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'A shoot can be legal. That doesn’t mean it was necessary.’ Fatal police encounters rise in Wisconsin
Deadly police encounters in Wisconsin were up last year and are on track this year to exceed the modern record of 26 deaths set in 2017. The increase comes after Wisconsin Watch and The Badger Project reported two years ago that Wisconsin’s rate of police killings ranked among the lowest in the nation over the past decade. In the past two years the rate has risen, particularly compared with neighboring states. ...
Ranking each month of the Bucks' 2024-25 schedule by difficulty
The Milwaukee Bucks' 2024-25 NBA schedule has been released, as we are about two months away from the start of the new season. It contains some highly-anticipated contests, starting on opening night and continuing throughout the season. For the Bucks last season, their schedule was much easier in the front...
Meteor seen over Wisconsin on Friday
According to the American Meteor Society, over 70 reports came in from across parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois of a meteor seen early Friday morning. Based on reports, the fireball was estimated to of had a path starting east of Augusta in Eau Claire county, travelled southeast and burned up northeast of Tomah in Monroe county. Seen as far north as Perham, Minnesota, and as far south as Talbott, Illinois, the fireball entered the atmosphere between 6:10 and 6:15am local time. The American Meteor Society will take any reports if you have any at amsmeteors.org.
HAWS’ new executive director determined to carry legacy forward
WAUKESHA, Wis. — There’s a new executive director at HAWS, The Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County. Lynne Olenik, the longtime leader of the organization, announced her retirement at the end of July. She had served as executive director for 20 years. “It was hard walking out...
MSOC Moves Past Marist With A Victory, 6-1
MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University men's soccer team (2-0-0, 0-0-0 BIG EAST) closed out its opening weekend with a 6-1 win over Marist (0-2-0, 0-0-0 MAAC) Sunday afternoon at Valley Fields. Marquette got hot quickly, scoring in the seventh minute after freshman defender Jack Wandschneider knocked one in off a...
Bauers homers, scores 3 times to pace Brewers past A's
OAKLAND -- Jake Bauers hit a home run and scored three times and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Oakland Athletics 9-5 on Saturday.Willy Adames, Rhys Hoskins and Garrett Mitchell had two hits apiece as the Brewers won their second straight in their final trip to the Coliseum. The A's have announced intentions to play the next three seasons in Sacramento before a planned move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season.Colin Rea (12-4) won his team-leading 12th game despite an uneven afternoon. Facing the A's for the first time in his career, the right-hander retired 12 of the first 14...
WSOC Falls 3-0 At Western Michigan
The Marquette University women's soccer team (0-3-1, 0-0-0 BIG EAST) wrapped up a two-match road swing on Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 loss at Western Michigan (2-0-1, 0-0-0 MAC) in non-conference action. WMU broke the match open midway through the second half, netting a pair of goals in just over...
Air quality advisory for several Northeast Wisconsin counties
DOOR COUNTY (WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued an Air Quality Advisory that includes several Northeast Wisconsin counties on Sunday, August 25. The counties included in the advisory are Door, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and Sheboygan. All of the counties are along the Lake Michigan coastline.
Slow Roll in Milwaukee celebrates biking, honors Chris Kegel
MILWAUKEE - The high heat didn’t stop around 1,000 bike riders from pedaling along Milwaukee’s lakefront today, and the pace was a little slower. "Today is a perfect day for a bike ride because it’s nice and sunny," said Amelia Kegel, Owner of Wheel & Sprocket. With...
Toss It Now! Huge Recall In Iowa, Illinois & Wisconsin For Cucumbers
People in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin make not be feeling the best after eating cucumbers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are letting Iowans, Illinoisans, and Wisconsinites know to avoid whole cucumbers. Whole cucumbers that have been grown in Florida are being recalled due to a Salmonella outbreak...
National Park Service announces grant to protect historical sites in WI
MADISON, Wis. -- The National Park Service announced Tuesday $25.7 million in "Save America's Treasures" grants, which will fund the preservation of nationally significant sites and historical collections in Wisconsin and 25 other states.
Green Day frontman meets Milwaukee's Bronze Fonz
MILWAUKEE — Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong posed with an iconic Milwaukee landmark on Saturday. The band's frontman posted a photo of him and the Bronze Fonz statue "hanging" on social media. According to the OnMilwaukee.com, Green Day had a fish fry Friday at Lakefront Brewery. Green...
2025 Budget Outlook - What's Impacting the Budget?
The Village of Shorewood incorporated as a municipality, breaking from the City of Milwaukee in the early 1900's to form as a Village because residents wanted paved streets, streetlights, sewer and water. Much of this infrastructure now requires reconstruction that has resulted in additional pressure to increase costs to be...
Wauwatosa School District $4 million budget gap: What went wrong
WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Wauwatosa School District leaders are spending the last few days of summer break fixing a multimillion-dollar budget mistake. The district's new chief finance and operations officer, Scot Ecker, only started his job seven weeks ago. Right away, he found some serious problems with the numbers. "I...
Soccer Rallies Late, Earns 2-1 Win Over Milwaukee
It would be tough to script a more thrilling way to open the 2024 home campaign for Valpo soccer than what took place on Brown Field Sunday, as trailing 1-0 through 70 minutes, the Beacons found the back of the net twice late to reverse the result and pull out a 2-1 victory over visiting Milwaukee.
Capitol Connection: Recapping the DNC
CHICAGO (CBS 58) -- This week, the biggest political story across the country, and certainly in Wisconsin, was the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. CBS 58's Emilee Fannon, A.J. Bayatpour, and Adam Rife were all a part of the team coverage in Chicago. Fannon and Bayatpour recap some of the...
DNC a ‘Hollywood show’ that offered no policy answers: Wisconsin GOP
(The Center Square) – Following the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers held a press call blasting the DNC’s “whitewashing” of the past and the lack of answers offered for the future. “I think what we’ve seen over the past four days is a lack of answers to the biggest challenges […]
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