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MILWAUKEE BUCKS minority owner Jim Jim Kacmarcik, who is president and owner of Kapco Metal Stampings in Grafton, stood at center court in Fiserv Forum and hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy after the Bucks won the championship on July 20, the team’s first title since 1971. Jim Kacmarcik said the trophy is surprisingly heavy, adding, “It’s awkward. It’s just kind of top heavy.”

Owning a piece of Bucks history

It slowly started to sink in for Jim Jim Kacmarcik this week that he owns a portion of an NBA championship team. The president and owner of Grafton-based Kapco Metal Stamping, who joined the...

THE CEDAR VINEYARD subdivision proposal, which would have seen the construction of 45 single-family houses, a winery and vineyard as well public trails along Port Washington’s south bluff, has apparently fallen through. Photo by Bill Schanen IV

Cedar Vineyard project dead again, official says

The beleaguered Cedar Vineyard subdivision proposed for Port Washington’s southeast bluff appears to be dead in the water. “As far as we know, it is dead,” Bob Harris, the city’s director of planning...

THE DEEP PURPLE of Mike and Lynne Trinklein’s lavender plants contrasts with the green of the land at Stonecroft Farms, their Town of Grafton home and hobby farm. Photo by Sam Arendt

A farm bathed in purple

It’s no surprise to see a small farm stand at the corner of Lakeshore Road and Stonecroft Drive in the Town of Grafton — after all, this is rural land — but what catches the eyes of drivers is the...

The livestock auction is a favorite event at the Ozaukee County Fair, which is back this year with a full slate of events. Press file photo

County Fair makes it feel like summer again

For a number of reasons, last summer didn’t fully feel like summer. Camps were held remotely, events were called off and to top it off, the Ozaukee County Fair was stripped of its crowds, concessions...

THE LUSH 40-ACRE Sandhill Lake Wildlife Sanctuary was recently gifted to Riveredge Nature Center in the Town of Saukville by the Hepburn family of Cedarburg. The sanctuary, which has a variety of habitats, is about a mile away from Riveredge but will be open to the public on a limited basis. Photo courtesy of Riveredge Nature Center

Riveredge grows with land gift

Riveredge Nature Center in the Town of Saukville just grew by 40 acres with the gift of the Sandhill Lake Wildlife Sanctuary from the Hepburn family of Cedarburg. The sanctuary is about a mile from...

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Sports

Holland Fest runs draw hundreds

The Holland Fest Run returned on Saturday and so did a strong contingent of runners despite the heat and humidity. After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, more than 300 people competed in the 10-kilometer and two-mile races, just as in 2019....

Op-Ed

PRESS EDITORIAL: Imagine a Community Fish Day

“We wanted to give the community something to enjoy.” Dave Mueller, a Port Lions Club member, said that about Port Washington’s unofficial Fish Day, and, boy, did he and the volunteers from the other service clubs that helped put on the event deliver! The Community Summer Fish-tival on July 16 and 17 was a delightful event....

Good Living

It’s Miller time (again)

Natalie Miller realized as a young girl that, “Yeah, I can hang with these boys.” “I’ve been playing baseball my entire life since I was 4,” the Ozaukee High School sophomore said. Now she also plays fastpitch softball for a national team. Natalie...

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Business

Port officials expected to allow auto detailing operation on Wisconsin St.

A conditional use permit that would allow a car detailing center to move into the former Peiffer Auto lot at the corner of Whitefish and Wisconsin streets should be approved, the Port Washington Plan Commission recommended recently. If the Common...

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