How cold is it?Well, so far, it has been the fifth coldest October on record in Milwaukee.The average high temperature for the first 17 days in October at Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport has been 51.9 degrees and the average low has been 41.2 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Sullivan. The last time early October was this chilly was in 1952, according to the weather service ...
With a city budget deadline just weeks away, Milwaukee's firefighters union is heading to the bargaining table to negotiate on contract concessions that might stave off some proposed staffing cuts, the union's president said Monday ...
Ten suburban mayors and village presidents are formally objecting to Milwaukee's proposed 36% increase in water rates for suburban ratepayers, saying it would be unfair to force the suburbs to subsidize the city's general fund operations.A letter, filed Friday with the state Public Service Commission, was signed by the mayors of Wauwatosa, West Allis, New Berlin and Mequon; and the village presidents of Brown Deer, Greendale, Shorewood, Thiensville, Butler and Menomonee Falls.The PSC must
Milwaukee's State St. bridge will close from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday for maintenance, city officials said.Motorists should use the Kilbourn Ave. bridge as a detour route ...
The stalking case of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews has a potential Milwaukee connection.Michael David Barrett, 47, of Westmont, Ill., was arrested Friday by the FBI on suspicion of secretly videotaping Andrews nude in hotel rooms, including perhaps at a hotel near Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport, according to the 35-page affidavit.Barrett was being held in jail over the weekend while awaiting a judge's decision Monday on whether he will go to Los Angeles as a federal prisoner or free on
Milwaukee's mayor and police chief have discussed moving the 1st District police station into vacant space downtown along W. Wisconsin Ave., a change they say would make people feel safer and could spark more commercial development in the area ...
AirTran Airways, which has been expanding service and market share at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport, saw its systemwide passenger traffic increase by 11 percent for the month of September. (AAI) ...