prairie 4-2 and advance to the WIAA Division 2 state tournament after falling just shy the past two seasons. The Panthers received the three seed at state and play No. 2 Waukesha West at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the D2 state semifinal.
Panthers make state ANTHONY IOZZO Assistant sports editor
It took some extra mettle for the Oregon High School boys soccer team to come back and win Saturday’s WIAA Division 2 sectional final against Sauk Prairie. The second-seeded Panthers advanced to state after missing out in the sectional finals the past two seasons. They were reseeded as the No.
Inside Read more from the boys soccer sectional final victory Page 9 3 team for the state semifinal matchup and will take on No. 2 Waukesha West at 1:30 p.m. Thursday Oregon scored four goals in the second half to erase a two-goal halftime deficit, and junior goalie Duncan
Morgan stopped seven shots to help the Panthers top No. 4 Sauk Prairie 4-2. Junior Colin McCombs started the fireworks with a header goal, and junior Madison Conduah, junior Carter Hendrickson (70th) and sophomore Collin Bjerke all added goals. “I don’t even know what to say,” McCombs said. “We had our hopes down at the end of the first half, and now it just feels unreal.” Oregon made state from 2012-14 and won a D2 title in 2013. The winner will take on the winner of No. 1 Whitefish Bay/No. 4 New Richmond at 11 a.m. Saturday in the D2 state final.
Village of Oregon
Public hearing on hotel Thursday SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
A proposed three-story, 66-room Sleep Inn hotel on the Village of Oregon’s southeast side is up for public comment at the Nov.
2 Planning Commission meeting. The 38,099-squarefoot hotel, which would include an indoor pool, was discussed as far back as December 2016, when Village administrator Mike Gracz cited it among the top village initiatives for 2017 after a similar proposal fell through earlier in the
year. Village leaders have wanted a hotel for years as a way to promote economic development and provide a place for visitors to stay in Oregon. The developers, the Coyle family, first brought a conceptual plan for the hotel at 1120 Park St. to the
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If You Go What: Public hearing on hotel proposal When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 Where: Village Hall, 117 Spring St. Info: vil.oregon.wi.us
The Village of Oregon’s proposed 2018 budget includes funding for an additional police officer and another full-time employee in the public works department while also providing a 2 percent wage increase for village employees. It would increase the village’s portion of property taxes on the average-value home by about 5.8 percent,
Inside See the legal budget publication Page 13 or $81.29 – almost $30 more than last year, mostly as a result of increasing home values. The Village Board unanimously approved the preliminary budget at its Oct.
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Village of Brooklyn
Nov. 8 meeting on BPD future Village will share information on potential change to sheriff coverage SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
If You Go What: Informational meeting on Brooklyn Police Department future When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 Where: Lower Level, Brooklyn Community Building, 102 N. Rutland Ave. Info: brooklynwi.gov
Village of Brooklyn officials are hoping residents come to a meeting Nov. 8 to learn more about whether its police department will continue to exist. Village officials have contracting with the Dane b e e n d i s c u s s i n g d i s - County Sheriff’s Office for solving the Brooklyn Turn to BPD/Page 14 Police Department and
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