Shorewood News

A 30-year-old Milwaukee man is facing felony charges after he choked a woman inside her Shorewood apartment when she tried to give him a ride home.

For the 40th time, music will reverberate the air and rides, games, food and drinks, and a rummage sale occupy the grounds at St.

Early voting throughout the state has increased for the June 5 recall election compared to the recall primary election, and Shorewood is no exception to the trend.

This year, the well-attended proceedings at Atwater Park on Memorial Day followed in the Shorewood tradition of significant, classic tributes and heartfelt readings.A The Shorewood High School Band played, students sang, and dignitaries and decorated military spoke and gave praise to those lost.A Rob McWilliam played Amazing Grace A on the ... (more)

May Klisch is the operations manager of the North Point Lighthouse at Lake Park.

"Summer Sounds" To Feature Variety of Musical Styles During 10-Event Series With summer right around the corner, Shorewood is ready for an exciting musical series that is sure to please anyone's musical taste buds.

Dominion Properties is exploring plans to build an apartment on a vacant site near the corner of North Jackson and East Lyon streets.

It's safe to say Estabrook Dam that spans the Milwaukee River where Glendale and Shorewood meet is crumbling.

Shorewood schools continued their tradition Wednesday with the shaving of dozens of heads in the name of ending childhood cancer, during an annual event that typifies the community and its residents.A Students, staff and administrators at Atwater Elementary School and Shorewood High School took part in the fourth annual Buzz Cuts for the Midwest ... (more)

A 19-year-old Milwaukee man is facing charges after he allegedly tried to rob a Shorewood man for his phone so he could sell it and buy Ecstasy.

Barbara Gensler is taking her final bows as the Shorewood High School theater legend on Tuesday requested and received approval from the School Board for her retirement at the end of the school year.A Gensler, who has spent 45 years putting Shorewood on the map by building a world-renowned drama department, wrote in a letter to the board that her ... (more)

A variety of "friends" groups have enriched libraries on the North Shore and Kletzsch Park.

Over year ago in March of 2011, JudyA Ostrowski, from Woodstock, IL, was holed up in a hotel with her husand and daughter while visiting Disneyworld.

Megan Ninneman, the Shorewood woman facing four criminal charges for allegedly driving drunk and driving the wrong way on I-794 is due in court Tuesday for her preliminary hearing.

John McGivern is a funny guy, performance artist, writer and producer. A native of Milwaukee, he focuses his humor and writing on Milwaukee's insider details, and stars in one-man plays and shows about his hometown.

Village officials are fleshing out the particulars of Shorewood's proposed stormwater utility fee, which would help defray the costs of its $32 million sanitary and stormwater system overhaul.

Shorewood Police Chief David Banaszynski says his department has looked at a new piece of technology other local police forces are utilizing to expand their reach on the roads, but cost steered it away.

Police found a 63-year-old Shorewood woman uninjured but highly intoxicated Wednesday after she crashed her car into a light pole near the intersection of North Lake Drive and North Shepard Avenue.A Police were patrolling the area when they found the woman sitting in her car, smacked into a light pole, at about 4:43 p.m. The woman appeared ... (more)

Twenty-three frequent flier programs were analyzed based on reward availability for travel dates spanning from June to October 2012, and showed steady improvement compared with the two preceding years, according to the 3rd annual Switchfly Reward Seat Availability Survey .

Those who have called Shorewood home for much of their lives, and even the newcomers, can tell our village holds a lot of interesting historic tidbits.