Community News, Events & Information

Read the latest News, Articles, Events, and Information from the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool.

Ice Skating in Hales Corners Park

The temporary Alyson International Ice Center in Hales Corners Park is finally beginning to freeze. With the nightly temperatures getting below 30 degrees the last couple of nights and the short term forecast is predicting the same for the next few- the rink should be open by the weekend. Stay tuned! When the yellow caution…

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Special Thanks

Special thanks to Mike Seavert, Don Paulus and Ted Shawn who are volunteers with the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool who showed up this morning at the Alyson Dudek Community Ice Rink with myself to attempt to remove the snow fence and the metal stakes holding it up. Read More

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FBBG News & Winter Events

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Community Skating

The temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink was set up for the sixth winter season in Hales Corners Park on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Please see the attached pictures. The Hales Corners Fire Department filled the rink with water on Sunday, December 16, 2018. With the unseasonably warmer temps recently, the rink will have yellow…

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Is this Americana or what?

The temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Center in Hales Corners Park, the Veterans Memorial, the Village of Hales Corners Christmas tree and Village library in the background. I’m very proud and blessed to have been intimately involved with the rejuvenation of Hales Corners Park for almost 17 years as the Founder and President of the…

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Ice Rink Ready for Skaters

The temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink is ready for skaters this winter once the weather gets cooler. This will be the sixth winter season since the Friends first opened the rink in 2012 for ice skaters in the Village of Hales Corners and the surrounding communities to enjoy. Kudos to the Hales Corners Fire…

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Temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink

The temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink was set up in Hales Corners Park earlier today. Special thanks to the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool volunteers who gave up several hours of their time and effort today to get the community rink set up. The volunteers included: Jennine Sonntag, Brian and Lynnette Gerke,…

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November 2018 Highlights

Happy Sunday Community Friends, Exciting things continue to happen in Hales Corners Park. On November 11, 2018 the Veterans Memorial Committee sponsored the 7th Veterans Day Ceremony since the Memorial was dedicated in May 2012. Over 50 hearty souls showed up on the cold and snowy Veterans Day. Michael Zens, Whitnall High School Band Director,…

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Pool House Cleanup

Mike Seavert, hard at work early this morning cleaning up in the front area of the Hales Corners Pool house. In addition, Brian, his mom, Lynette, and dad, Mark are pictured. Brian is a seventh grader at Whitnall Middle School and he called me last week about wanting to do some clean-up in Hales Corners…

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2018

The 7th Veterans Day Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial since the Memorial was dedicated in 2012 in Hales Corners Park was held at 11:00 am today. Approximately, 50 hearty souls showed up on this very cold Sunday morning, 100 years to the date and hour when the Great War ended. Pictured with my good friends,…

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