A Racine County fire claims a life Sunday morning. Just before 8:00 a.m. police said the house was fully engulfed in flames. Investigators are calling the incident a fire and death investigation. FOX 6 Reporter Jeremy Ross tells you about the victim that called Caledonia home for more than 17 years ...
South Milwaukee — The city has a new fair housing ordinance and new contracts with its police officers and firefighters that essentially provide no pay raises in 2010 and 2% raises in 2011.The Common Council approved all three actions Tuesday.The ordinance creates a process for making housing discrimination complaints and a board to hear them.The city has been accused of housing discrimination in its handling of the Lake Bluff apartment complex, which houses many minority residents. The city
November 19, 2009 ... Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen, along with State Fire Marshal Tina R. Virgil, would like to remind Wisconsin citizens to take extra care to ...
A two-alarm fire at an apartment building in the 3700 block of S. 43rd St. in Milwaukee was brought under control at about 3:15 p.m., according to a fire department spokeswoman.The fire in the two-story building was reported about 2:40 p.m., spokeswoman Tiffany Wynn said. Smoke was seen coming from the roof, she said.No injuries have been reported, Wynn said ...
Oak Creek — The Common Council on Tuesday approved an agreement that requires the remainder of the former Delphi Automotive Systems plant to be demolished by Oct. 31 and an agreement with a retiring employee that is expected to save the city thousands of dollars.City Administrator Pat DeGrave said Wednesday:The Delphi agreement allows for the plant's fire suppression system to be disabled, which enables the owner, DPH Holdings Corp., not to have to pay to heat the 1 million-square-foot
Franklin — The Common Council on Tuesday adopted a 2010 budget that restores funding for one vacant police officer position and one vacant firefighter position and gives the council the option of filling a second vacant police job sometime next year.The council also approved stricter guest registration requirements at the city's hotels and motels, in the wake of the September arrest of a suspected serial killer. For details, see a story from www.FranklinNOW.com.Mayor Tom Taylor had proposed
Bobbie Webber, the president of the union that represents Milwaukee firefighters, will retire effective Jan. 22, according to a news release Tuesday from the union.Webber has been the president of the Professional Firefighters Association Local 215 for three years.The union has battled efforts by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to trim fire department staffing throughout Webber's tenure as president ...
Authorities are investigating a blaze that damaged three apartments in an east side apartment building and sent a police officer who suffered smoke inhalation to a nearby hospital.The fire occurred in the second-floor apartments just after 4 a.m. in a building at the corner of N. Farwell Ave. and E. Lafayette Place, according to the Milwaukee Fire Department. The fire spread to an attic space, but firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading to other units in the building.Smoke detectors were