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Submit Your Stories

Posting your stories is easy. Use the form below to submit a story - and remember to give it a title. The byline will automatically appear as your name. And while we ask for your e-mail address, it will not appear when your story does. It's just for us to use in case we have a question about your story.

Your story may be edited for length, spelling or grammar, but for the most part we'll leave it pretty much the way you wrote it. All we ask that you follow our guidelines for writing stories and remember that we can refuse to post offensive or libelous stories.

We allow stories to be posted on up to five NOW sites. If you would like your story posted on several sites, put a note at the top telling us where you'd like it to appear, and we'll do our best to honor your request. There's no need to post the same story on multiple sites.

There is a strict 700-word maximum length on all stories. If your story is longer, it may get cut off before it ends.

Finally, we sometimes pick the best of the Your Stories to publish in our NOW newspaper on Thursdays. Stories that appear in the newspaper will be edited for spelling and grammar and may be rewritten to comply with our newspaper's style guidelines.

SOME POSTING SUGGESTIONS
Here's some general guidelines for posting your stories that will make your submission more readable:

Don't type in all caps.

Don't write one big block of text. It'll be easier to read if you break the text into paragraphs. To do that, just insert a line of space between paragraphs.

At the end of your text, make sure there's not extra lines of space or it will show up as blank space when published.

PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW

The high school football season is under way and we have complete coverage of Whitnall as the team takes to the gridiron this fall.

Story: Coach high on veteran QB
Video: NOW sports staff previews season
Poll: Ranking the top suburban teams
Contest: Pick the winners for weekly prizes
The Falcons: Schedule | Roster

Photo contest winners picked

Sue Meister of New Berlin is the first-place winner in our Summer Fun Photo Contest. Sue's photo of her son playing with a dog was voted the best of among the more than 700 entries we received. Sue will receive a $500 Visa gift card from Educators Credit Union.

Other top winners are Gwen Zabel of New Berlin and Shannon Gordon of Racine, who each will receive a Wisconsin Historical Sites Family Fun Prize Package.

See winning photos | See all entries

Win a $100 mall gift card
in prep football contest

Calling all high school football fans! Enter our "Pigskin Picks" contest and you could win a $100 mall gift card as well as weekly prizes.
Just pick the teams you think are going to win local Friday night football games and see how your predictions stack up against other prep fans. Enter now

Marquette salutes
local honor students

Marquette University and MyHalesCornersNOW.com are proud to salute the outstanding students who have made the honor rolls at our local schools. Click on a student's name for a printable honor roll certificate.
Go to honor rolls page

LIBRARY PAGE

Hales Corners Library blog

HalesCornersNOW and the Hales Corners Library are teaming up on a blog to keep residents up-to-date on new materials, programs and events at the library. From new additions to the library's collection to news about programs for adults and children, you'll find it all right here.

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Who is making contributions?

Want to know which Hales Corners residents are contributing to the presidential campaigns - and how much they're giving? Wonder if Democrats or Republicans are getting more financial support in your community? Search our list of presidential campaign contributions.

Data Warehouse: More searchable databases

Check out municipal salaries

Which city employee makes the most money? Who's getting the most overtime? Find out by searching our compilation of municipal employee salaries.

How much do educators earn?

How much is your child's teacher earning? What about local administrators? Get the answers by searching our list of public school employee salaries.

Whitnall Prep Sportlight

The sports season is in full swing at Whitnall High School and, if you're a prep sports fan, we've got you covered in football, cross country and more!

Photos: Fountainwood Fun Fest Invite
Photo Gallery: Images from the season
Stories: NOW staff's prep coverage

THROUGH YOUR EYES

NOW photojournalist shares
her view of the community

NOW photojournalist Katie Derksen showcases her best work and explains the stories behind the images she captures in her photo blog.
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Concerts in the parks

If you're looking for great music without spending a dime, check out the the free concerts that will be held throughout the Milwaukee County parks this summer. Click here for a complete concert schedule, and check out the photo gallery from this summer's events.

THE PARK PEOPLE

Citizens group is now online

Stay on top of what's happening in the Milwaukee County parks system with the blog from The Park People, a member-driven organization dedicated to citizen stewardship of our county parks.

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ADOPTABLE ANIMALS

Humane Society blog
features pets who need a home

There are hundreds of dogs and cats who are looking for a new home. The Wisconsin Humane Society profiles those animals in its new blog.
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FAMILY WATCHDOG

Locate sex offenders
in your neighborhood

MyHalesCornersNOW.com is teaming up with Family Watchdog, a national organization, to provide residents with an interactive map that shows where registered sex offenders are living and working in the Hales Corners area.

With just one click of the mouse, you can quickly find out whether any offenders are in your neighborhood and can get details on those individuals.

Go to Family Watchdog offender map
Video: Family Watchdog featured on 'Morning Blend'

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