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Wauwatosa, WI
Joined April 2010
.@TosaRedRaiders earned a ladder truck celebration for winning the state championship for the first time since 2008. @tosafire @tosaschools
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Thank you to the City Clerk's Office and all election workers for your hard work during the Election. We processed 25,531 absentee ballots. 31,720 total ballots were cast. Wauwatosa has 34,895 registered voters. This represents 90.9% voter turnout rate.
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The City of Wauwatosa is issuing a curfew between the hours of 7:00 pm and 6:00 am each night beginning at 7:00 pm on October 7, 2020, and ending at 6:00 am on October 12, 2020. Details:
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We know you’re probably following Inauguration Day on Twitter, but don’t you ALSO want to follow this ice rink at Hart Park being built?!
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Our plow drivers are coming in tonight and will be working around the clock to clear the snow in the forecast. It's going to be a nasty storm. The cold & wind will make plowing challenging. Thanks in advance for your patience.
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No line at Wauwatosa City Hall for voting. Meanwhile, our Central Count is hard at work counting absentee ballots. We’ve received over 23,200 absentee ballots. Wauwatosa has about 34,000 registered voters. Thank you, poll workers!
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21,172 voters today (of 33,551 registered voters). Voter turnout is 63% in Wauwatosa. Highest turnout of a Spring Election in years.
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NBD, just a block party in Wauwatosa on a Thursday night.
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Okay, neighbors. Here's the plan. We are currently out salting with 12 trucks. Then we'll have 16 new drivers overnight. Tomorrow morning we'll double up on plow routes.
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68th Street reopens to traffic! 👍👍. Lots of improvement on this construction job: sanitary sewer lining, a bike lane, and obviously the new smoooooth pavement.
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We have every available employee out plowing. We may not have the roads completely cleared until tomorrow morning as we will have to send some employees home at 3pm today due to working them working overnight and reaching the max hours allowable. Thanks for your patience. 👍.
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Lounge chairs, picnic tables, a lit canopy structure, benches, a public drinking fountain, bike rack and fixing station. we just LOVE the new plaza at 69th and North!
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Construction is starting on April 23 on the final planned phase of State St. from 74th St. to 68th St. People looking to travel eastbound on State St. will be detoured to Milwaukee Ave. You can still go westbound on State St. Subscribe to updates:
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6-10 inches of snow, huh?. We're ready. Bring out the big plow. We don't like it. But we're ready.
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Wauwatosa voters! We just installed TWO new ballot drop boxes. They are located at City Hall and the Muellner Building at Hart Park (Senior Center). Just drive up and drop off your ballot.
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🎉 Wauwatosa Ave (between Milwaukee and Garfield) is scheduled fo reopen tomorrow evening September 4. We replaced aging water/sewer infrastructure and repaved the road.
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Later in 2019, a number of exterior walls in East Tosa will be transformed into large murals. We'll be working with Wallpapered City - the same group who created Black Cat Alley.
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The track and field at Hart Park stadium is now open to the public.
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Construction completed on schedule. We now have two-way traffic on State St. in the Village. YES!!! 🤘. Subscribe to updates:
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Walk around and you’ll see we have great neighbors, small businesses, and kind hearts in @EastTosa and across all of our neighborhoods.
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Biggest construction news of the week: North Ave (between Mayfair Road and 118th Street) is scheduled to reopen next Thursday morning.
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Just turned onto North Avenue. The log cabin is being relocated to 64th and North.
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The roads are very slick. Please be careful. We’ve had 12 plows out since 3pm, and the plan is to have 16 plows out after 11pm.
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Hey folks. Snow is on the way (maybe 5-7 inches) tonight and into tomorrow. ❄️❄️❄️. Our crews are ready to plow 184 miles of road. Appreciate your patience as we work through it. Stay warm & safe.
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We declared a ❄️ snow emergency ❄️ for Wauwatosa. Please, no parking on the streets. Your following this rule helps us clear the streets.
