Stories you might have missed from across Wisconsin. South Milwaukee: Chainsaw artist creates life-sized :South Milwaukee Sam”. Unless you live in South Milwaukee, you might not know that the city has a mascot, and an unusual one at that. “South Milwaukee Sam”, a Sasquatch is the city’s mascot and Sam is being immortalized by a local chainsaw artist for a permanent display in the city. Joel Asplin is a South Milwaukee resident, history teacher and founder of Chisel point Enterprises. He was contracted by the city to carve Sam’s likeness, which according to reporting in the Journal Sentinel, will stand six feet tall and be 28 inches around. He is creating the carving in front of his house so people can see the progress. Asplin said he spoke with Mayor Jim Shelenske in 2023 about possibly doing a carving event during a city function. Early this year, Asplin got a call from the mayor asking if he’d carve the city’s new mascot. Asplin said he’d donate a portion of the price and the city agreed to pay the remainder through part of a grant. The Common Council approved the project which is expected to be finished this month and reside under the Bucyrus Commons pavilion near the bronze Reggie “Da Crusher” Lisowski statue. Full Story.