Home Care In Elm Grove, LA

Fairgrounds Coffee + Tea has announced that it will open its second Milwaukee area location on Friday, June 2.

Located at 13320 Watertown Plank Rd. in Elm Grove (previously The Gingerbread House and La Cakery), the new cafe will follow in the footsteps of Milwaukee’s Yankee Hill location, offering not only its craft coffee and tea offerings, but also its cafe menu featuring breakfast and lunch items like Bad Hass avocado toast, plus fun fair-themed treats like funnel cakes.

The Elm Grove store will feature an impressive two-level staircase and a second-floor event space where live entertainment, including local bands, will perform.

"We are ecstatic to expand the Fairgrounds experience in Milwaukee," continued Schultz. “The city has already embraced the Fairgrounds family and our values of gathering and togetherness, so we can’t think of a better space than the tight-knit Elm Grove community to grow our footprint.”

Known for bringing equality to coffee and tea, as well as celebrating exploration and wonder through their food and beverage offerings, Infuse Hospitality seeks to capture the imaginations of guests with the same sense of delight that’s inspired by county and state fairs.

“We're exploring other opportunities to expand, both within the Chicago area and beyond, to bring our innovative approach to craft coffee and community building to even more people. At Fairgrounds and Infuse Hospitality, we believe that great coffee is just the beginning of what we offer, and we're excited to keep expanding our vision and impact," added Schultz.

Lori Fredrich Senior Food Writer, Dining Editor, Podcast Host @LoFredrich

Lori is an avid cook whose accrual of condiments and spices is rivaled only by her cookbook collection. Her passion for the culinary industry was birthed while balancing A&W root beer mugs as a teenage carhop, fed by insatiable curiosity and fueled by the people whose stories entwine with each and every dish. She’s had the privilege of chronicling these tales via numerous media, including OnMilwaukee and in her book “Milwaukee Food.” Her work has garnered journalism awards from entities including the Milwaukee Press Club.

When she’s not eating, photographing food, writing or recording the FoodCrush podcast, you’ll find Lori seeking out adventures with her husband Paul, traveling, cooking, reading, learning, snuggling with her cats and looking for ways to make a difference.

When Anna Harper Reehm goes to the attic and grabs the first box of Christmas decorations she gets excited. It will take about 90 hours, but when she is done she will have transformed her Elm Grove home into the ‘'Reehm Winter Wonderland.''

The only thing that can compete with the lights of the 32 Christmas trees and 15 wreaths are the sunrises and sunsets that come every day. It’s why they bought the house three years ago.

They reminded themselves of that during the 21 months of renovations that transformed the 3,000 square feet, late 1990s house into an updated home for the Reehms to create cherished memories.

“A house is just protection against the elements and can be beautiful but a home is your “place.” A place to feel loved and safe. A refuge, the place to laugh, cry, and feel comfortable,” Reehm said.

Decorating the home is a creative outlet for Reehm with Christmas being her largest effort, one that grows each year. This year she added five new trees to the living room, making a total of eight.

It is in this room where the main tree is, the one they call the family tree.

Anna and Clark found each other later in life and married in 2017. Each brought a separate collection of ornaments that were joined to decorate the family tree. As each year passes new ones, ones that they get together, are added. It has become a tradition to get an ornament when they go on vacation, it’s their souvenir.

“Each ornament has a story. It’s like a scrapbook of our lives,” said Clark. His favorite is a handprint pressed into clay and painted into a nativity scene made by their son Ash.

Christmas is Ash’s favorite season as well. He loves the Christmas trees all over the house, especially the one in his room that is decorated in a theme of outdoor and marine life.

It is also a special time because his birthday is on Christmas Eve. This creates a month-long celebration of the two events, including the "12 days of Ash" which leads to a present every-other-day up to Christmas Eve.

Anne tries hard to keep his birthday separate from Christmas. She does not want him to hear, “This is for your birthday AND Christmas,” and thinks he should have a separate birthday like other children.

The next day, Christmas Day, the family drinks hot tea and eats breakfast before opening presents later on.

With Ash and Anna being so into Christmas, Clark jokes that he is the Grinch.

“This is what she loves, Ash loves it too, we listen to Christmas music year-round,” he said and mentions how they went to The Inn at Christmas Place at Pigeon Forge.

