Town aims to take mill, Button Factory for park

The years-long saga of the embattled Waubeka Mill and Button Factory may be on its way to closure, at least as far as Charles Sheridan and his son’s involvement.

The Fredonia Town Board on June 11 approved a plan to exercise its power of eminent domain to take both adjacent properties and convert them to public use, Clerk Christophe Jenkins said.

Sheridan bought the Button Factory in a 1990 auction from Ozaukee County, and the county might get it back, along with the mill, which Sheridan bought in 2019 for $1,000 and later turned over to his son.