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"Stuff" happens in Greenfield every day, and Greenfield Patch brings it to you as it happens. Here are last week's top stories Monday through Friday.

"Stuff" happens in Greenfield every day, and Greenfield Patch brings it to you as it happens. Here are last week's top stories Monday through Friday. Monday: Nothing like an early morning high-speed chase to get the news week going. Tuesday: Why would anyone buy DVDs or purses or anything other than hair products from a barbershop? Better yet, why would someone try to sell those things at a barbershop? Wednesday: OK, so this didn't actually happen Wednesday - hey, I took the day off to go to the Brewers game - but an update on the Whitnall School District insurance plan got a few people talking. Thursday: Luckily no one was injured when a car crashed through the window of Heads Up Hair Design Studio Thursday afternoon. Friday: Greenfield …

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Another Whitnall Graduate Dies in Accident

Britney Mowry was killed in a car accident in Alabama on Friday.

Just weeks after Whitnall graduation Robert Hassler Jr. died in a motorcycle accident, the Whitnall community suffered another unexpected loss Friday. Britney Mowry, a 2010 Whitnall graduate, was killed in a car accident in Huntsville, Al. on Friday when the car she was in with two other girls lost control while traveling down a mountain road and struck another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. Mowry had just celebrated her 20th birthday four days earlier. One of the girls Mowry was with, Andrea Morrow, was also killed. Andrea's twin sister Amber, who was driving, was in critical condition in a Huntsville hospital. Mowry was a cheerleader at Whitnall. Several people left condolences for her family on the New Hope Funeral Home's …

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Greenfield's Retirements Produce Unimaginable Loss of Experience

This year's city retirements will account for a loss of more than 600 years of combined service.

Over the final five weeks of 2011, the City of Greenfield will lose more than 400 years of experience as 15 employees in five different departments have retired or will between Nov. 27 and Dec. 31. The numbers for the entire year are even more staggering. Before the upcoming exodus, eight more city workers combining for 242 years of service retired earlier in the year, boosting 2011’s totals to 23 employees with a combined 650 years of experience leaving the city and taking their skills and knowledge with them. Of those 23 departures, which accounted for more than 10 percent of the city's full-time employees, 11 were 30-plus-year veterans, including the leader of the experience pack – former police chief Frank Springob, who was a …

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Dozens Gather for Candlelight Vigil in Memory of Robert Hassler Jr.

Hassler Jr. "died doing what he loved."

Robert Hassler Jr. would have wanted his friends and family to grab their motorcycles and go for a quick spin on this crisp, still night.  "He would want us to do burn outs, that's for sure," said a friend as he sat in the bed of a pick-up truck overlooking dozens of mourners during a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening for the 20-year-old.    Hassler was in a motorcycle accident in the 5000 block of 116th Street, near Whitnall High School last Wednesday. He died of his injuries Tuesday.  "I put my bike back together just for this, it was all in pieces this morning," said Nick Curtis, Hassler's close friend.  "It means a lot. There is a lot of love and support here for my son," Hassler's mother Leann said as she received condolences and …

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Updated: Greenfield Man Injured in Motorcycle Accident Dies

Robert Hassler Jr. was 20 years old.

Updated 5:15 p.m. Tuesday Robert Hassler Jr., a 20-year-old Greenfield man, died Tuesday morning, nearly six days after he suffered severe head injuries in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash Nov. 23. The Greenfield Police Department and a hospital official confirmed Hassler died at approximately 11 a.m. Tuesday at Froedert Hospital. According to police, eye-witness statements indicate Hassler was traveling at a high speed and was attempting a stunt while not wearing a helmet when his motorcycle crashed in the 5000 block of 116th Street, near Whitnall High School. In the days since the accident, more than 600 people showed their support for Hassler Jr. by "liking" the Support Robert Hassler Jr's Battle/Recovery Facebook page. This afternoon…

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Friends, Family of Injured Greenfield Man Share Feelings on Social Networking Sites

Robert Hassler Jr. was injured in a motorcycle accident Wednesday, Nov. 23.

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David Cotey

2:46 pm on Monday, November 28, 2011

Have you shared your support for Robert by "liking" his Battle/Recovery page yet?   more ›

Residents Oppose Walker Recall Efforts at Greenfield Public Library

Several Greenfield residents called or emailed City Hall late last week to voice their displeasure about a petitioner inside the library's lobby.

Many Greenfield residents oppose the recall efforts against Gov. Scott Walker. Others are now voicing their opposition to where those efforts are taking place. Beginning late last week, several Greenfield residents sent emails, called City Hall or even stopped in voicing their displeasure that Recall Walker petitioners are allowed inside city-owned buildings such as the Greenfield Public Library and City Hall to collect signatures. On Thursday, at least one petitioner stood inside the lobby of the library collecting signatures. As of Monday, Greenfield Patch was unaware of anyone collecting signatures inside City Hall, but according to Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke, one would have every right to do so. “There’s nothing that prevents a …

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lolo peeg

12:15 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013

Exactly my point. Just because someone lives in a certain part of Greenfield does not automatically make him/her a Republican, Democrat, or anything else.   more ›

Greenfield Police Seize 1,850 Pounds of Marijuana Monday; More Found Tuesday

Acting on a tip from one of their cases led Greenfield police investigators to the bust in rural Racine County.

UPDATES: John Gay, 44, of Raymond, was held on a $1 million bond, according to a story by the Racine Journal Times. Gay was charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place, possession marijuana with intent to deliver -- more than 10 kilograms, and manufacturing or distributing marijuana. Also, according to Greenfield Police Chief Brad Wentlandt, detectives and drug investigators left the property Tuesday afternoon after a second day of searching yielded 289 full-grown marijuana plants which filled an additional dump truck.  The Greenfield Police Department helped shut down a massive drug-growing operation in rural Racine County on Monday. Acting on a tip from a related Greenfield case, Greenfield investigators obtained a warrant to …

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Nathan Reed

12:12 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

How did Greenfield police sieze a growing op in Racine?   more ›

Editor's Notebook

Greenfield Man Explains 'Occupy Milwaukee' Movement

Robert Hansen explains the movement and why he's involved.

After reading the dizzying back-and-forth of comments – more than 120 of them in just two days – on a story Patch ran about Occupy Milwaukee’s planned protest for Saturday, I needed clarity. At the very least, I needed some explanations. So I asked Robert Hansen for some answers. Hansen is a 34-year-old Greenfield resident. He works in a body shop in Milwaukee and is a songwriter for the band The Maze. A self-described news junkie with an obvious point of view, Hansen is a student of history and politics and has been supporting the Occupy Movement from its conception because he is “concerned with the direction this country has been moving for the last 30 or so years.” I emailed Hansen a few questions in advance of Saturday’s event. He …

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Dustin Block

9:28 am on Monday, October 17, 2011

The housing bubble wasn't political - that's the problem. The financial industry is far more powerful than the government. OWS is a grassroots response to that ... and so far it's been effective.   more ›