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A 16-year-old boy was shot Monday night on Milwaukee’s north side in the 3600 block of North Port Washington Avenue, then taken to a local hospital with injuries police described as non-life-threatening. Milwaukee police say detectives are working the case, and by late evening the street was partly wrapped in yellow...

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The start of April also means the start of earth month and local leaders are committed to keeping our hometowns green. In Milwaukee, County Executive David Crowley signed a bill that focuses on promoting clean energy and combating climate change. Crowley says he is proud of...

Vliet Street just lost a daytime staple. Lisa Kaye Bistro, the Near West Side restaurant opened by chef Lisa McKay in fall 2024, has closed its brick-and-mortar space at 3801 W. Vliet St. McKay is now hunting for a new home for the bistro while keeping her catering business and youth-focused culinary programs...

The long-running fight over conditions inside the Milwaukee County Jail has boiled over again. The ACLU of Wisconsin and the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee are asking a Milwaukee County judge to hold the county in contempt, arguing the jail still is not living up to a 2001 court-ordered consent decree. County...

MILWAUKEE - Rising food costs and grocery store closures are among the list of challenges neighbors on Milwaukee's north side have been battling. Inside the Silver Spring emergency food pantry, you can hear the sound of shopping carts being filled with fresh food. Families on the city's north side are able to sort...

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee County jury found Brandon Smith guilty on Wednesday, April 1, of killing his brother inside a home near 47th and Stark in February 2025. Smith was found guilty of first-degree reckless homicide. Smith is now scheduled to be sentenced on June 5. Case details. The backstory:

What was supposed to be a youth anti-violence summit in Milwaukee ended up producing the kind of headline that writes itself, and not in a good way.

There’s a new concept coming to Bay View from the minds that brought you Slingshot Bar, Axe MKE and all of the game-based activities at The New Fashioned. Get ready for full-contact fun at Spar Bar, the world’s first bar concept to combine drinking and life-size Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots-style action.

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