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TUESDAY April 10, 2018 The FREEMAN $1 A Trusted Tradition since 1859 Preferred 26th annual Trailbreaker Marathon Sears property route picked redevelopment for Lake underway at Brookfield water Utility doing final Square inspections, BistroPlex, WhirlyBall expects route to be finalized part of first phase of plans by end of year for mall’s southeast side

By Cara Spoto WAUKESHA — Drake Marino continues his run in the 5k around Frame Park during the [email protected] 26th Annual Trailbreaker Marathon at Schultz Recreation Center in Waukesha. 262-513-2653

WAUKESHA — The Waukesha Water Utility has selected a preferred route for a roughly 15-mile pipeline expected to bring Lake Michi- gan water from the City of to Waukesha. In letters sent Friday, the utility informed the mayors of Milwaukee, New Berlin, Submitted rendering Greenfield and West Allis of A Marcus BistroPlex is part of the plan for the former Sears the route choice. Should it become a reality site at Brookfield Square. the preferred pipeline would run from 60th Street and By Dave Fidlin Howard Avenue in Milwau- Special to The Freeman Investors sign kee, up West Honey Creek Drive to West Oklahoma BROOKFIELD — Three letter of intent Avenue, continuing west weeks have passed since along Coffee Road and Sears closed its longtime to buy Bon-Ton Haydee Staebell receives Racine Avenue in New Brookfield Square store, Stores Berlin where it would con- her participation medal after and mall management say nect with the Waukesha crossing the finishing line customers will soon begin Kenny Yoo/Special to The Freeman By Katherine Michalets Water Utility’s water distri- during the 26th Annual noticing changes to the [email protected] bution system at Minooka Trailbreaker Marathon at Joe Period is the first to cross the finish line as he finished property’s southeast side. 262-513-2644 Park. Schultz Recreation Center the 10k during the 26th Annual Trailbreaker Marathon at Three confirmed restau- “Minooka Park is where in Waukesha. Schultz Recreation Center in Waukesha. rant and entertainment MILWAUKEE — we actually have our water destinations will soon take Although The Bon-Ton storage and booster pump the place of Sears, a main- Stores was scheduled to facility. Milwaukee will stay at the mall for more go to bankruptcy auction pump the water to that facili- than half a century. A Mar- on Monday, a group of ty, and then we will take it cus BistroPlex, first investors stepped for- from that facility, touch up Police identify Sunset Drive announced last summer, ward to express interest any chemicals that need to will occupy a portion of the in buying the company be touched up, and pump it property. and signed a letter of into our facilities,” Wauke- homicide victim Also taking root at the intent to do so. sha Water Utility General site are two restaurant and On Friday, Bon-Ton, WAUKESHA — Wauke- threatening injuries, but bleeding from the head Manager Daniel Duchniak entertainment options dual headquartered in sha police have identified ultimately succumbed to into custody. said Monday. making their debuts in Wis- Milwaukee and York, Pa., the man who was fatally his injuries. She also saw a man on a The route essentially takes consin: WhirlyBall, a bar filed a notice with the shot Friday in a duplex on Police also took a female stretcher being loaded into the pipeline through three and restaurant offering Department of the city’s southwest side as suspect into custody that an ambulance, she said. cities, Milwaukee, West Allis such amenities as bumper Workforce Develop- 46-year-old James Bell of afternoon, who, according Multiple officers could and New Berlin. cars, and Uncle Julio’s, a ment, indicating 2,255 Waukesha. to a press release, was be seen walking into and “Greenfield won’t be affect- Mexican eatery touting its employees across the Waukesha police and cooperating with the inves- out of a duplex for much of ed anymore, because we will use of fresh ingredients. state could lose their jobs be going through Milwaukee. firefighters were called at tigation. the afternoon on Friday. We will be touching West 12:13 p.m. on Friday to 1261 Karen Strickland, who The duplex is located See SEARS, PAGE 8A See BON-TON, PAGE 8A Allis a little bit, but it is West Sunset Drive for a lives in a building to the across the street from the mainly Milwaukee and New report of a man who had west of the duplex, said Fox River Trail, less than a Berlin that will be affected,” been shot in the chest. Friday afternoon that she block from the Shoppes at Duchniak added. The victim was trans- saw police arrive at the Fox River. From the Waukesha Police blotter ported to Waukesha Memo- residence and take a rial Hospital with life- woman who appeared to be — Cara Spoto, Freeman Staff 2:38 p.m. Saturday — A cable customer in the 100 See WATER, PAGE 8A block of Cambridge Avenue called police after a Spec- trum employee who was supposed to come to his resi- dence at 6 p.m. somehow got into his building early in the morning Volume 160, No. 9 INDEX WEATHER and pounded on the door loudly, making a scene. The Spectrum employee reportedly called the customer 15-20 times that day as Business...... 