Milwaukee News

Potawatomi Bingo Casino employees helped transform the homes of four deserving Milwaukee area residents as part of National Rebuilding Day on Saturday, May 18.

Police Chief Edward Flynn on Friday blasted Gov. Scott Walker for being anti-urban and the Legislature's budget committee for "gratuitous" decisions that killed a community policing grant for his department and set in motion the departure of the state crime lab from Milwaukee.

John Rice, vice chairman of General Electric Co. and chief executive officer of global growth and operations, oversees global operations for one of the world's largest and most diversified companies.

Mayor Barrett officially kicked-off this year's "Earn & Learn," Milwaukee's annual summer jobs program recently at the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board , along with a local Earn &Learn employer, MAWIB president and CEO Donald Sykes, and Milwaukee County Supervisor Khalif Rainey , a former summer jobs program participant.

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.

Milwaukee police chief Edward Flynn has every right to express his opinion on the location of a new state crime lab for southeast Wisconsin, as he did Friday, but the idea of locating it outside the city has been on the table since at least March.

Several vendors will be set up at Milwaukee's Up Market, offering true antiques and deals that will attract an early morning crowd as well as affordable art, fashion finds, rummage items, fresh flowers, farmers, knife sharpening services, free kids activities, a variety of brunch street food and live music.

The reputation of Chicago rapper Keith "Chief Keef" Kozart caught up with him earlier in the week, costing the performer a gig scheduled "We've got a very good working relationship with the police and the neighbors and city of Milwaukee officials," Maistelman said.

Half a dozen years ago, Ken Larsen was living on the east side of Milwaukee with his wife, Char, and a cat.

Twenty-five-year old Nicole Tieman pleaded guilty to her second OWI offense in Milwaukee on Wednesday and was sentenced to 20 days in jail.

Shortly after 5 p.m., two men forced their way behind the counter at Popeyes, 2910 W. Capitol Drive, and demanded money.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison wants an exemption from the state's open-records law that would allow it to keep research information private until it's published or patented.

A 14-year-old Milwaukee boy was sexually assaulted Thursday by a 28-year-old woman who teaches at his school, Milwaukee police said Friday.

Authorities say there were no fatalities when an Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed.

The story wasn't the fact at that age 17 he was diagnosed with cancer and was given only months to live it was the way he chose to live.

Four people were injured after a car struck a bus shelter by 27th and Hope, two blocks north of Capitol, Wednesday morning just before 11:30 a.m. "A 1998 Buick LeSabre driven by a 37-year-old Milwaukee man veered off the road, stuck a bus shelter, and then struck a building," said Sgt.

If you've been looking for a unique place to jump, climb and play in the Milwaukee area - look no more: Helium Trampoline Park in New Berlin offers what is sure to be a bouncing good time for all visitors.

Deidri Hernandez's seven-year-old son won't be in school tomorrow, after officials at Tippecanoe School for the Arts and Humanities confirmed they're still holding 'Switch It Up Day' - a time for students to come dressed as members of the opposite sex.

Milwaukee's celebrity chef Michael Feker of award-winning IL MITO Trattoria e Enoteca and IL MITO East has been named one of the Best Chefs in America by his peers and will be included in the inaugural edition of Best Chefs America book, the first industry peer review guide of chefs.

The Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex is facing federal sanctions after being cited for failing to protect patients from each other.