As he continues to speak about what the family does for Christmas it becomes very clear that he could never be the Grinch. Anna’s "labor of love" creates a welcoming feeling when he comes home.

Anna realizes that her style is not for everyone, so she encourages them to find their own. For her “coming home is the best feeling in the world,” and she wants others to feel the same way.

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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - 9News Investigators have exposed a nasty problem at an apartment complex in Baton Rouge. Money generated from tax revenue helps to pay the rent at Elm Grove Garden.

The federal government has launched an investigation into the unsafe and unsanitary conditions plaguing Elm Grove.

A typical day at Elm Grove Garden, which is located near the Baton Rouge Metro Airport, includes parents sitting on their porches watching their children play ball and ride bikes. They are playing outside in the sweltering summer sun, because they cannot bear the heat indoors.

Tenant, Charisma Williams, relies on a small fan to keep her and her three small children cool.

“My children have to suffer every night and most of the time during the day too,” Williams said.

Williams said her air conditioning unit has not worked in three months. She said the heat has made her infant daughter sick.

“There's been multiple occasions where I had to call an ambulance to come get her,” Williams said.

Her apartment is also crawling with critters. They are on the furniture, inside the closets, and on the floor.

The infestation has gotten bad enough that Williams' children have become uncomfortably acquainted with them.

“There he goes. That's a mean one right there, mom. Look, that one's mean,” Williams’ son said as he pointed to a swarm of roaches on the sofa.

Life is tough too for Candis Robinson. She also lives in Elm Grove Garden. Her problems stem from rotted pipes under her kitchen sink.

“Every time I run water or clean chicken, any time I run water, it leaks,” Robinson said.

Washing dishes has become a nightmare. She uses a bucket as a catch basin, but even it cannot hold the dirty water that surges below. It overflows into her cabinets and pours onto the floor flooding her kitchen. Cleaning up the mess is a two person job. It includes switching out pails and dumping the dirty water into the bathtub.

Robinson said she complained to the property manager at least three times.

Downstairs, Latasha White is fighting to keep her ceilings and walls from crumbling under the pressure of an upstairs tenant's leaky air conditioning unit. She said her apartment has already flooded once.

“It came this high off the ground, and the office let it soak until the door was falling apart,” White said.

She said apartment maintenance eventually patched and painted the soaked sheet rock. But that, White said, is merely a cover-up to many of problems in her apartment. Everything from the handles on her bath tub right down to the kitchen cabinets is falling apart.

“We don't use this light. I don't check the smoke detector batteries because it's wires on wires,” White said.

When 9News Investigators looked around the complex we spotted other potential safety hazards. The balconies were not bolted down. Wire clothes hangers supported the protective screen barrier to the rails. Exposed wire dangled from electrical fixtures. Security cameras around the property were cracked, as are many of the apartment windows. Residents said not only are they disgusted, they do not feel safe here.

The owners of Elm Grove Garden, a company called "La Real Property Holdings", has a Housing Assistance Payment Contract with Housing and Urban Development. According to HUD, tenants who live at the complex pay 30 percent of their adjusted income. HUD pays 70 percent to the landlord.

The people who live there said they cannot afford to live anywhere else.

“My funds are not strong enough for me to get up out of here and move,” Alisha Jones said.

Jones said she has complained about the heat and roaches so many times, the property manager no longer takes her seriously.

“I go and try to talk to him about, okay what you going to do about this? Well? That's all I get from the manager. He is always being sarcastic. I don't think it's funny,” Jones said.

They claim part of the problem is that the property manager, Joe Dominguez, is rarely in his office.

9News Investigators found him cutting the grass on the property.

Dominguez insisted the tenant's apartments were safe and sanitary.

Tonight on 9News at 10, see his reaction when 9News Investigators pointed out the problems.

Also, see what the property owners and HUD said after 9News Investigators uncovered the “Nightmare at Elm Grove.”

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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - "It's too many 'lil kids round here to be living in this kind of condition."

Alice Cunningham was shocked after seeing pieces of her daughters ceiling scattered on the bathroom floor. This is just one of many damaged units at the Elm Grove Garden Apartments. Natasha Cunningham, who reached out to us, says she deserves better.

"I pay my rent on time, I keep it nice and clean, and I'm not understanding why I can't get any maintenance done to this apartment," said Cunningham.