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Cars, yield to us when we want to use the crosswalk. Pedestrians, make eye contact with drivers and cross safely. Easy, peasy. Right? Newly installed flashing beacons (70th and Milwaukee Ave.) are here to encourage this safety.
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Unofficial election results:. Absentee ballots issued: 8,866.Absentee ballots returned: 8,296.
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❄️Snow plow update ❄️. Our snow plow team is being sent home for a break after working all through the night and today. They will be back tonight to plow all city streets from curb to curb. Thanks for your patience.
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The Common Council approved a local mask requirement through June 16, 2021 in Wauwatosa. Latest COVID-19 news:
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Wauwatosa Common Council approves a separation agreement with Officer Joseph Mensah – who is resigning effective November 30, 2020. Details:
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This week, EMS staff within @tosafire will receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Details: @HealthyTosa
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This is community. ❤️ BIG thanks to @mkeriverkeeper and volunteers who picked up trash, removed invasive species, and helped maintain areas in Hart Park today. #MRKcleanup26
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Our first team of snow plow drivers started at 11:30am this morning. Next team starts at 11pm. We are focusing on the main roads first. Give our trucks plenty of room. We will give you safe & plowed roads. 😊.
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Somepawdy joined the force! K9 Koa works alongside Officer Rebholz to protect Wauwatosa. #PSRW
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The Wauwatosa Health Department hit a significant milestone this week: it has administered 1000 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible people in our community. Follow: @HealthyTosa.
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Congrats to @WauwatosaPD Captain Brian Zalewski who recently completed the FBI National Academy.
We salute our local partners who recently completed the FBI National Academy. Chief Dave Wentlandt of Butler Police Dept., Captain. Brian Zalewski of Wauwatosa Police Dept. and Lt. Timothy Kemps of Washington County Sheriff's Office. Congratulations!
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@DenverShuter @Clc143 @TosaChamber We're aware of this awful letter. Mayor McBride has responded with the following: "Anyone who believes that 'Wauwatosa should be for whites only' should leave Wauwatosa now. Your statement is racist, immoral, unconstitutional, and un-American.".
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Big news from the Wauwatosa Public Library. We're fine free. Two library staff members describe the reason to eliminate fines and the specifics of what this means for your library materials. Listen to the latest podcast episode:
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Newly installed solar panels on Public Works' roof is estimated to cover 96% of the building's annual energy consumption.
.@WauwatosaWI is finding new opportunities to deploy renewables with help from @McKinstryCo. This rooftop solar PV array will cover 96 percent of their Public Works Facility’s annual energy consumption. Check out full details in our press release:
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Snow storm update:. Drivers have been working on the side streets and need to finish plowing the neighborhood streets from curb to curb. We will check the main roads before the morning rush and then return to plowing and cleaning up the neighborhood streets.
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New to the Wauwatosa/Milwaukee area -- @BublrBikes is adding nearly 400 electric assist bicycles to the bikeshare system in 2022. More about e-bikes:.
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68th Street is now open. The intersection of Wells & 68th is temporarily a four way stop with flashing stop signs. A few items remain: bike lanes, electrical work, and traffic poles. This work will be completed in Spring 2023.
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20% of the restaurants in OnMilwaukee's Best of Dining for 2017 - 2018 are located in the City of Wauwatosa. It's great to be able to go out to top dining locations in Milwaukee so close to home!.
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Rescheduled fireworks are TONIGHT! See you there
Do This: Rescheduled Independence Day fireworks at Tosa's Hart Park @tosatonight @WauwatosaLife @TosaVillage @TosaChamber
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Swan Blvd is now open with a repaved road and new roundabout.
The new super spiffy round-a-bout @WisconsinDOT on Swan Blvd. at Discovery Pkwy in @WauwatosaWI after sunset today. #photography #night #road #roundabout #longexposure #landscapephotography #landscape #photojournalism
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Registered voters = 33,689. Total voter turnout = 12,532. 37.2% turnout.
