Shepherd Express

Cover Story When you dine in the restaurant, catch a show in the ballroom or work out in the gymnasium of Turner Hall, you’re under the watchful gaze of the American Turners captured in the portraits and photographs hanging on the walls. The images are a tableaux of the society’s rich history in Milwaukee, a 156-year tenure with roots that thread back to the German Turnverein... Full Story »

Vehicle registration fee is proposed to stave off deep cuts A packed room at the Washington Park Senior Center gave all 19 Milwaukee County supervisors an earful for more than three hours on Monday night about the tight 2010 county budget, taxes and critical services for the needy... Full Story »

Members of Veterans for Peace (VFP) have again been barred from participation in Milwaukee’s Veterans Day parade. Although the parade’s Web site says the event is “Honoring all Americans who have served,” it has refused to allow Veterans for Peace members—many of whom are combat veterans with Purple Hearts—from taking part in the observance on Saturday, Nov. 7... Full Story »

Decision-makers promise it’s not a “done deal” Milwaukee County supervisors shot down a plan to go ahead and privatize the Milwaukee County Zoo last week, a plan that had been billed as merely a $60,000 “study” of potentially privatizing the zoo. But in fact it was much more. That budget item actually contained about $40,000 for outside legal counsel to draw up documents to create a “not-for ... Full Story »