Milwaukee WI

Eastbrook Academy in Milwaukee has been named a state and national School of Character — one of just three schools in Wisconsin to earn the honor this year and only the 17th in state history.

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- West Allis officers arrested a 25-year-old man from Milwaukee after a chase and crash Wednesday evening, April 29. Police say that around 6 p.m. Wednesday, an officer saw a black Mercedes without a front license plate and an illegal side window tint make an abrupt turn from W. Mitchell onto S. 60th.

Kenosha and Milwaukee schools have installed metal detectors after recent gun incidents and calls for increased school security, but some parents say the money could be better spent.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Some Milwaukee leaders are pushing back against a new plan to have people bag up leaves in the fall, instead of ranking them off to the curb. This all stems back to recent flooding, with many blaming the uncollected leaves for clogging street drains. Now, two...

WAUWATOSA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A cemetery in Wauwatosa is raising new concerns after flooding left significant damage behind, and those connected to the site say they are still waiting on Milwaukee County to step in. From above, Milwaukee County Grounds Cemetery 3 looks like an open field. But on...

MILWAUKEE - Firefighters responded to the scene of an apartment building fire on Fond du Lac Avenue near Bourbon Street in Milwaukee on Friday morning, May 1. According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, crews responded to the scene shortly before 3 a.m. Upon arrival, they found fire on the first and second floors.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – A former Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District employee alleges the organization’s operator knowingly reduces wastewater treatment capacity during rainstorms, leading to more untreated water being dumped into Lake Michigan and surrounding waters than necessary. The employee, identified as Steve Jacquart, is now working with Milwaukee-area community...

A Johnson Creek man is accused of trafficking a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student for months, collecting thousands of dollars from her.

Rooftop solar just got a higher profile in Milwaukee as Mayor Cavalier Johnson used the Milwaukee Police Department's District Three station on Wednesday to roll out a renewed push for homegrown clean energy. The station, which recently added solar panels to its own roof, doubled as a backdrop and a case study for the city's latest Grow Solar campaign, a program designed to make...

A Saturday morning traffic stop in Germantown turned suddenly serious when a police officer was exposed to a substance believed to be fentanyl, leading to an emergency Narcan treatment and a precautionary trip to the hospital. Two people were arrested, and officers seized suspected cocaine, fentanyl and drug paraphernalia from the vehicle. The officer was treated with Narcan, released from the hospital, and has...