Milwaukee WI

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Public works officials are facing blowback over newly announced changes to how the city will collect leaves from people's homes. One alderman said if the Department of Public Works (DPW) doesn't reverse course on its plans, he hopes the Common Council will take that into consideration when setting the department's next budget.

MEQUON, Wis. (WMTV) - Ariel Spillner, the DeForest High School graduate and pharmacy student at Concordia University, who was killed in Milwaukee last November, was awarded a posthumous degree at the university’s commencement Friday. Spillner’s nieces, Kayleigh and Addison, were invited onstage to accept the doctoral degree on their...

MILWAUKEE - UPDATE: Milwaukee police said the 16-year-old and her 1-month-old baby, reported critically missing on Friday, have been found safe. The original missing person's notice is available below. The Milwaukee Police Department asked for the public's help to find critically missing 16-year-old Neeh’Vajah Montgomery-Greer and her 1-month-old daughter, A'Mya...

MILWAUKEE — A major weekend closure is planned on the south side of the Mitchell Interchange, beginning Friday night and lasting into early Monday morning, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. State DOT spokesman Eric Hanson says the closure begins at 9 p.m. Friday, May 1 and is...

Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) launched its first student-operated food truck, 414 ATE, at Bay View High School (2751 S. Lenox St.). The food truck will be operated by Bay View High School students, through the school’s successful culinary arts program under the direction of educator Ann Marie Sims. MPS...

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man is charged with several felonies after prosecutors said he fled police and caused a crash involving a bus on the city's far northwest side in April. In court:. Court records show 23-year-old Phillip Brookshire made his initial appearance on April 30, and a commissioner set...

Isaac Solis knows all too well how taking a pill bought off the street can lead to tragedy. His son Isaac Solis Jr., known as “Bubba,” died in 2019 after taking what he thought was the prescription drug Percocet. Instead, it was a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl,...

May is finally here which means our wild month of weather in April has officially gone into the record books, and plenty of records were broken! Rain and storms were the big story in April. We have known for the last few weeks that it would be the wettest April on record but now we know exactly what that number is. 9.49" is what...

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 14-year-old boy who authorities say stole a car and may be in the Milwaukee area. Sleva Mason was last seen by staff at his residential treatment facility on Thursday around 7:30 p.m., where he made concerning statements to staff prior to walking away.

MILWAUKEE - The Fisher House on the Milwaukee VA campus celebrated on Friday, May 1, its 10-year anniversary with an open house. A news release says the Milwaukee VA Fisher House opened its doors on April 23, 2016, as a "home away from home" for families of veteran and active-duty military patients who are hospitalized and/or undergoing treatment at the Milwaukee VA...