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Beloved goose statue in Milwaukee gone
You could call it a wild goose chase. A woman who lives in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood is desperate to find her beloved yard decoration. Weeks before she is making a big move out of state, her goose statue is gone.
Wales Welcomes its First Cannabis Shop
In what certainly must be a first, the Waukesha County Village of Wales (population about 3,000), will celebrate the opening of Lake County Growers, the village’s first retail cannabis shop. The grand opening is scheduled for Saturday, August 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will feature giveaways and product sampling.
Regents accept UWM plan with system’s first mass layoff of tenured profs
With only one dissent, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a plan Thursday from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that will include the layoff of 35 tenured faculty members. It would be the first mass layoff of tenured faculty anywhere in the Universities of Wisconsin system since state law weakened the system’s tenure protections […]
Fuel spill cleanup near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport
MILWAUKEE - Cleanup efforts are underway after a fuel spill involving an airline contractor near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. Officials said late on Wednesday, Aug. 21, the airport "was notified of a small fuel spill involving an airline contractor" at the airport's fuel farm. The Airport Fire Department responded, fuel...
'Music has the power to heal': Fresh Coast Jazz brings live music to patients at Children's Wisconsin
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (CBS 58) – The Fresh Coast Jazz Festival is happening Thursday through Sunday at the Pabst Theater, but some artists took their instruments on the road, all in an effort to brighten the day for others. Thursday marked the second year of Jazz on the Plaza at...
Wisconsin principal charged with felony after reportedly concealing gun incident at school
MILWAUKEE (CITC) — A Wisconsin school principal is facing a felony charge for allegedly failing to alert authorities that an 11-year-old student brought a gun to school. Dennis Daniels was the principal of Thurston Woods School in Milwaukee at the time of the February incident, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The criminal complaint obtained by the publication says the 11-year-old student asked a classmate on a school stairway if he was afraid of guns before pulling one out and aiming it at the second student's head.
The curse of the Milwaukee Brewers trade deadline reliever continues
There is a saying about how the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. I guess that means in one regard, you could consider the Milwaukee Brewers insane. Because at more than one MLB trade deadline over the pasts few seasons,...
Elkhorn woman charged with four counts of vehicular homicide in April Whitewater crash
A Rock County criminal complaint filed Tuesday reveals more about a traffic crash in which four residents from a Whitewater-area group home died while being transported by a home employee. Lexus Boedecker, 24, of Elkhorn is charged with four counts of homicide by use of a vehicle, a count of...
Marcus & Millichap negotiates sale of two Piggly Wiggly stores in Wisconsin
Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale of two Piggly Wiggly grocery stores located in Boscobel and Howards Grove, Wisconsin. The assets collectively sold for $3.2 million. Ben Kohl and Mitchell Kiven, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Downtown office, had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, and procured the buyer, a private investor based in Madison. Todd Lindblom, Broker of Record in Wisconsin, assisted in closing the transaction.
West Allis apartment arson, woman set fire on purpose: prosecutors
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - A woman is accused of setting fire to a West Allis apartment during an argument with her boyfriend on Aug. 14. Prosecutors said Kennedy Robinson-Hall, 19, admitted she started the fire. She is now charged with arson and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety. It...
Racine apartment fire; 3 cats rescued, cause under investigation
RACINE, Wis. - Fire broke out at a Racine apartment building early Friday morning, Aug. 23. It happened around 12:20 a.m. near Northwestern Avenue and Maple Grove Avenue. When crews arrived at the scene, they found fire blowing out of a lower bedroom window in the rear of the four-family apartment building.
Racine shooting, carjacking; teens charged with intentional homicide
RACINE, Wis. - Three teens are charged with first-degree intentional homicide, among other crimes, for a Racine shooting that killed one man and wounded another on Aug. 8. Prosecutors accuse 17-year-old Latrell Davis, 16-year-old Cincere Davis and 15-year-old Alexjandro Medina of stealing a car at gunpoint, shooting at a group of men and ditching the car within a 15-minute time span.
Iowa, Illinois, & Wisconsin Could Soon Experience A ‘Rodent Rampage’ In Their Homes
You may need to charge rent to a few critters before too long. Some of us have had to deal with snakes and bugs in our houses or on our property this summer. And now, one of the best parts of fall is that all of those crawl back into the earth where they belong.
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