What you need to know about MCTS bus service cuts
During a Milwaukee County Committee of Transportation and Transit meeting on Dec. 3, Milwaukee County Transit System officials discussed their plans to save several routes and same-day paratransit, and delay eliminating sections of other routes. MCTS expects to use a $4.78 million county budget amendment and an...
2025 Holiday Train stopping in Wauwatosa on Wednesday, Dec. 10
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - As part of the 2025 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train tour across the U.S., the train will stop in Wauwatosa Village on Wednesday, Dec. 10. The train, which is decked out in dazzling holiday decorations and thousands of lights, will put on a live musical show during its stop, all to benefit local food...
Milwaukee County ‘Shop with a Cop’ tradition continues for 19th year
MILWAUKEE - Sheriff's deputies and police officers came together to help local children for the 19th annual Milwaukee County "Shop with a Cop" on Saturday. Organizers said Shop with a Cop is a full day of fun, festivities, feasting and shopping. More than four dozen local law enforcement officers teamed up with kids...
More frigid weather is on the way
Feels-like temperatures are expected to briefly improve on Saturday.
Milwaukee police chase, teen charged again after crash victim dies
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee teen, already serving prison time for a police chase that happened last summer, is now accused of reckless homicide after a person died from injuries sustained in a crash that ended that chase. Teen charged again. In Court:. Prosecutors charged Jaylen Lock, who was 16 years...
Milwaukee shooting near 35th and Pierce; 2 wounded
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police say two people were shot and wounded near 35th and Pierce on the city's south side on Sunday evening, Dec. 7. Officials said the shooting happened around 7 p.m. Sunday. Two people, ages 19 and 35, suffered gunshot wounds and were taken to a hospital for...
Milwaukee’s Pomona Cider Co. is closing
Dec. 12 β Live music: Hootenanny Delux. As I wrote in this post, Pomona was originally planned as a second tasting room for Door Countyβs Island Orchard Cider in Ellison Bay. That company purchased the building in January 2020, but plans were stalled by the pandemic. When work...
Chicago Suspect Nabbed In $263K Waukesha ATM ‘Jackpot’ Spree
A 26-year-old Chicago man is accused of pulling off a fast, high-dollar run of ATM "jackpotting" hits across Waukesha County and nearby Milwaukee suburbs, walking away with roughly $263,000 in cash in a single day, according to prosecutors. Court filings name the suspect as Edison Landaeta Martinez. He faces three...
Santa Rampage! Bikers ride around Milwaukee dressed as holiday icons π π»ππ
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Santa Cycle Rampage returned to Milwaukee Saturday morning, Dec. 6. The holiday-themed costume bike ride is a 13-mile, slow rolling holiday party!. It features more than 2,000 riders dressed as Santa, Mrs. Claus, reindeer, elves, the Grinch and more!. βItβs the Worldβs Largest Winter...
Man killed in snowmobile crash in Grundy County, Illinois
A Milwaukee man was killed in a snowmobile crash in Morris, Illinois this weekend.

