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Happening now at the Library: Jon Etter, author and English teacher at @tosaschools, speaking about the writing process & publishing. Other authors present every 30 minutes
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Thank you to our public health professionals for their service. ❤️ . Thank you, Wauwatosa, for your efforts in keeping our community healthy.
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We're passionate about providing access to books, audiobooks, DVDs and other resources to help children read. As of today, the Wauwatosa Library is eliminating overdue fines on children's library materials.
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Winter storm update: This is a long-duration storm. Our drivers started salting and plowing Thursday morning. We'll concentrate on the main streets first. At 11pm, 24 new plow drivers will report, so we will have 2 trucks per route.
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Public Works has had 12 drivers out salting since 9pm last night. They’ll be back for the snow later this afternoon. We will probably double that number of drivers based on the forecast.
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We've passed the 1 million mark. We've collected over 1,549,220 lbs of yard waste already this year.
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Wauwatosa strongly stands against hate, bias, or violence based on race, nationality, gender, disability, or religion, and we urge all residents to unite together in solidarity with our Asian-American and Pacific-Islander neighbors. Full resolution:
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Good morning, Tosa! Join us for the parade at 9 am on North Ave between 80th and 104th St. We’ll start to close North Avenue by 7:30 am. Who’s bringing the coffee and donuts?
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Wauwatosa supports peaceful protests. - Distributing flyers.- Picketing or protesting.- Chanting or singing .- Marching in streets if using one lane of traffic in the correct traffic direction. Read more: Photo credit: Evan Casey/Now News Group
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The Milwaukee Torrent men's team returns to Hart Park this summer and is joined by the new women's team debuting in the WPSL. See their website for schedules, news, and more. Ticket sales and concessions at Torrent games help support the park!
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Fun news! The ice rink at Hart Park is open. We (communications staff) haven't been down there yet to take a photo. If you've taken a photo and would be willing to share it with us, we'd love it!.
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Just dust off that snow. The big chairs at 69th and North are the perfect spots for coffee.
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Our local mask mandate is currently through April 7, particularly to protect poll workers and voters in the upcoming election.
Even if the state knocks down its mask mandate, Wauwatosa's will be in place until early April
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Here are highlights from the local order:.🔹 Gatherings up to 10 people.🔹 Restaurants/bars are carryout only.🔹 Salons/spas can reopen under certain conditions.🔹 Playgrounds can open.🔹 Libraries remain closed but Wauwatosa offers curbside pickup.
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Wow!! An incredible mural at Tosa Yoga (67th and North Ave). Folks, it has only been two days since this wall was blank. Follow all murals: @visitmilwaukee
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Twitter is unveiling an edit button. We don't have it yet. Guess we'll keep up our Midwestern apologies for misspelling Meinecke Avenue on occasion. Sorry, neighbors.
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Let's do this, Tosa. Vote today! Polls open 7a-8p. Find your voting location on homepage of (Type in your address to see your voting location.)
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Face coverings are required in Wauwatosa currently through April 7. Last night the Community Affairs Committee recommending extending it through June 16, 2021. Common Council will consider this extension next week.
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Good morning, neighbors. Lots of snow today. Plows are out in full force. Also, we are still collecting garbage and recycling.
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✨Bragging moment✨. At our Tosa Green Summit event, YOU all recycled:.34,000 lbs of hazardous waste.8,571 lbs of electronics.8,775 lbs of shredded paper.3,545 lbs of textiles.147 lbs of medications.58 bikes. Plus 140 bags of food were collected for the food pantry.
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Wauwatosa processed 3,787 absentee ballots. Polls closed at 8pm, so now we are awaiting data from all polling sites to determine how many total voters we had in this election.
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This year the Milwaukee Torrent are bringing a Women's Premier Soccer League to Hart Park. Not everyone has professional soccer in the jewel of their park system like we do. #TosaRocks. Mark your calendar for these dates. Walk up ticket sales benefit Hart Park.
