West Allis announces a leadership workshop series in collaboration with the Community Impact Partnership and Foundation for spring 2026, aiming to enhance leadership skills and address community issues.

A 5-year-old child is in life-threatening condition after a vehicle struck a tree near 24th and Fond du Lac late Thursday. Police suspect speed and the driver was arrested.

Pitmaster Jack Holt's Smokin' Jack's opened at 2311 N. Murray Ave on Milwaukee's East Side, serving slow‑smoked brisket, rib tips, sandwiches and a cocktail program.

A Metro Drug Unit raid in Racine recovered large amounts of cocaine, crack and marijuana. One person was arrested and a second suspect is wanted.

Wisconsin faces severe cold with temperatures and wind chills reaching dangerously low levels, prompting advisories from the National Weather Service.

A 15-year-old pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide in the June Hampton Avenue convenience-store shooting. Sentencing is scheduled for March 27.

Milwaukee implements emergency measures, including warming shelters like Washington Park Senior Center, to protect residents amid severe cold weather.

Precious Cruse was sentenced to 111 months in prison for defrauding Medicaid of over $780,000 in a scheme targeting at-risk pregnant women and children.

The Wisconsin DNR report highlights the state's food waste problem in landfills and outlines strategies to cut waste by 50% by 2030, with a need for increased composting and digestion infrastructure.

An apartment ceiling collapsed in Milwaukee, displacing a family who say the building had no heat. City inspectors and tenant resources are now involved.

A warrant is out for a Pewaukee roofer accused of taking payments from seven customers and leaving jobs unfinished, prosecutors say.

Janesville has declared a winter weather emergency, requiring residents to remove vehicles from streets by 9 p.m. Tuesday for snow plowing until 8 a.m. Thursday. Noncompliance will result in a $50 fine.

Kenosha County provides details on how eligible voters can request and cast absentee ballots for the Spring Primary Election, with options for online, mail, and in-person voting.