Body-camera video shows a Milwaukee mother pleading for help hours before prosecutors say her daughter beat her to death. Records show years of runs to the home and failed interventions.

The Roots will headline Summerfest's BMO Pavilion on June 25. Reserved seating tickets are set to go on sale Jan. 30.

A new City of Milwaukee assessment pegs average life expectancy at about 74 years, but warns that overdoses, gun violence and racial disparities still cost many residents decades of life. The report pairs local data with residents’ voices to pinpoint where progress has stalled.

City leaders say Cudahy faces a $1M‑plus gap in the 2026 budget and could either add a wheel tax or cut services and staffing to balance the books.

Greenfield officials advanced a plan to add a new Loomis Crossing technology park, moving a multi‑building business campus closer to construction and city approval.

A suspicious device near the Target at Deer Trace Shopping Center triggered a partial evacuation Saturday; explosive ordnance teams removed the item and police are investigating.

A Saturday night shooting inside a Sheboygan home left a 19-year-old dead and an 18-year-old injured. Police say suspects fled and are asking anyone with information to call 920-459-3333.

A Waukesha security‑business owner and former county correctional officer was charged this week with three counts of first‑degree sexual assault of a child, per court papers. Local reporting outlines allegations and the evidence investigators say they found.

A 29-year-old Milwaukee mother of two was found shot dead in a motel room; police say a man is in custody as investigators probe the killing. The medical examiner has preliminarily ruled the death a homicide.

A planned five‑story office at 350 S. Water St. would include a riverside walkway that wouldn’t immediately connect to Milwaukee’s public Riverwalk, raising access questions.

Milwaukee faces a Winter Weather Advisory with hazardous travel conditions due to snow accumulation, according to the National Weather Service warnings.

WisDOT is constructing new noise barriers along I-894 in Milwaukee to reduce highway noise, causing long-term ramp closures and affecting commutes until summer 2026.

WisDOT commences construction of three noise barriers along I-894 in Milwaukee County, causing traffic disruptions and ramp closures with a project timeline from mid-July 2025 to the subsequent summer.