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Across our workforce we have police officers, firefighters, water technicians, public works professionals, and city staff who transitioned from military service to civil service. They are committed to delivering city services and to Wauwatosa. Here's to our veterans.
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"It's not enough to just get a diverse population in the door. We have to make sure people want to stay here and they feel comfortable." See how Wauwatosa plans to achieve its @MMAC_Chamber pledge by 2025.
Wauwatosa pledges to increase diverse employment by 15% by 2025. Here's how the city plans to do it.
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We launched a brand new, redesigned website that makes it easier for you connect with us. Mobile-friendly, too! . ➡️
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The salt brine has been effective at keeping the main roads in good condition. #SaltSmart Our goal is to plow overnight and before the morning commute. After sunrise we’ll clear sidewalks that we maintain. It’s going to be super cold, so be safe as you shovel your sidewalk.
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Wauwatosa fireworks are postponed until a later date due to predicted severe weather. As soon as a new date is available, we’ll announce on social media and @TosaTonight @tosafire @WauwatosaPD @beck_salgado.
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We want to thank Asst Chief Jim Case of @tosafire, who was deployed last week to Houston as a paramedic through NDMS. #WeAreWauwatosa
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Pro tip about snow at the end of your driveway: Shovel to the right. There is no practical way for us to stop snow when crossing a driveway. When you shovel to the right, this reduces the amount of snow that the truck would push back towards your driveway.
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Have you been to the new plaza at 69th & North? Check out this time lapse of a Saturday.
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New date for Wauwatosa fireworks: August 3 at 9:30pm. Rain date August 10. Also at Hart Park that night: @TosaTonight concert and Tosa Night Out hosted by @WauwatosaPD @tosafire.
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Yes, 4th of July fireworks and a parade on the 5th of July are happening in Wauwatosa! . We're thankful to the Civic Celebration Commission members (volunteer residents) who are helping organize these events. More details will be released closer to the events.
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Recognize this familiar face? Give a high-five to Farris! He's always helping students, parents and teachers near our @tosaschools #PSRW
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The boulder is back, friends. History is preserved.
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Decent weather outside! @tosafire is asking a favor. Can you clear snow from the fire hydrant near your house? . Keeping them clear can mean easier access to water and more time doing what really matters – fighting the fire.
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Trash can wind meter:. 1 - Standing tall.2 - Tipped over.3 - Neighbor's yard.4 - Down the street.5 - Missing. We might be at a 4 tonight, friends. Maybe bring those bins into the garage, deflate your holiday decorations. .
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Center Street (near 112th Street) is reopening this afternoon. We've made some big improvements here: new pavement on Center St., added a drop off lane for the school, and constructed a retaining wall with a sidewalk ramp between 111th St. & Center St.
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Lots to talk about this week, particularly development. The Community Development Authority will hear two preliminary concepts for redevelopment: Idyll Coffee Roasters at 6330 W North Ave and Hintz Holdings & Klein Development for residential units at 7746 Menomonee River Parkway
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Response time matters in emergencies, so the Fire Department is always strategizing how to become more efficient. Read our short story online about the ways @tosafire is maximizing their resources:
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Solar panels are coming to City Hall and the Library building this spring. Can't wait to share the energy savings data! Plus, some cool footage of the installation.
"As the City of Wauwatosa continues to evaluate cost effective strategies to become a more sustainable community, the Department of Public Works continues to investigate renewable energy options for City-owned facilities.".
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We want you to know that our plow trucks are out in full force for the night. Drive safely and please be patient on the roads.
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Construction is underway to convert an office tower at Mayfair mall in Wauwatosa into a Marriott-branded Renaissance Hotel that will open by summer 2020.
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We have received 16,229 absentee ballot requests and have mailed all of these out as of today. Big thank you to our dedicated team in the City Clerk’s office and our poll workers who came in to help support the election.
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7 New Bublr Bike Stations to be added by the end of September!
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