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Dr. William Finlayson, one of the first Black physicians to practice medicine in Milwaukee hospitals, has died. He was 101 years old.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WSAW) - A plea hearing is scheduled for a former Greenheck Turner Community Center employee with child enticement charges. Online court records show Bennet Schmitz, 23, of Schofield, has a plea/sentencing hearing scheduled for July 16, 2026. Schmitz was charged with two counts of child enticement and o

FEMA representatives examined flood damage in Milwaukee County on May 5 as part of a joint preliminary damage assessment to see if the county qualifies for federal individual assistance. During this step, federal, state, tribal and local officials review and validate initial damage assessment information submitted befo

Drivers are cutting through a Brown Deer retirement community's parking lot to avoid construction at Teutonia and Sherman, alarming residents.

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting that wounded one person on Tuesday, May 12. The shooting happened at around 5:40 p.m. Police said the 42-year-old victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive. What we don't know:. What led to the shooting is not yet...

The FOP “is calling for an immediate review of policies governing inmate communication privileges within the Milwaukee County Jail, particularly in cases involving repeated violations and credible threats of violence.”. The Fraternal Order of Police – Milwaukee Cream City Lodge 8 is raising “serious concerns about the

The city's plan commission is set to consider a former home to a Walmart in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, becoming a data center.

Milwaukee resident Ace Vue was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and one count of injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle. The May 2025 incident involved Vue driving a red sedan the wrong way on...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- Two people from Milwaukee were arrested for allegedly sneaking drugs into the Oshkosh Correctional Institution. The case began when investigators from the Oshkosh Police Department's Vice and Narcotics Unit received information about contraband being smuggled into OCI. Prison officials and the VNU tea

Kemola, a new Nigerian restaurant from longtime Milwaukee caterer Mary Oluwakemi Akande, is set to open Saturday, May 16 at 8704 W. Brown Deer Road. The brick-and-mortar spot follows more than two decades of Akande’s catering work and aims to give locals a place to get jollof, pepper soup and other home-style dishes wi