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Ralph Acevedo stands with his wife of 50 years, Deya, in their home on Thursday.

Oak Creek - To generate 100% of the electricity needed to run the South Shore sewage treatment plant, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District needs bacteria living in large underground tanks to give it more gas.

Drivers have been noticing that gas prices are fluctuating throughout our area, and they're hoping to find some relief soon.

The Powerball jackpot has been raised to an estimated $600 million for Saturday night's draw.

A Milwaukee nurse who billed Medicaid for in-home care she never provided has been sentenced to serve 100 days in jail as a condition of 18 months of probation.

It was around 8:24 Friday night in the 5800 block of West Helena, when an officer responded to a complaint of loud music coming from the suspect's car.

"Some broad just came down the wrong way on Lincoln Avenue. I'm going northbound.

The record heat and drought from last year pushed Lake Michigan to its lowest level on record.

A small percentage of Milwaukee's fast-food workforce walked off the job this week, demanding a greater than 100% increase in the minimum wage - to $15 an hour from Wisconsin's current $7.25 an hour.

According to Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer with Milwaukee Police, a 19-year-old man was shot in the parking lot at the rear of a cellular phone store in the 2600 block of W. Fond du Lac Ave.

I was going through my mail, shuffling through a batch of CDs, when I came across a package with the latest single from local satiric rock band Crappy Dracula.

WISN 12 News reported on a malpractice payout against Dr. Cully White three years ago.

Is there something you'd like to ask Horace Chase, Milwaukee's 14th mayor? Would you like a one-on-one with a Civil War veteran? Perhaps you have a cooking question for Fred Usinger? Bring your inquiries to Forest Home Cemetery, 2405 W. Forest Home Ave., on Memorial Day, May 27.

Hundreds of workers at some of Milwaukee's largest fast food and retail chains walked off their jobs on May 15 as they demanded the right to form a union without fear of retaliation and wages of $15 an hour.

A worker who walked off his job in a one-day strike, got an unexpected "welcome back" on Thursday: a suspension.

An elderly Waukesha man is accused of running a retail theft ring in southeastern Wisconsin by purchasing stolen merchandise and selling the pharmacy-related items online.

Fast-food and other retail workers making as little as $7.25 an hour staged a one-day strike for higher wages at what organizers said were dozens of restaurants and stores around the city, but an industry spokesman said raises for workers would hurt the eateries' ability to keep providing jobs.

That's where the Milwaukee Fire Bell Club steps in. Since 1947 the volunteers like Chuck Liedtke and Gary Schmidt, step up.

Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others.