With strong support from the Department of City Development, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and property owners, a Milwaukee Common Council committee on Wednesday recommended a proposal to rebuild S. 2nd St. by narrowing the roadway and adding bike lanes, grass trees and other amenities. In an unusual appearance before the city's Public Works Committee, DCD Commissioner Rocky ... Full Story »
The city of Milwaukee has lifted its snow emergency, officials said Wednesday afternoon. Department of Public Works Commissioner Jeff Mantes ended the emergency that requires driver parking on many Milwaukee streets to move their vehicles or risk being ticketed and towed. The department decided that the snow emergency is not needed to clear city streets. Drivers who parked vehicles on Milwaukee ... Full Story »
Bayside — Just in time for the blizzard, the village announced Wednesday that its new sledding hill is open. The hill is north of Village Hall at the corner of E. Fairy Chasm and N. Regent roads. Parking is available in the south parking lot at Village Hall. Full Story »
The Milwaukee Health Department will hold clinics on Friday and Saturday to vaccinate the general public for the novel H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. The first clinic will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the MPS Facility at 3575 S. 88th St. The second will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Northwest Health Center, 7630 W. Mill Road. Full Story »
Glendale — The city's Community Development Authority on Tuesday approved more seating at the iPic theater complex at Bayshore Town Center but less than had been requested. Bayshore and iPic Entertainment had asked for an increase in total seating to 530 from 430, with a maximum of 125 seats in any one theater. The authority approved an increase to 487 seats, with the largest theater having 103 ... Full Story »
Wauwatosa — Common Council committees voted Tuesday to recommend doubling the mayor's salary and to prohibit retailers that sell gasoline from selling beer or liquor. The full council would have to act on both proposals. • The $22,500 salary for mayor hasn't been raised since 1984. The city did a survey in 2008 of nine other cities and villages in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties with populations ... Full Story »
Wauwatosa — A Common Council committee recommended Tuesday that the council approve Mount Tosa, a complex of apartments and condominiums on a former landfill site that is projected to eventually be worth more than $50 million. The council vote will be next Tuesday. Toldt Development Inc. of Brookfield plans to build 427 residential units, to include conventional apartments, apartments for senior ... Full Story »
Snowfall totals complied by WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) at 10 a.m. 17.5 inches WISC-TV Madison (Dane county) 17.0 inches Middleton (Dane county) Full Story »
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus will close at 1 p.m. today, and all afternoon and evening classes have been canceled, a university spokesman said. Officials want to make sure that students and employees can go home before temperatures drop and the wind picks up, which could make driving hazardous, UWM Vice Chancellor of University Relations and Communications Tom Luljak said. Many ... Full Story »
A man died Tuesday in the Town of Woodman when a trailer loaded with firewood rolled over him. The Grant County Sheriff's Department received a report of the accident about 3:45 p.m. Jerry E. Hirsch, 61, of Boscobel and another man were using an all-terrain vehicle and a trailer to bring firewood down a logging road when the ATV and trailer jackknifed. The men were trying to use an electric ... Full Story »
The Milwaukee snowstorm dumped most of its flakes west of the city, where people are still digging out and vehicles are spinning out. Milwaukee was mostly a wet, soupy mess. But all of southeast Wisconsin will face the Milwaukee chill. Full Story »
The federal sex trafficking case against Derrick Avery greatly expanded Tuesday, with 12 new criminal counts handed down by a grand jury in Milwaukee. Full Story »
What Thaying Lor claimed was his right as a husband in an arranged Hmong marriage was in fact criminal behavior, a Milwaukee County jury decided Tuesday. Full Story »
A Milwaukee police officer and his wife have been charged with running a mortgage fraud scheme since 2005, according to a criminal complaint released Tuesday. Full Story »
A revised plan for UW-Milwaukee's satellite engineering campus on the County Grounds should more clearly delineate areas to be kept free from development, county supervisors said Tuesday. Full Story »
A prostitute who stole a john's tow truck and led police on a chase that ended in a crash on a bike path was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in the county House of Correction. Jacqueline Robellar was given 60 days' credit for time she has already served, and then will serve the 30 days in jail, followed by six months of jail with work-release privileges under the sentence issued by Milwaukee ... Full Story »
Glendale — Bayshore Town Center and iPic Entertainment want to increase seating in the iPic's six movie theaters by nearly one-quarter. The request to boost maximum seating to 530 from 430, with a maximum of 125 seats per theater, will be considered tonight by the city's Community Development Authority. The two-year-old entertainment center also has a bar, restaurant and bowling center. Full Story »
Wauwatosa — A Common Council committee tonight will be asked to approve "Mount Tosa," a proposed complex of apartments and condominiums on a former landfill site that is projected to eventually be worth more than $50 million. Toldt Development Inc. of Brookfield wants to build 427 residential units, to include conventional apartments, apartments for senior citizens and condominiums, on an 18 ... Full Story »
The city and Summerfest have reached a deal on a lease extension that clears the way for large-scale renovations on the lakefront grounds and requires the nonprofit festival corporation to make six-figure payments for police and fire services. Full Story »
Because of the winter storm, Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee) has scrapped the plans for a town hall meeting on the Hoan Bridge scheduled for Wednesday night in Bay View. Representatives from the Department of Transportation decided not to travel from Madison to Milwaukee in the ongoing snowstorm. Their participation in the public meeting was to be the key element in the discussion about plans to ... Full Story »
Wauwatosa — Ald. Linda Nikcevich will ask the Common Council tonight to discuss imposing restrictions on the number of licenses the city issues for the sale of liquor in stores. In a memo, Nikcevich says: • The city has issued 23 Class A liquor licenses, including seven in the past few months. Most are for the sale of beer and liquor, although some licenses restrict sales to one or the other. Full Story »
If you've ever quaffed a brew at the end of a hot round of golf on a Milwaukee County course or enjoyed a cold one at the lakefront at the huge July 3 fireworks, chances are it was illegal for the county to dispense it. Full Story »
The Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a non-profit agency in West Allis, is warning the public not to give money to anyone who is soliciting door to door saying they are collecting donations for the center. The center said Tuesday that people claiming to be volunteers may be going door to door in Wauwatosa. Full Story »
U.S. 41 northbound has reopened in Brown County after a crash closes the interstate. The wreck was near the highway's intersection with Ashland Road, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. Full Story »
Gov. Jim Doyle declared a state of emergency for all of Wisconsin as an approaching storm system threatened to bring white-out conditions and hazardous roads. Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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