We Energies has bought 30 homes and will likely buy more properties for its expansion of a buffer zone around the Oak Creek Power Plant. The Caledonia Village Board, state Legislators, and We Energies officials need to demonstrate better leadership and communication on the issue of its impact on nearby neighbors’ health and on their property […]
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5 Vying for Vacant Caledonia Trustee Seat
The Caledonia Village Board has five candidates to consider to fill a vacancy left by the appointment of Jim Dobbs to the president’s seat. Dobbs was chosen by his fellow board members earlier this month to serve as president after Bob Bradley stepped down, a story in The Journal Times reads. He has been on […]
Caledonia Appointing President from Amongst Trustees
Despite opposition from at least one resident, the Caledonia Village Board will fill the president’s seat by appointing someone to serve through the April 2019 election. Bob Bradley announced his resignation earlier this month, saying he’d accomplished what he’d set out to do, mainly extending water and sewer out to I-94 so Caledonia could compete […]
BREAKING: Caledonia village president resigns
Caledonia Village President Bob Bradley resigned from his position, effective Nov. 6. He told the Caledonia Village Board at its meeting Monday night. He did not give a reason for the resignation. Bradley served as a village trustee from 2006 through 2011. He was then re-elected in 2013 but as village president. He also served […]
Old Caledonia Village Hall To Close Friday For Move
The Village of Caledonia will begin operating out of its newly built Village Hall, 5043 Chester Lane starting Monday. The old Village Hall, 6922 Nicholson Road, will close Friday so that village officials can move into the new building. Construction on the $3.5 million building started in July. The project, however, has come in under […]
Caledonia Officials Look At Why Riversview Park Is In The Dark
The Riversview Park subdivision, a development that has been around for 20 years, was promised streets lights. But it has been left in the dark, according to a story by the Journal Times. Now the Caledonia Village Board is looking at why the lighting at the 28-house development was never put in. The development is located along […]
Norco Manufacturing Pays $1.7 Million For Land
Making it the first in Caledonia’s newest business park, Norco Manufacturing Corp. completed its land purchase for a new building they plan to have constructed next year. WisPark LLC, the development arm of Milwaukee-based We Energies, sold 15.3 acres on 4 Mile Road to DNKC Holdings Inc. for $1.7 million. Raymond-based DNKC Holdings Inc. owns DNKC Property Management LLC and Norco Manufacturing […]
Caledonia Business Association Looking For More Business Participation
The Caledonia Douglas Avenue Business Association has chosen a mission statement and is now starting to work on several projects to help promote area businesses.C Under the umbrella of the Caledonia Development Authority, the Caledonia Douglas Avenue Area Business Association started in February. The group chose the mission statement from a list of five. The new mission statement reads: […]
Caledonia Votes On Gypsum Pellet Plant Monday
WisPark LLC, the real estate arm of We Energies, wants to lease part of its building at 2825 4 Mile Rd. to Beneficial Reuse Management, which makes gypsum pellets used as a fertilizer in the agricultural industry. Jerry Frank, president of WisPark, will ask the Caledonia Village Board to approve a conditional use permit to allow the company […]
Winklers Masonry Buys Land For Building
Winklers Masonry, which plans to build a 7,300 square-foot office building, finalized purchasing a two-acre parcel in the Caledonia Business Park in Frankville for $74,900, according to property transfer records. The company bought the land, located east of Nicholson Road and north of Dunkelow Road, from Mount Pleasant-based Majestic North Development Corp. Caledonia trustees approved a developer’s […]
Why Caledonia Tossed Its 2006 Land Use Plan
Despite some neighbors objecting to losing control over how land is used in Caledonia, the Village Board voted 4 to 2 in favor of striking all references to a neighborhood land use plan it designed in 2006 that used to be included in a 2035 Comprehensive Land Use Plan. But assurances were made by village staff saying […]
Caledonia Roundabout, Industrial Park For Vote Monday
The Caledonia Village Board will have a full agenda Monday as they will consider putting in a roundabout at Highway 38 and 5 Mile Road, enter into a developer’s agreement with the owners of a 178-acre industrial park, and a host of other development projects. The Village Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday. Click […]
Caledonia Considers Building New Village Hall, WisPark Deal
The Caledonia Village board will consider two key game-changing projects at its meetings slated for Monday: a new village hall and a WisPark real estate deal. Up for consideration is a conditional use permit that would allow the village to build a 12,470 square-foot village hall at 5043 Chester Lane and the board will discuss, […]
Caledonia: Trentadue Keeps Seat
Caledonia village board member Kathy Trentadue retained her seat on the board in the spring election on Tuesday against political newcomer Eric Butcher. Trentadue, who had opposed funding a study that would look at forming an independent school district, faced Eric Butcher, who supported the issue. We’ll have more information on this race on Wednesday. […]
Meet The Candidates: Caledonia Trustee No. 2
Caledonia is poised for growth and is trying to bring jobs into the community, which is predicated on having a strong educational system. This is the heart of what Caledonia village trustee candidates Eric Butcher and incumbent Kathleen Trentadue have focused their campaigns on for the trustee No. 2 spot. The election will be held […]
