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PICTURED OUTSIDE the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office when she was named undersheriff in 2019, Christy Knowles announced this week she will run for sheriff in next fall’s election. Her announcement coincided with one from Sheriff Jim Johnson that he plans to retire. Press file photo

Knowles launches bid to become first female sheriff

Ozaukee County Undersheriff Christy Knowles could become the county’s first female sheriff when she runs for the position next fall. But Knowles, who announced her run for the office Tuesday, said...

FLANKED BY HER FELLOW Wisconsin Supreme Court justices at the front of the Ozaukee County Board meeting room, Chief Justice Annette Ziegler stood as she spoke to an audience of schoolchildren, parents, lawyers and local officials before hearing arguments in two cases as part of the court’s Justice on Wheels program last week. Decades ago, the room in the historic downtown Port Washington courthouse served as a county courtroom and has since been restored to its original splendor. Photo by Sam Arendt

High court in a grand room

Returning to its roots, the Ozaukee County Board meeting room in the historic downtown Port Washington courthouse was once again used as a courtroom Friday, and this time by the highest court in the...

The Newport Shores building on Port Washington's downtown lakefront is one several developments in the marina district that are under construction. Press file photo

City to chart a course for downtown Port

Recent development in Port Washington’s marina district and downtown has triggered debates over everything from the height and style of buildings to the mix of commercial and residential properties...

HOLDING A BOX of food in a room at Parkside Church in Saukville that’s packed with nonperishable items ready to be distributed to those in need was Mark Gierach, executive director of the Saukville Food Pantry. Photo by Sam Arendt

Food pantries ‘squashed’ as need soars

Ozaukee County may be one of the wealthiest counties in the state, but not everyone shares that wealth. If you need proof, consider this — the Port Washington and Saukville food pantries are so busy...

Niederkorn Library Director Tom Carson said a strategic planning process intended to focus on future library service in the city is expected to begin early next year. Press file photo

Roof work just the start for Port library at a crossroads

The Port Washington Common Council on Tuesday hired a firm to reroof a portion of the Niederkorn Library that is leaking. Pioneer Roofing LLC of Johnson Creek will do the work on the flat roof this...

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Sports

Port earns big victory on big night

In a battle of teams headed to the playoffs, one looked worthy and made the other look silly Friday night in Port Washington. The Pirates sent a packed crowd home happy, dominating their homecoming game on senior night, 34-13, over Kewaskum, which...

Op-Ed

PRESS EDITORIAL: Reclaim the public’s harbor land

The truth is, Port Washington never did look much like a New England fishing village. Still, the term, used in tourism advertising, was not totally out of character for a pretty little city with a downtown nestled among a series of hills beside a freshwater sea. But that description is certainly not going to come to mind for...

Good Living

The coffee window is wide open and really, really busy

If an award were given for the most popular business innovation in Port Washington in the last two years, the Java Dock coffee window would be the odds-on winner. The coffee shop’s window on Grand Avenue is a small sliding pane, but it has...

Obituaries

Business

‘Really a good time for Port’

Downtown Port Washington has largely recovered from pandemic lulls and business leaders are citing new and expanded shops and a lack of empty storefronts as indicators of a healthy downtown. Port Washington Main Street Director Kristina Tadeo said...

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