Milwaukee WI

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Milwaukee firefighters rescued a man early Saturday morning after he fell from a bridge into a river. According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, first responders were called shortly after 4:15 a.m. to the area of West Seeboth Street for a report of a person in the water.

Underground Tavern, the Brady Street bar at 1239 E. Brady St. in Milwaukee, is shutting its doors for good on October 8. The closure comes less than eight months after the business rebranded from its original incarnation as WurstBar, and just five years after it first opened under that name in 2021.

MILWAUKEE — Three teenage Milwaukee brothers are using youth sports to encourage their teammates and peers to support local nonprofit organizations. Luke, Jack and Brady McMahon started the Triple Impact Initiative roughly a year ago to give back to the community. The effort connects youth athletics with service projec

On this episode of What’s On Tap with Sandy Maxx, discover what’s happening around Milwaukee and Wisconsin this fall, from food and cultural celebrations to an exciting new theater production. Take a look inside Milwaukee history with the Pabst Mansion’s special Illuminating the Dark tours. The candlelit experience...

RIVERWEST, Wis.–Local businesses and homes kick off the Halloween celebrations with the 3rd annual Riverwest Radio Ghost Walk. The self-guided walk features 20 locations across the Riverwest neighborhood; each spot is hauntingly decorated and includes a matching scary story. “I ​guess ​people ​would ​say ​it’s ​an ​art

Milwaukee County’s long-running courthouse plan transitioned from proposal to commitment on October 1, when the County Board approved moving forward with an $812 million renovation of the downtown Courthouse Complex. The vote gave formal direction to a project that had spent years in planning, design review, and public

On Thursday, August 27, 2026, Wire Capital Group broke ground on the future site of the Maritime Lofts on the long-vacant former Mirro Aluminum site. The former aluminum cookware plant was torn down in 2017 and the site at 1512 Washington Street has sat empty ever since. That was until January 2022, when Wire Capital G

The Milwaukee County Board voted to remove Flock cameras from its parks Thursday night. Passed unanimously, the resolution also permits the county to replace the controversial cameras with more conventional security cameras. It’s not clear  how the new cameras would be paid for. Supv. Justin Bielinski, who authored the

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Graduations can mark the end of one journey and the start of another. This morning, after weeks of training, more than a dozen people graduated from Milwaukee Area Technical College to begin their new careers as correctional officers. Twenty-three names were read out loud Friday...

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Police Department is searching for two missing children, 11-year-old Jayonni Williams and 12-year-old Dimontrell Buchanan. Williams is described as a black male, 5’3”, 85lbs, with black hair, and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, off-white pants, and white shoes.