Milwaukee WI

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) - Starting on May 9, food trucks operating in the downtown Milwaukee area will be forced to close at 10 p.m., three hours earlier than when they are currently required to close. An ordinance passed by the Common Council and signed by Mayor Cavalier Johnson aims to...

For many families in the United States, owning a home remains the clearest path to building long-term wealth. In Milwaukee, a benevolent investment is aiming to make that path more accessible, starting in one of the city’s historic neighborhoods. The Northwestern Mutual Foundation is pledging more than $3 million...

2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for a lot of Milwaukee restaurants. Aside from the Michelin committee announcing its presence in the city, there are lots of new places opening throughout the area, with new and interesting concepts. But many restaurants are also struggling with higher prices...

A Milwaukee father is heading behind bars for the death of his young son. Court records show Ralph Taylor Jr. was recently sentenced to life in prison after his four-year-old was shot and killed at their home last July. Investigators wrote that there was an argument inside the home where...

Descendants and advocates are sounding the alarm after what they describe as widespread sinking and collapse of graves at the Milwaukee County Grounds Cemetery in Wauwatosa following recent flooding. Volunteers and family members walking the site say they are finding uneven turf, deep holes and long rows of slumped soil that make the cemetery hazardous for visitors and researchers. The worst damage appears to...

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police are asking for the public's help to identify and locate a suspect wanted in connection to a shooting that happened at Villard and Hopkins late on Monday, Feb. 16. Suspect sought. What we know:. Officials say the shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. on that Monday. The...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) released body camera video Tuesday, from the fatal officer-involved shooting near 35th and National on April 13. Officers fatally shot a homicide suspect, identified as 31-year-old Nicholas Maslowski, after MPD says he exchanged gunfire with them during a pursuit. The police...

Milwaukee cyclists Alex and Ammar are navigating dangerous roads and costly repairs as the city's Department of Public Works receives over 5,000 pothole reports.

Frustrated customers at several private parking lots in downtown Milwaukee are warning about predatory fines issued just minutes after they paid for parking.

Riverwest’s Centro Café (808 E. Center St.) – open for 17 years – has announced that it is closed. Not closing, but closed. When a restaurant shutters, we lose a part of our collective dining unconscious. And that unconscious has really taken a beating in the last year.