Community-led efforts to combat grocery store closures grow
As grocery stores continue to close across Milwaukee, multiple organizations are working to keep Milwaukeeans fed. In the last year, several Pick ‘n Saves, an Aldi and a Sentry store all closed. This followed a string of Walgreens closures and a Walmart closing. Most of the stores that closed were on the city’s North...
Racine Rocked as Cree Lighting Pulls Plug on Sturtevant Plant, 172 Jobs Gone
Cree Lighting is shutting down its Racine-area manufacturing plant, a move that will idle about 172 employees and bring an abrupt end to months of on-again, off-again production at the Sturtevant site. It is the most severe job cut yet after a run of operational pauses that have left workers and vendors stuck waiting...
Palermo’s Turbocharges West Milwaukee Plant To Chase Bigger Pizza Payday
Palermo’s is cranking up the heat in West Milwaukee, betting that a new production facility can push the family-owned company far beyond its frozen-pizza comfort zone and deeper into restaurant-style dough and food-service deals. With specialized lines and an on-site innovation center, executives say the plant is...
‘Stick to what’s relevant’: Timothy Olson repeatedly admonished while on the stand in his...
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The man accused of kidnapping a woman and robbing her after meeting on a dating app took the stand in his own trial Friday, March 13. Timothy Olson is representing himself and testified in his own defense. But Olson's behavior in court again made waves. As...
Daddy was upset at Mommy: Man left little daughter to find deceased mother ‘soaked...
Milwaukee bus driver Montrell Pharm, 53, was sentenced to two years in prison (concurrent) plus three years supervision for killing 79-year-old Robert Clemons on Christmas Day 2024. Driving the Milwaukee County Transit System bus, Pharm fell asleep at the wheel after grueling 14-hour shifts, veering into a bike lane,...
This Beautifully Bizarre Wisconsin Restaurant Is Like Nowhere Else On Earth
If you think finding parking in downtown Milwaukee is challenging, wait until you try finding the actual entrance to SafeHouse. This espionage-themed restaurant takes the concept of “hidden gem” to a whole new level by literally hiding itself from plain sight. Let’s start with the obvious question: why...
Milwaukee police: Homicide victim found with apparent stab wounds
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police are investigating a homicide on the city's north side after a person was found dead from apparent stab wounds on Friday, March 13. The 41-year-old victim was found dead near 37th and Townsend. MPD said it was reported around 4:15 p.m. What led to the homicide...
New Chinese restaurant featuring hibachi dishes opens in Germantown
A new locally-owned Chinese restaurant opened in Germantown at the beginning of March. UNII Dumpling & Buffet features Chinese food favorites, including veggie, chicken, New York steak, shrimp and scallop hibachis; boba tea beverages and dumplings, according to its online menu. It also has a daily buffet that...
‘Have I hit a person?’: Bus driver who was asleep when he hit and...
A Wisconsin bus driver will spend two years in prison for falling asleep and killing a septuagenarian pedestrian on Christmas Day. In late January, Montrell Pharm, 53, pleaded no contest to one count each of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle and reckless driving causing great bodily harm, court records show.
19-year-old seriously injured in Milwaukee road rage shooting
A 19-year-old was seriously injured Friday evening in a road rage shooting on Milwaukee's northwest side.
