A late‑year surge helped metro Milwaukee's exports rise 3.7% in 2025 to about $9.2 billion. Q4 strength was the key driver.

A Waukesha man is charged after allegedly setting his bed on fire; a competency evaluation and an April court date are now set.

A Wind Advisory starts overnight with gusts to around 45–55 mph and rain late Thursday. A colder storm may bring several inches of snow Saturday night into Sunday.

Milwaukee's Licenses Committee recommended denying a license for La Parrilla at 1724 W. Mitchell St. after neighbors and aldermen raised party and daycare‑proximity concerns.

State investigators are probing a deputy-involved shooting in Green Valley after deputies found a man locked in a bathroom. One deputy fired and the man later died.

ICE agents re-arrested a Sheboygan Falls mother at a Milwaukee DHS check-in days after an immigration judge cleared a green-card path; her attorney calls the detention unnecessary.

A $50M overhaul of South Milwaukee’s former Bucyrus-Erie campus will add 134 apartments, including 76 affordable units, and a relocated Kelly Senior Center in 2027. Local leaders toured the active site as public funds flow in.

Mount Mary rolled out a 95‑credit 'Thrive in 3' program and the UW regents moved to allow 90‑credit proposals, opening the door to three‑year bachelor’s options and questions about quality.

A Milwaukee man was charged March 9 in a June hit-and-run that killed a motorcyclist. Police say he fled the scene and was arrested after a high‑speed pursuit.

A brush fire in southeast Kenosha County triggered precautionary evacuations and road closures near Bristol and Burlington; crews reported it largely under control by late afternoon.

Peregrine falcons have reclaimed nest boxes at four Wisconsin power plants and live nest‑cam streams are now showing the start of the breeding season.

An 18-year-old Rocky Rococo worker says a customer pepper-sprayed her through a drive-thru window last Wednesday; police have a report but the suspect remains at large.

Morning showers and gusty west winds hit Milwaukee Saturday; sunny Sunday and a wetter system returns Tuesday night. Expect gusts and lake advisories.