4A Lottery...... 2A Tomorrow: well. The customer reportedly called Spectrum and specifically Classified...... 5B Obituaries...... 7A Mostly cloudy requested that the employee in question never be sent to his On this day...... 7B High 56 / Low 45 address again. The customer reportedly learned from authorities Commentary...... 6A that the employee has a history of harassment and theft. 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FIVE-DAY REGIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST Wednesday, April 11, 2018 FORECAST COMFORT INDEX Water TONIGHT What the air will feel like tomorrow, based on the From Page 1A Superior Ashland 7 temperature, humidity 44/30 46/30 and wind speed. 1 poor; 10 excellent. Field work Florence Other route options had Increasing clouds 47/29 the pipeline dipping farther 33 south to run along Beloit or WISCONSIN Observatory roads. TOMORROW In addition to notifying the mayors Wausau OUND of the pre- Eau Claire 48/35 Green Bay S 51/35 51/37 OFF ferred route, Mostly cloudy the letters Appleton What do sent Friday La Crosse 51/39 TEMPERATURES you think? also 56/45 55°/38 Oshkosh SHOWN ARE 53/39 Phone: 513-2641 informed TOMORRO:·6 Email: soundoff@ THURSDAY HIGHS AND LOWS. Beaver Dam West Bend 55/43 conleynet.com them about 56/43 field investi- Milwaukee gations the 54/44 Chicago Madison utility will be doing in their 59/48 58/42 Waukesha communities. Mostly sunny Rockford 56/45 59/44 “This isn’t the final route. 61/39 ALMANAC WIND CHILL TOMORROW This is (the) preferred Statistics for yesterday 8 a.m...... 27 SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW route, so now we go ahead FRIDAY A composite of WaukeshaHigh/Low, Waukesha...... 36/26 Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 5 to and do all of the survey High/Low...... 37/28 the effects of Noon ...... 40 ATLANTA CHICAGO DALLAS temperature and 10 mph. Wednesday: Not as cool. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of Normal High / Low...... 51/35 work that needs to be done. wind on the 4 p.m...... 56 light rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. High: 68 High: 59 High: 81 Last year's high for date...... 75 human body. Low: 44 Low: 48 Low: 61 The route may change here Last year's low for date...... 56 8 p.m...... 52 WaukeshaPrecipitation,...... Waukesha 0.01" and there. We may find MARINE FORECAST DENVER LOS ANGELES MIAMI Chance of Precipitation...... 0.03" there is some contamina- HEATING DEGREE Lake Michigan near shore forecast: thunderstorms Precip. month to date...... 0.42" High: 77 High: 65 High: 83 Tonight: Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Gusts up to 20 knots in the tion that will cause prob- Precip. year to date...... 5.90" An index of energy consumption Low: 45 Low: 56 Low: 70 64/38 indicating how many degrees the day's late evening and overnight. lems, so we would need to Snowfall yesterday...... na mean temperature was below 65 Snow season to date...... 38.4" degrees. MINNEAPOLIS PHOENIX adjust the route for that SATURDAY * Precipitation source, Gen. Mitchell International, Lake Michigan water temperature is 39 degrees. Milwaukee. Precipitation is the liquid equivalent of Yesterday...... 32 reason. However, we antici- snow, ice and rain. ULTRAVIOLET INDEX FORECAST High: 51 High: 54 High: 98 Month to date...... 306 Low: 35 Low: 41 Low: 67 Apr. 15 Apr. 22 Apr. 29 May 7 The UVI forecast for Wednesday is 5 pate that it will be some- New First Q Full Last Q Season to date...... 5842 Normal season to date...... 6119 where along this route.” UV scale and warnings on possible skin damage: 0-2 low risk, 3-5 moderate SEATTLE ST. LOUIS WASHINGTON risk,6-7 high risk, 8-10 very high risk, 11-over extreme risk. The hope is that the route Chance of rain High: 53 High: 67 High: 58 will be finalized some time All maps, forecasts and data provided by Low: 40 Low: 52 Low: 44 Sunset today...... 7:30 p.m. Moonrise tomorrow...... 3:47 a.m. ©IBM Corporation 1994, 2018 this year. 47/26 Sunrise tomorrow ...... 6:15 a.m. Moonset tomorrow...... 