She sent us a few photos before the ceiling fell in. She says her and her children stayed at her mother's house overnight. When she came back Monday morning, the ceiling had fallen in. Now, her mother is concerned.

"It's time for her to get out of here, it's just a bad... it used to not be like this," said Alice Cunningham.

This is not the first time we've visited Elmgrove Garden Apartments. Our own Cheryl Mercedes investigated this same complex back in 2014. Roaches, flooding, and loose railings are just a few of the things she found. Four years later, things appear to be worse than before.

The Investigators: Nightmare on Elm Grove

We tried approaching management, but they refused to speak with us. We contacted the City Parish Attorney's Office; they directed us to Councilwoman Chauna Banks, who represents District 2, where the apartment complex is located. She sent us the following statement:

I am very aware of the deplorable conditions that exist at Elm Grove Gardens Apartment. My first Concern is for the residents that currently reside at the complex in less than standard conditions. A collaborative meeting with the private owners, as well as the Housing Authority and the Louisiana Housing Corporation is being planned....

Natasha Cunningham says until they resolve the issues, she is just going to have to make it work.

"I have to go way to my mother's house to use and take a bath... I mean, I'm wasting gas. I live here... why can't I get, you know, reasonable accommodations in my own home?"

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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Multiple water systems remain under boil advisories that were put in place due to water lines being affected by below-freezing weather that began Dec. 24.

Here’s a list of cities and communities currently under a boil advisory:

Until further notice, these areas have been instructed to cleanse their water before:

Boil water for one full minute in a clean container before consumption. The flat taste can be eliminated by shaking the water in a clean bottle or pouring it from one clean container to another.

Residents are also asked to limit water usage until repairs are complete and the advisory has been lifted.

TIPS FOR BOILING WATER

Following is some of the advice KSLA News 12 has gleaned from what various water systems and medical providers have posted on the internet.

FOR STARTERS

BOIL YOUR WATER

USES FOR BOILED WATER

Use boiled or bottled water for any instance in which you might swallow the water. That means for:

Pets are the same as we are. They too need to drink water that was previously boiled; otherwise, they could get sick.

WHAT ABOUT BATHING?

WHAT ABOUT THE DISHES?

HOW ABOUT THE LAUNDRY?

Washing clothes is fine. Just do it on the highest water temperature. And use the highest setting on your dryer when you get done. If something might shrink, hold off on washing it until after the boil advisory is lifted.

WHAT IF I CAN’T BOIL WATER?

If you lack the facilities to boil the water, you can chemically disinfect the water by one of the following methods:

WHAT IF I ACCIDENTALLY INGEST SOME OF THE POSSIBLY TAINTED WATER?

WHAT TO DO AFTER A BOIL ADVISORY IS LIFTED

Residents are advised to “flush” their water following the lifting of a boil order in order to clear plumbing of potentially contaminated water. Flushing your household and building water lines includes interior and exterior faucets; showers; water and ice dispensers; water treatment units, etc.

Cold water faucets: Run tap water until the water feels cold, one minute or more, before drinking, brushing teeth or using for food preparation. If you have a single-lever faucet, set it to run the cold water first.

Hot water faucets: To clear hot water pipes and water heater of untreated water, flush the hot water line for a minimum of 15 minutes for a typical household 40-gallon water heater, 30 minutes for an 80-gallon water heater or larger. Hot water is then safe to use for washing hands and for handwashing of dishes, pots and pans, etc. Never use water from the hot faucet for drinking, cooking or other internal consumption.

Dishwashers: After flushing hot water pipes and water heater, run dishwasher empty one time.

Humidifiers: Discard any water used in humidifiers, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), oral, medical, or health care devices, and rinse the device with clean water.

Food and baby formula: Discard any baby formula and other foods prepared with water on the day or days of the boil order. If unsure of the dates, contact your water department.

Refrigerator water dispenser: Refrigerator water dispensers should be flushed by at least one quart of water. If unsure of your dispenser’s capacity, refer to your manufacturer specifications.

Ice cubes: Automatic ice dispensers should be emptied of ice made during the boil water order and run through a 24-hour cycle, discarding the ice to ensure purging of the ice maker water supply line. For medical, dental, and food service establishments, refer to the guidance from your local health department.

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