Milwaukee County News

Geneva McKinley, 49, was sentenced Thursday to five days in jail as a condition of 18 months of probation.

According to Department of Veterans Affairs census estimates, there are approximately 13 million American veterans and their single surviving spouses age 65 and older.

"The initial investigation reveals that a 63 year old female of West Allis was found deceased inside a common hallway to the apartment building," said Chief Charles Padgett.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said that a wrong-way driver was in a hit-and-run crash Friday morning.

The Milwaukee Public Museum is seeking a multimillion-dollar infusion from county taxpayers to cover its unfunded pension liability and to extend the county's commitment for an annual operating subsidy.

The Baraboo News-Republic says it's raising questions about whether the salamanders should be moved elsewhere when the old plant is destroyed.

The 36-hour shut-down of I-94 at Rawson Ave. this weekend is expected to create queues of three miles or more.

Issue: A reader asked me to confirm whether Milwaukee County Parks will expand the Currie Park Dog Exercise Area just west and south of Mayfair Road and Capitol Drive.

Issue: A reader asked me to confirm whether Milwaukee County Parks will expand the Currie Park Dog Exercise Area just west and south of Mayfair Road and Capitol Drive.

The May 11 article, " Venture capital bill's fate uncertain ," on the proposed venture capital bill, made it clear why the bill should be vetoed and the whole idea scrapped: rent seeking.

Milwaukee County's taxpayer-financed pension contribution for next year should be $30 million, about $1.1 million more than this year's, according to an analysis released Wednesday.

The summer event season in the Milwaukee County Parks begins Memorial Day Weekend, and the openings include The Family Aquatic Center, kite-festival, Friday Night Fish Fries and Nite-Glow Golf.

Interstate 94 will be shut down at Rawson Ave. from at 9 p.m. Friday through 9 a.m. Sunday because construction workers will be installing a culvert pipe across the freeway.

According to We Energies, there were hundreds of different outages from Sun Prairie to Watertown to Brookfield and Wauwatosa, and many places in between.

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

The reconstruction of Drexel Avenue in the city of Oak Creek, Wisconsin has received a Project of the Year award from the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Public Works Association .

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.

Meteorologists called Tuesday night's windy conditions from Dane County east to Milwaukee County a "heat burst." The water in the air evaporated before it hit the ground, causing the air to warm and whoosh to the ground in a sudden, hot burst.

A public meeting on the future of Interstate 94 through Milwaukee - including the idea of a double-decker highway - will be held Wednesday at the Tommy G. Thompson center at 4 p.m. A public meeting on the future of Interstate 94 through Milwaukee - including the idea of a double-decker highway - will be held Wednesday at the Tommy G. Thompson ... (more)

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended cutting the threshold for evidence of drunken driving from a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 to 0.05, a step a Tavern League of Wisconsin lobbyist immediately labeled a "prohibitionist agenda." "The federal government has enough problems without trying to coerce states into doing what they ... (more)