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Vol. 41, No. 15
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April 22, 2026
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Meet Kickout, Brookfield’s notorious teen rock band
Brookfield could regulate e-bikes to mainly keep off sidewalks
A petition to let them play is nearing 1,100 signatures By STELLA BROWN Staff Reporter
To the naked eye, the five members of the Brookfield-based rock band Kickout seem like regular teenage boys, cracking jokes and ribbing each other. But put an instrument in their hands, and the Riverside Brookfield High School students — Jake Loiacono, Aidan Diaz, Isaiah Griffin, Charlie Rodis and Mateo Dominguez — reach a shared flow state, they said. “Community is the biggest thing for me,” Griffin, 16, said. “The moment I started drums, and me and Jake and Mateo got together for our first mini gig thing that we played at some random cafe, it was like, ‘This is amazing. I want to keep doing this.’” “When we jam, I feel like, as a group, we’re all so connected that everything goes really smoothly, and we can cohesively work together,” Diaz added. “Everyone seems to love it when we jam.” See KICKOUT on page 9
There have been 43 incidents in the past 11 months, says deputy police chief By STELLA BROWN Staff Reporter
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From left, Kickout is comprised of members Isaiah Griffin, Aidan Diaz, Mateo Dominguez, Charlie Rodis (below) and Jake Loiacono
Brookfield officials may approve an ordinance to regulate who can ride electric bicycles and other similar devices in town and where the bikes can be used. Deputy Police Chief Terry Schreiber outlined the ordinance to the Board of Trustees at its April 13 committee of the whole meeting. The proposal would categorize e-bikes into three See E-BIKES on page 8
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