2:57 p.m. After that the utility will begin the permitting pro- cess. Duchniak said the A firefighter goal is to start construction looks out Facebook users still on the pipeline in early in from the 2020. window of Pump house a damaged waiting on privacy apartment Waukesha aldermen in Trump voted in December to approve a 40-year contract Tower in scandal notices for the purchase of Lake New York Michigan water from Mil- on NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook mining firm may have used ill- waukee. Saturday. said it would begin notifying gotten user data to try to influ- The deal allows Wauke- sha to draw up to 8.2 mil- Associated users Monday if their data has ence elections — Facebook is in Press been swept up in the Cambridge full damage-control mode. CEO lion gallons of Lake Michi- Analytica scandal, although it Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged gan water per day. appears to be taking its time. that he made a ‘‘huge mistake’’ in As part of the water The 87 million users who might failing to take a broad enough agreement Milwaukee will have had their data shared with view of what Facebook’s respon- design, build, own and Cambridge Analytica were sup- sibility is in the world. He’s set to operate a water pumping Trump Tower fire victim didn’t posed to get a detailed message on testify before Congress on Tues- station located somewhere their news feeds starting on Mon- day and Wednesday. between 60th and 76th day. Facebook says more than 70 In prepared remarks released streets, and West Howard have working smoke detector million of the affected users are by a House committee, Zucker- and Oklahoma avenues, as in the U.S., though there are over berg said the company has noti- well as two miles of new a million each in the Philippines, fied all users affected in the water main in the city that in his apartment Indonesia and the U.K. scandal. Since the remarks are will branch off from an an NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke detec- It’s likely the fire was accidental, As of 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, for Wednesday morning, this existing underground main tors save lives — and one might have sources said. however, there were no signs that means everyone who was affect- on 60th Street. saved the man who died in Satur- But investigators have yet to pin any users have yet received that ed should see a message by then. The pump house itself day’s blaze in Trump Tower. down what set the blaze, which notification or a more general Cambridge Analytica whistle- would be 40-by-60 feet in Todd Brassner’s apartment didn’t spewed bright flames and smoke one Facebook said it would direct blower Christopher Wylie previ- size and likely be located on have a working smoke detector, from several windows in the glass- to everyone on its service. Associ- ously estimated that more than 50 property that is for sale or FDNY officials said Monday. sheathed tower. ated Press reporters around the million people were compro- owned by the city of Mil- Firefighters rushed over to the Property owners like Brassner are world have been surveying users, mised by a personality quiz that waukee. Fifth Avenue high-rise after a build- responsible for making sure they none of whom have reported see- collected data from users and The city of Milwaukee is ing-wide alarm system alerted them have working smoke alarms, ing anything from Facebook. their friends. In an interview still determining where the to the blaze, officials said. according to New York City law. There appear to be no social aired Sunday on NBC’s ‘‘Meet the pump house will be located, By the time they arrived, Brass- A lack of sprinklers in the media reports of notifications, Press,’’ Wylie said the true num- Duchniak said, and its loca- ner, a 67-year-old art dealer, was tower’s residential floors contribut- and Facebook had no immediate ber could be even larger than 87 tion could affect the final unconscious on the 50th floor. ed to the fire, FDNY officials have comment on the matter. million. route for the pipeline. Brassner later died at the hospital said. Reeling from its worst privacy from smoke inhalation, the city Trump Tower currently only has crisis in history — allegations medical examiner said Monday. sprinklers on its commercial floors. that this Trump-affiliated data Submit your event for the Summer Fun Guide! Sears From Page 1A Stacey Keating is a spokeswoman with CBL Properties, the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based firm that owns most of Brookfield Square, including the Sears site. In an interview with The Free- man, Keating confirmed Sears has vacated the site, and interior demolition work is underway. Sears Holdings Corp., the Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Calling all area organizations with special summer owners of the Sears and events planned. The Freeman is compiling its annual Kmart banners, confirmed Summer Fun Guide. Events from June to Labor Day can in January it was holding a be submitted to [email protected]. liquidation sale and leaving Dave Fidlin/Special to The Freeman the premises. The two-and-a- Interior demolition work has begun at the Sears building, stripped of its signage, at Brookfield Include “Summer Fun Guide Event” in subject line. Be sure to half-month closing sale Square. A dumpster and outdoor restrooms are the first signs of construction equipment at the site. include the name of event, time and date it will be held, the location wrapped up March 18. and website or phone number for more information. Some event “Demolition work has suggestions include art shows, car shows, church/community already begun at the Sears the BistroPlex and Whirly- building last year and its one-time magnetic draw site,” Keating said. “Inside Ball are part of the first announcing our plans for — was once viewed as the festivals, craft fairs, farmer’s markets, theater/music concerts. prep work is already under- phase of redevelopment for redevelopment, we have beginning of a mall’s death Deadline for submissions is Friday, April 13th. way.” the site. received significant demand spiral. More recently, howev- In the weeks ahead, Keat- “We will be announcing from a variety of users inter- er, mall owners such as CBL ing said crews will begin some other retailers for this ested in being a part of this Properties have looked at tearing down most of the site in the coming weeks,” transformative project,” other uses for their proper- 160,000-square-foot structure Keating said. “We’re still Lebovitz said in the state- ties by relying less on to accommodate the new working through plans for ment. department stores. tenants. A firm date has not the rest of the develop- Many of the traditional With Sears out of the Get ready to spring into been set, but Keating indi- ment.” mall-based department equation, Brookfield Square cated the site will start being Stephen Lebovitz, presi- stores have been in precari- has two remaining depart- home improvement action! barricaded to the public in dent and CEO of CBL Prop- ous situations at the hands of ment stores — JCPenney early May. erties, in a statement said online shopping, heightened and Boston Store — though Waukesha County Home is your CBL has not announced the redevelopment work competition from fast-casual the latter could be shutting one-stop shop for useful tips, when the trio of confirmed underway positions Brook- clothiers and other factors. down as parent company eateries and entertainment field Square for success in The loss of a department The Bon-Ton Stores contin- featured articles and local destinations will open their the years ahead. store — oftentimes dubbed ue to work through professionals to help make doors, Keating said, though “Since acquiring the Sears an anchor store because of bankruptcy proceedings. your home and garden shine this Spring.

ment) and Washington statement. “With the help of tive asset manager focusing Bon-Ton Prime Group said they our advisors, we will evalu- on investment in credit mar- From Page 1A wanted to buy the company. ate all qualified bids and are kets across a broad range of According to the announce- committed to maximizing asset types and strategies. if the company’s assets ment, Bon-Ton and the value and pursuing the best Namdar Realty Group is a are completely liquidated. investor group are in the path forward for the compa- privately held commercial Since filing for Chapter 11 process of finalizing an ny and our stakeholders. I real estate investment and reorganization in early asset purchase agreement would like to thank our tal- management firm that owns February, Bon-Ton has been in advance of an auction, ented associates, our ven- and operates more than 30 seeking a buyer after years which is now scheduled to dors and our other partners million square feet of com- of struggling with debt and be held on April 16. for their ongoing support mercial real estate in the declining sales. “We are pleased to have through our court-super- United States. Washington The company operates received this signed letter of vised restructuring process. Prime Group is a retail real retail stores under the name intent and are advancing As always, we remain estate investment trust and Boston Store, Younkers and our discussions with the focused on serving our loyal a recognized leader in the several others. investor group to complete customers with quality mer- ownership, management, On Monday, Bon-Ton an asset purchase agree- chandise and an exceptional acquisition and develop- announced that a group of ment as we proceed toward shopping experience in our ment of retail properties. Coming inside your April 12 editions of investors comprised of DW the court-supervised auc- stores and across e-com- Partners, Namdar Realty tion,” said Bill Tracy, presi- merce and mobile plat- Also contributing: Group (including its part- dent and chief executive forms.” Dave Fidlin, ner Mason Asset Manage- officer of Bon-Ton, in a DW Partners is an alterna- Special to The Freeman Waukesha County Home is now online www.gmtoday.com