Wisconsin Weather Alert March 5-11: 2–4 Inches of Rain May Impact I-94 and I-43
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Residents across Wisconsin should prepare now for a prolonged stretch of wet weather March 5-11 that could create water-covered roads and rising rivers statewide. According to the...
Stolen Jeep Carnage on Galena Street: Milwaukee Driver Gets 20 Years
A Milwaukee driver who tore through city streets in a stolen Jeep has been ordered to spend 20 years in prison, followed by 12 years of extended supervision, for a 2024 police chase that ended in a deadly crash at North 20th Street and West Galena Avenue. The collision killed 60-year-old Clarence Bibbins and left a...
A Walk Down Milwaukee’s Historic Walnut Street
It was a warm afternoon in the summer of 1948 when four young women took a leisurely stroll down Walnut Street. They were headed west near Eighth Street, enjoying cups of ice cream that might have been scooped at any one of four parlors within two blocks of them. Walnut...
Armored Cops Swarm Quiet Menomonee Falls Block, Lock Down Hummingbird Way
A normally quiet Menomonee Falls cul-de-sac turned into something out of a police drama early Thursday when heavily armed officers and armored vehicles rolled into the Hummingbird Way neighborhood for a search warrant operation. Neighbors reported seeing tactical trucks, a large number of marked squad cars and...
Milwaukee police officer charged with using Flock cameras to keep tabs on girlfriend
A Milwaukee police officer has been charged with one count of attempted misconduct in public office for allegedly using Flock cameras to surveil his girlfriend and her ex-boyfriend for two months in the spring of 2025. Josue Ayala is suspended and negotiating a resignation from the Milwaukee Police Department. If...
Empire Garage Collapse Has Milwaukee Cracking Down On Parking Owners
Milwaukee officials, rattled by a partial collapse in a downtown apartment garage in January, are moving to put parking structure owners on a much shorter leash. A Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee has advanced an ordinance that would force owners to hire independent engineers for regular structural...
Milwaukee man sentenced to 15 years behind bars in death of 4-year-old
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee man has been sentenced in the fatal shooting of a 4-year-old girl. Forty-two-year-old Anthony Brookshire will serve 15 years in prison and an additional seven years of extended supervision. Judge David Borowski gave him the sentence Wednesday, Feb 25. “You’re a multiple-time felon,...
19-year-old to serve life in prison for killing 15-year-old boy at Milwaukee bus stop
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Emotions ran very high in court Thursday afternoon, Feb. 26, as a 19-year-old man was sentenced for shooting and killing 15-year-old Nelson Lopez-Correa. Christian Martin escaped to Iowa before being arrested there, and a Wisconsin jury convicted him in December. During Thursday's sentencing...
The Wicked Hop addresses concerns after cockroach discovery prompts closure
The Wicked Hop has been temporarily closed after the City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) had found dead and live cockroaches during an inspection on Wednesday.
Motel stabbing near Milwaukee Mitchell airport; 2 charged
MILWAUKEE - What was supposed to be a meeting to exchange drugs for sex led to a stabbing on Milwaukee's south side, according to prosecutors. Court records show 22-year-old Ashton De Leon of Oklahoma City and 27-year-old Teria Martin of Forth Worth, Texas are charged in the case. They are being held in the Milwaukee...
