Category — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Officials cancel scheduled construction closures in airport spur
14 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Scheduled highway construction closures Sunday night in the airport spur have been canceled because construction crews have finished work earlier in the weekend.
South side welfare office to reopen Monday
14 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
State and local officials will gather Monday to reopen the south side Milwaukee welfare office known as Robles Center at S. 9th and Mitchell streets.
Gas prices increasing, could hit $3 per gallon in May
14 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Gas prices have started to rise and the national average could reach $3 per gallon nationally by Memorial Day, according to price analysts. Prices at Milwaukee gas pumps have mirrored the national price rise.
Club owner feels the blowback from the H-bomb of racial slurs
14 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
The latest episode of racial “Gotcha!” comes courtesy of Milwaukee club owner Mike Kozak, who runs Martini Mike’s. Kozak used the N-word in front of a group of African-American customers and performers during a comedy show.
Co-sleeping tied to alarming number of infant deaths
14 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Three out of every four Milwaukee County babies who suffocated in their sleep or died of SIDS in 2007 and 2008 were sleeping with an adult or with another child, according to a first-of-its kind analysis of infant fatalities.
Lawmakers could expand funeral program for poor
13 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Madison - The Legislature’s budget committee is considering whether to expand a program that helps pay the funeral and burial expenses of low-income Wisconsin residents.
8 who’ve been patients at Cudahy hospital contract Legionnaire’s disease
13 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Eight people who have been patients at Aurora St. Luke’s South Shore in Cudahy over the past three to four weeks have been diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease, a form of pneumonia caused by waterborne bacteria, according to Adam Beeson, an Aurora spokesman.
Man, 18, shot in chest on south side
13 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
An 18-year-old man was shot in the chest around 10:40 p.m. Friday in the 1500 block of S. 12th St., according to Milwaukee Police Capt. Jerome O’Leary.
Fraud suspect denies bilking Christian school
13 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
After being charged with fraud in a Florida case, two-time felon Richard Incandela says he hopes to prove soon that he does not owe any money to a Wisconsin Christian school that claims he defrauded it.
Diesel truck overturns in Kenosha County
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
A tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of diesel fuel rolled over in Kenosha County, WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) reports.
West Allis woman dies at shopping center parking lot
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Authorities are trying to determine why a West Allis woman died Thursday in a parked vehicle at a St. Francis shopping center.
Journal Sentinel wins national award for BPA stories
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters who exposed the dangers of the widely used chemical bisphenol A and the lagging regulation of its use have won the Scripps Howard Foundation award for public service reporting.
Gas prices rising, could hit $3 per gallon in May
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Gas prices have started their typical spring march higher and could reach $3 per gallon nationally by the end of May, according to price analysts.
Sports Show opens at noon today
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports Show opens at noon today. A schedule in today’s Journal Sentinel listed the wrong time. The show opens at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. You can find more information on the show at our Sports Show web site.
Two plead not guilty in four killings
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
The two men charged with four counts of first-degree intentional homicide, arson and possession of a firearm by a felon in connection with the deaths of Rachel Thompson, her two young children and another woman pleaded not guilty Friday during a preliminary hearing.
UWM plans tuition forum, review of conduct by campus police
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
MILWAUKEE COUNTYUWM plans tuition forum, police review
Greenfield to discuss unfunded mandates
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Greenfield aldermen will consider a resolution passed last week by the West Allis Common Council that calls on the Legislature not to adopt mandates that the city has to pay for, such as expansion of employee health insurance benefits.
Sheriff’s sergeant who left post to retrieve deer faces suspension
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
A Milwaukee County sheriff’s sergeant accused of leaving his post at Mitchell International Airport to retrieve a dead deer for venison could be suspended, according to county documents.
UWM rally showed good, bad and ugly
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Part of me - the part that’s been writing tuition checks for years to the University of Wisconsin for my kids - wanted to join in the protest at UWM over the cost of a college education. But I for sure would not be climbing any rain gutters to get to the chancellor.
Student robot competition forges teamwork, engineering skills - and future leaders
12 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
For the students, this weekend is the culmination of countless hours of after-school work to design robots that can play a complex version of soccer - the challenge issued this year by the FIRST organization.
Greendale planners OK senior housing near Southridge
11 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Greendale - A proposal to add 90 units of housing for senior citizens near Southridge Mall was approved Wednesday by the city Plan Commission.
Fog causes airport delays, could return Thursday night
11 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Foggy conditions Wednesday night seem to have delayed some Thursday morning flights at Mitchell International Airport.
Walker favors splitting MPS into 10-12 smaller districts
11 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said Thursday that he favors splitting Milwaukee Public Schools into smaller school districts.
Greenfield to take up unfunded mandates measure
11 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Greenfield - Greenfield aldermen will consider a resolution passed last week by the West Allis Common Council that calls on the Legislature not to adopt any unfunded mandates that the city has to pay for, such as expansion of employee health insurance benefits.
Dates set for speaker on drug abuse
11 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Dates and times have been set for three public appearances by Milton Creagh, a nationally known motivational speaker who is being brought to the Milwaukee area for the second time in six weeks to talk about drug abuse.
Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex cited in sexual assaults
11 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
The Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex comes under fire in a federal report for failing to protect a 22-year-old patient who became pregnant after sexual contact with another patient.
UW-Milwaukee protest seems like old times
11 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
When a group of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students clashed with police and security outside a campus office last week, it was a reminder of the days when it was the norm for college students to protest.
Father caught in legal morass dies of pneumonia
11 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Richard Petersen’s death at the age of 80 brought to a close his family’s ordeal to extract him from a legal morass brought on by severe symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The family’s story was told Wednesday in an article in the Journal Sentinel and on JSOnline.com.
Mother pleads guilty in death of infant
10 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
Rose Prescott, whose 6-day-old daughter suffocated on her living room couch, pleaded guilty Wednesday to child neglect resulting in death.
Milwaukee to make play for super-fast Google Web service
10 March 2010 - Wisconsin Update
There’s a good chance Google runs your e-mail, knows what videos you like and tracks every query you make on the Internet. Now Milwaukee is among the cities scrambling to entice Google to become the local Internet service provider.