The South Milwaukee School Board voted to dissolve its deal to buy the old Cudahy YMCA after a facilities review put repairs near $13M; trustees say taxes and community feedback drove the choice.

Parents and students packed a Mukwonago school board meeting after a proposal surfaced to end 4th- and 5th-grade band and orchestra as sixth-graders shift to a new middle school.

A 17-year-old faces an armed robbery charge after prosecutors say a Facebook Marketplace iPad sale on Jan. 18 ended with the seller threatened at knifepoint.

Milwaukee Police seek public help to solve a December homicide, looking for a white GMC Acadia related to the crime.

Milwaukee faces light snow and extreme cold, with a Winter Weather Advisory and Cold Weather Advisory in effect due to snow accumulations and dangerous wind chills reaching -26 degrees.

Gale Klappa will retire from WEC's board after May's annual meeting and be named chairman emeritus as CEO Scott Lauber is expected to take the chair.

Dashcam and bodycam footage shows the July 2025 high‑speed chase and shootout that followed the Shorewood killing of Victoria Truss.

A blown transformer left about 15 South Milwaukee homes without power and heat; We Energies crews replaced the unit in roughly three hours amid dangerous wind chills.

A Milwaukee judge sentenced Shirley Hill to 25 years after she admitted she ran over and killed Mamadou Bamba following a January 2025 argument. The case hinged on surveillance video and a criminal complaint.

A Northwest Side tavern will be shut for 15 days after aldermen tied a string of fights and a linked off‑premises fatal shooting to the business. The closure runs Feb. 6–20.

Urban Beets announced it will close its Brown Deer café this Saturday, ending the chain's last local outpost. Owners say they'll keep regular hours through the final week.

A Milwaukee jury convicted former gas station guard William Pinkin of first-degree intentional homicide in the 2023 shooting of Isaiah Allen. The case now moves into a mental-disease phase.

A three-vehicle collision occurred early Thursday morning, resulting in one injury and traffic rerouting; Kansasville Fire & Rescue and Kenosha deputies responded to the scene.