A five-alarm fire at a Milwaukee U-Haul storage facility resulted in a large-scale firefighting effort, with no injuries reported despite harsh conditions and a partially collapsed roof.

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.

A Milwaukee man, Cameron Summers, pleaded guilty to creating over 400 false tax returns, causing IRS losses over $1.1 million. He faces up to 3 years in prison per count.

Ex-Milwaukee nurse Troy Schaden was sentenced to 6.5 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography, including material involving infants and toddlers.

A 21-year-old Milwaukee man was charged after a Jan. 10 shooting that left two dead and a teen wounded; prosecutors point to surveillance video and ballistics.

Hours of interrogation video and thousands of pages were released in the Nikita Casap case, showing crime‑scene images and new details ahead of his March sentencing.

Milwaukee police are searching for 24-year-old Rory Morgan, last heard from Wednesday evening near Astor Street and Land Place. Officers ask anyone with information to contact District 5.

A Milwaukee woman, Laquita Spears, faces multiple felony charges for an apartment fire that injured residents and required evacuations. This marks her third arson charge following convictions in 2015 and 2022.

Lance White is charged with the murder of Alicia Machnik, found shot at a Milwaukee motel. His claim that she asked to be killed was part of a troubled relationship history.

Keith Luko, 44, faces eight felony charges for allegedly setting fire to a Milwaukee apartment over a dispute about neighbors smoking marijuana, resulting in injuries and displacements.

An Ozaukee County jury found Miguel Aponte guilty of first‑degree homicide in the 2023 Grafton rental‑car killing. Sentencing is set for March.

A Dane County judge dismissed Ridglan Farms' extortion claim, saying activist pressure — though coercive — is protected speech as criminal and regulatory probes continue.

A Brookfield man faces a first-degree reckless homicide charge after a Jan. 13 shooting near 38th and North that left Patrick Kelly Davis dead.