Milwaukee WI

This story was produced and republished by Wisconsin Watch and WPR. Cars filled the small parking lot outside of Milwaukee’s Cross Lutheran Church on a recent Monday afternoon. The church’s pews sat empty, but downstairs visitors waited around folding tables. Not to hear a sermon, but to see a volunteer physician.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A local organization is helping make sure kids have something under the tree this Christmas. The Southeast Wisconsin Freemasons held a 'Toys for Tots' Drive at the Marine Corp Reserve Center. Members carried truckloads of brand-new gifts, which were donated from a number of groups in...

MILWAUKEE - Since 1976, the Jewish Community Pantry has provided emergency food to those in need. And it's carrying on that mission today – serving more than 26,000 customers this year. Heidi Gould, the director of the Jewish Community Pantry, and Melody McCurtis, deputy director of Metcalfe Park Community...

Sometimes the right tool for the job is whatever is within arm's reach, like a utility knife that's always in your pocket. While Milwaukee is most known for its wide array of M12 and M18 power tools, the company also makes some great hand tools, including this Milwaukee multi-function utility knife.

DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The sheriff's office says a 48-year-old Brookfield woman has died after a crash in Dodge County Wednesday morning, Dec. 10. Deputies responded to State Highway 49 near County Highway YY just before 8:30 a.m. in the township of Leroy. According to an initial investigation,...

Doctors told a 17-year-old from St. Francis that she will completely lose her hearing soon. So she created a bucket list of sounds that she wants to hear before she can't anymore.

As crews demolished a strip mall in Brown Deer to make way for new development, they unknowingly unleashed a flood of memories as the former Treasure Island facade was exposed. Treasure Island was a large discount retailer with an infamous roof. The unique style was designed by a Milwaukee architecture...

The lawsuit, filed by parents of three MPS elementary students, claims a former paraprofessional forced their children into the boiler room and barricaded the door when students misbehaved.

A new vision for passenger rail is on track in southeastern Wisconsin. The MARK Passenger Rail Commission held its inaugural meeting on December 5, 2025, at Racine City Hall.

A community of firefighters rallied to help one of their own when 83-year-old Chaplain Ralph Modjeska needed assistance after a recent leg amputation.