Grafton

Grafton will observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 29, with a parade, program in the park and lunch.

The Rose-Harms American Legion parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. and head north on 13th Avenue to Veterans Memorial Park. Legion members will be joined by the Grafton High School marching band and Boy Scouts.

At the park, there will be a short program during which the names of Grafton Legion members who have died during the last year will be read. The program will also include a rifle salute and taps played by Grafton High buglers.

Two recent incidents involving suspects fleeing authorities at high rates of speed through construction zones has called attention to a shift in local police pursuit policies.

For nearly two decades, municipal police departments in Ozaukee County and the Sheriff’s Office have adhered to a policy to only pursue fleeing suspects in cases involving violent crimes or serious felonies where public safety is endangered.

A birthday celebration that started with a night of drinking and ended with four people overdosing on cocaine laced with fentanyl in a house on Falls Road in Grafton early Saturday — one of whom died Monday afternoon and another whose face was mauled by a dog — has led to a reckless homicide investigation.

Grafton Police Chief Jeff Caponera said Tuesday that police know who sold the group the drugs at a Saukville tavern but they have not yet spoken to the person.