Milwaukee has moved to start foreclosing on and tearing down long-blighted Riverwest properties after years of complaints and unpaid taxes. Neighbors and a nearby youth center welcomed the action.

Hartford police warn callers posing as utility workers are pressuring residents and businesses with threats of immediate electric shutoffs; verify accounts with official numbers.

Milwaukee Public Schools accepted 50 electric buses Monday as the start of a 150-bus rollout meant to cut diesel costs and clean the air around schools.

An 18‑year‑old Milwaukee man was sentenced to five years after a 2024 high‑speed chase crash left a driver paralyzed and later dead; the victim’s family is pushing for pursuit reforms.

Superior Crane broke ground on a new 31,324-sq-ft building at Wilmont Drive, with plans that include a 122‑foot apron to handle oversized crane shipments.

Woodsonia filed updated plans to lift Riverside Landing’s residential total to 178 units beside a planned 128,000‑sf Target; village records show TIF support and a mid‑2026 timeline.

The Board of Regents unanimously approved renaming UW‑Stout to University of Wisconsin–Stout Polytechnic, a move officials say highlights the campus’s applied‑learning mission and employer ties.

A judge pushed the trial for the man accused in the death of Tomitka Stewart — a Milwaukee mother of 10 — into 2027, prolonging a case that has drawn family and city attention.

A filing shows the Estabrook beer-garden team wants to open a seasonal Red Arrow Beer Garden at 920 N. Water St., possibly as soon as July, pending permits. The plan would keep the plaza active through winter months under a short-term agreement.

A fire at Emerald Park Landfill in Muskego sent smoke across Muskego and Franklin Wednesday evening; Muskego police confirmed crews were on scene and the cause is unknown.

Generac has secured a major hyperscaler supply agreement and will scale factories in Sussex, Beaver Dam and Oshkosh to meet rising demand for large generators. The move follows a roughly $600M notice‑to‑proceed and lifts Wisconsin manufacturing capacity.

Hunger Task Force officials say rising rents are pushing more working families in Milwaukee to food pantries, swelling monthly visits and stretching volunteer-run sites. Local programs are expanding summer meals as need climbs.

Milwaukee’s council voted 15‑0 to let the city attorney hire outside counsel as federal agents contact local election officials over the 2020 vote. The move gives the city flexibility to bring in specialized lawyers and experts.