Technicians who relocated for Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant data center say they were cut after weeks on the job; Microsoft says the roles were short-term contractor work. Local leaders point to long-term investments but the human cost is immediate.

Court records and a jail call allege Bonnie Blackwell shot and killed Charley Collins after an argument over delivered food near 22nd and Locust.

Snow moves into Milwaukee late morning Saturday, February 28, 2026. Most areas should get 1–2 inches; an isolated band could top 3 inches.

A routine traffic stop in Oak Creek this week turned up meth, fentanyl, cocaine, a stolen license plate and suspected retail‑theft goods; four people were arrested.

The Wicked Hop was ordered to stop regulated food sales after inspectors found live cockroaches in its kitchen and dead roaches in a shared basement. The bar is working with pest control while MHD reinspects.

Thermometers and teacher logs show MPS classrooms topping the 80s and 90s as aging boilers and failing controls pile up into a costly HVAC backlog. Short-term fans help, but full fixes will take big capital dollars.

Rep. Sylvia Ortiz‑Velez was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct after prosecutors say she threatened a fellow lawmaker over a Hispanic Heritage Month resolution; she denies the allegation.

Two Wisconsin Republicans circulated a Feb. 23 memo proposing the death penalty for certain child sex crimes, with DNA ties and automatic Supreme Court review. The move faces steep legal and political hurdles.

Yaskawa is assembling an 800,000+ sq ft campus in Franklin that will manufacture industrial robots domestically, bringing a roughly $180M investment and hundreds of jobs.

After a Jan. 7 parking‑floor collapse at the Empire Building, Milwaukee aldermen advanced an ordinance to require third‑party structural inspections of parking structures.

UW and Princeton simulations map fallout scenarios and show Wisconsin at risk. The work arrives after New START expired on Feb. 5, 2026, renewing arms‑control concerns.

Oversight commissioners and community groups want Milwaukee police to make problem‑oriented policing a formal policy to tackle persistent neighborhood problems.

The state will tear down five aging buildings at the Northern Wisconsin Center this year, clearing nearly 80 acres for a possible National Guard readiness center or other reuse.