The construction firm passed over earlier this month to serve as general contractor for the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library has filed a formal protest with the library's board of trustees, disputing the library board's determination that the company wasn't qualified to do the job.

Even if you don't know the name of Tony's Family restaurant on Ogden Avenue in Brookfield, you know where it is. It's the place with the cow on the roof.

For the want of a lawyer, a new playground and a school addition at Hollywood School in Brookfield has been delayed.

For the first time in at least two decades, the village of Brookfield has two full-time employees working for the Department of Parks and Recreation. On Feb. 18, Ben White stepped into the newly created role of recreation supervisor, which will focus on increasing program offerings across all ages.

The North Riverside Village Board could lock in regulations for allowing adult-use cannabis dispensaries within its boundaries early next month after the North Riverside Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 last week to recommend conditions for such businesses.

The big story at the League of Women Voters candidate forum for Democratic candidates in the 3rd Congressional District on Feb. 20 wasn't who was there, it was who wasn't' there.