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  • 1 killed 1 critically injured in Milwaukee shootings

    A 23-year-old man is critically wounded and another man is dead following two separate shootings in Milwaukee Sunday night and Monday morning. Milwaukee police said the 23-year-old man was shot about 11:45 p.m. Sunday at N. 35th St. and W. Silver Spring Drive. He was taken to Froedtert Hospital. Police and the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office are still investigating a fatal ...

  • Explosion that leveled house investigated

    All that's left of the house is a huge pile of lumber and debris. Authorities say five other houses sustained damage, including Gary Streveler's home next door. Streveler tells WEAU-TV ...

  • Deadly early morning shooting

    MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office have gone to the scene of a deadly shooting. It happened at about 4:00 a.m. Monday on the 2500 block of West Glendale Avenue on Milwaukee's north side. There was no initial word on the status of any suspects or a motive for the ...

  • Whitnall High School student killed in bike crash

    NEW BERLIN - A Whitnall High School Student has died after she was hit by an SUV while riding her bike in New Berlin over the weekend. The 15-year-old girl from Greenfield was crossing South Sunny Slope Road just south of Greenfield Avenue Saturday evening when the SUV hit her. She was taken to the hospital, and she died there Sunday. Police say at this point it doesn't appear ...

  • Missing womans family asks public for help

    MILWAUKEE - This weekend was supposed to be joyous for Jessica Benson. She was set to graduate from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee. Instead, she's mysteriously disappeared and her family is pleading for help. "Her school was her first priority and her job was her second one," said Judy Beyer, her sister. It's for those reasons that Beyer is very concerned about ...

Movie Review

Clerks [Blu-Ray]

Clerks [Blu-Ray]

Despite the adoration of its legions of primarily twentysomething male fans, the simple fact is that Kevin Smiths feature debut Clerks is not a great movie. It is not even a particularly good movie. But, it is an exceedingly important movie that is crucial in defining the shifts in the Holl ... ...

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  • Wisconsin Presidential speculation around Scott Walker heats up as...

    Gov. Scott Walker is shown Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Madison, Wis. (Associated Press: Scott Bauer) n just a few days, Gov. Scott Walker will head to the heart of Iowa -- where the 2016 presidential race will likely begin -- and take center stage before that key state's Republican party faithful. But Walker, who developed a national conservative cult following after effectively ending ...

  • Milwaukee bra ban overturned

    Holler House Tavern was decorated with hundreds of bras left by female patrons for nearly half a century, until a Milwaukee, Wisc., city inspector decided that the sartorial decor constituted a fire hazard. "We've had bras hanging here for 45 years. It's been a charm of the place," Holler House Tavern owner Marcy Skowronski, ...

  • Breaking News Tornadoes level homes in Okla. hit other states 3 may be dead

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  • Nonprofit focuses on Milwaukees Havenwoods neighborhood

    Havenwoods Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit agency focused on improving the quality of life in the northwest Milwaukee neighborhood. Woodring, the company's product and quality control agent, said he would be willing to work with the organization, possibly joining a manufacturing roundtable discussion or training young people for technical careers. "If this is better for the ...

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