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A chain-reaction crash involving five vehicles shut down northbound I-43 in Ozaukee County during the evening rush Wednesday. No life-threatening injuries were reported, and authorities said inattentive driving may have contributed.
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A student at West Allis’ Nathan Hale High School was taken into custody Sept. 23 after staff and a school resource officer found…
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The former UW-Waukesha campus is slated for a $150 million redevelopment featuring nearly 600 homes and apartments. Neighbors…
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Police Chief Alex Ramirez says Flock’s gunshot detection and license-plate reader systems provided leads in the fatal shooting…
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Public health officials are urging residents to prevent mosquito bites after confirming the first human West Nile virus case…
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Residents at two Milwaukee apartment buildings were told to leave within 30 minutes after city officials found dangerous…
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Milwaukee police released footage Wednesday showing the moments before an officer shot and killed 23-year-old Printis Smith…
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Milwaukee Public Schools’ high school application window for the 2027-28 school year runs from Sept. 26 through Nov. 2. Students…
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Milwaukee police have stopped directly sharing automated license-plate reader data with outside law enforcement, but officials…
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Attorneys for Shirley, a 99-year-old Milwaukee woman severely beaten during a July home invasion, say failures in the city’s…
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A 5-year-old child was found unharmed after a vehicle was stolen Monday night from Milwaukee’s 8500 block of West Congress…
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Milwaukee officials and neighborhood partners are gathering ideas for a new plan covering North Martin Luther King Drive from…
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The Waukesha County Board approved selling the former UWM-Waukesha campus to Milwaukee-based F Street for a proposed…
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A police pursuit that reached speeds above 80 mph ended near Highway 32 and Oakwood Road after a stolen car plunged into an Oak…
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A Milwaukee Public Schools employee is under investigation after a 3-year-old came home from Manitoba School with two bruises on…
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A Milwaukee Public Schools paraprofessional faces a felony child-abuse charge after prosecutors say she grabbed a 12-year-old…
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Wisconsin health officials have confirmed a measles case in Chippewa County, the sixth county affected in the state this year.…
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The Social Development Commission has no active programs, few remaining resources and a growing list of legal judgments nearly…
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Mark Jensen, who is serving a life sentence after being convicted twice in the death of his wife, has filed a motion seeking a…
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A 46-year-old Ingleside, Illinois, woman died Tuesday morning in a three-vehicle collision on County Highway C near Bristol. A…
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Racine police arrested Collin Wallace and Justin Millard in connection with the Sunday night killing of basketball player Koreem…
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Chef Paul Bartolotta has opened High Stakes, a European-inspired steakhouse and cocktail lounge near Water Street and Highland…
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A nearly 20-year-old, 30-foot tree from Silent Night Evergreens in Endeavor will be displayed in the White House Blue Room this…
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A pedestrian was killed early Tuesday at the intersection of North 92nd Street and West Hampton Avenue near Timmerman Airport.…
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A vehicle crashed into a pond near Oakwood and Chicago avenues in Oak Creek shortly after midnight Tuesday. Oak Creek and…
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Jerome Baier, 83, is accused of killing James Ruland, who vanished while moving out of their Ripon-area farmhouse in 1995.…
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A 22-year-old Mount Pleasant woman faces a felony homicide charge after a man was struck and killed near Hubbard and Wisconsin…
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A Delafield resident sent $15,000 in Bitcoin after a caller falsely claimed to be a Waukesha County sheriff’s deputy threatening…
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A late-night pursuit began over an unbelted passenger and ended when the vehicle plunged about 100 feet into Lake Como. Four…
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The Milwaukee Police Department has adopted rules for possible generative AI use while evaluating whether the technology belongs…
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Milwaukee County has opened the Phoenix Residential Apartments near 52nd Street and Meinecke Avenue, adding 31 units with more…
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Racine police are investigating a fatal shooting reported shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday near 12th Street and S. Memorial Drive.…
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Whitefish Bay police are investigating separate encounters involving girls ages 8 and 16 who were approached by a man asking…
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Weekend rainfall totaling just over 4 inches caused flooding across Oak Creek, closing four road sections. Two reopened by…
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Southeast Wisconsin will see mostly cloudy skies, scattered drizzle and temperatures in the low 60s Monday. Strong lake winds…
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Milwaukee’s Community Collaborative Commission is drawing on Baltimore’s community-policing framework as it nears completion of…