By TOM KERTSCHER Mequon -- Should a university environmental center that will focus much of its work on Lake Michigan be as close to the lake as possible -- or is that environmentally unsound? Concordia University and divided City of Mequon officials have wrestled with that for several months.

By Krista Ledbetter The Mequon Nature Preserve supports a city bike trail project that could harm the one thing the organization is designed to protect. The bike trail will connect the Oak Leaf Trail to the south and the Interurban Trail to the north of the preserve.

WASHINGTON COUNTY Eisenbahn trail users urged to take survey The Washington County Planning and Parks Department is asking users of the Eisenbahn State Trail to complete a survey of possible trail improvements and the need for additional public trails in the county.

By Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jul. 22--Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Tom Wolfgram today ordered a Milwaukee contractor to pay $215,000 for violating state environmental laws while working on a bluff stabilization project along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Mequon. Anton J.

A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center will be in Mequon this week for victims seeking assistance for recent flooding damage, according to an announcement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The center will be at the Mequon campus of Milwaukee Area Technical College, 5555 W.