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The Origins of Milwaukee’s Oktoberfest and How to Celebrate this Fall

In the '60s it took a mayor a plane across the ocean. This year it takes you $7. Milwaukee Oktoberfest didn't start in a beer tent. It started when Mayor Henry Maier flew to Munich, drank and ate with strangers across long wooden tables, and came home determined to build a similar event in his city, Milwaukee. That pla
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Derse Breaks Ground on New Wisconsin Headquarters

Derse broke ground Thursday, Aug. 27, on a 300,000-square-foot global headquarters and client experience center in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, advancing the largest single investment in the company’s history. The facility at 10300 South Oakview Parkway is scheduled to open in November 2027. More than 225 employees will work
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Heat Index Near 100 as September Starts With Summerlike Heat

Milwaukee weather stays hot and humid through midweek. Storm Team 4 is tracking scattered rain chances and a more widespread round of storms late in the week.
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North Avenue Turns Romance Capital as 80 Authors Descend on Milwaukee

Romance readers are about to take over North Avenue again. The second annual From Milwaukee With Love festival runs Sept. 10 through 13, bringing four days of author panels, book crawls, meet-and-greets, and themed parties to Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, with organizers expecting an even bigger turnout than last year's ina
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Man accused of fleeing 97 mph pursuit, leaving injured 1-year-old in crashed SUV

FOX POINT, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A 32-year-old Kenosha man is facing five charges after prosecutors say he led police on a pursuit reaching 97 mph before crashing in Fox Point and leaving his injured 1-year-old son inside the vehicle. Steven Pokorny is charged with fleeing an officer causing property...
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TMJ4 investigation reveals more than 4,100 shootings happened near Mke schools

A TMJ4 investigation found more than 4,100 shootings occurred within 500 yards of Milwaukee-area schools between 2017 and 2025.
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Panda Express Worker Goes Viral After Standing on a Fryer. Then Health Officials Get...

A viral video from a Panda Express in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has drawn widespread criticism after customer and TikTok creator Paul Finger (@wardrogewinter) filmed an employee standing directly above an active fryer while another worker continued preparing food below. Finger’s footage shows the employee climbing ont
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‘Snitch on me, I’m going to get on that’: Senior living worker who shoved...

A Wisconsin woman who worked at a senior care facility as a caregiver is headed to prison for shoving a 76-year-old resident so hard she broke her femur — an injury that later led to her death due to a "complication," according to local officials. Abrianna Clark, 28, was found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide
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Milwaukee apartment fire near 60th and Oklahoma, no injuries

MILWAUKEE - Firefighters responded to the scene of an apartment building fire near 60th and Oklahoma in Milwaukee on Tuesday morning, Sept. 1. According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, crews responded to the scene shortly after 4 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters found an eight-unit apartment building with a fire in th
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A new chapter: South Side family celebrates adoption of four children after closing their...

A home on Milwaukee’s South Side is now complete as McKenna and Celia Olson expanded their family by adopting four children. The adoption closed a chapter in their journey as foster parents with the Wellpoint Care Network. McKenna and her wife, Celia, closed their license as foster parents in...

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