The city's initial revised 2026-27 guard assignments had left Underwood Elementary School with no guard, either on the school property or in its neighborhood — the only city school without coverage.
The Renaissance was a dramatic redevelopment project when it opened in 2020, a conversion from a former office building into a high-end hotel, which also includes the Eldr+Rime restaurant.
Vista Village, built on the site of the former St. Bernard Catholic Church and Wauwatosa Catholic School, began welcoming its first tenants on Aug. 1. Tosa Forward News recently took a tour to give readers an inside look.
After two years without a July 4 fireworks display in Wauwatosa, city leaders were facing pressure to bring the show back in 2026. Then on Jan. 30, their latest plans hit a new roadblock.
Owner Natasha Meyer's June grand opening brought lines of customers, and East Tosa was the scene of an even bigger extravaganza last weekend when Meyer and 21 other locations hosted a large book crawl.
The changes mean Washington Elementary's closest guard will be a block away from the school, and Underwood Elementary will have no crossing guard in its neighborhood. Instead, the city will double up at two busy Wauwatosa Avenue intersections.
John Myers, a 45-year-old resident of the Pasadena neighborhood, has lived with his wife and two children in the current District 6 since 2018.
Now at 10201 W. Innovation Drive, WSTEM is no longer just an elementary school. It expanded enrollment this year to span 4-year-old kindergarten through seventh grade, and next year, it expects to add eighth graders too.
The Renaissance was a dramatic redevelopment project when it opened in 2020, a conversion from a former office building into a high-end hotel, which also includes the Eldr+Rime restaurant.
The new sculpture collection, on the south side of the park, joins Mama Rosa and several other pieces of public at the popular recreation destination on Tosa's west side.
