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Prostitution Allegations Could Cost A West Allis Massage Parlor Its License


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 11:37 p.m.

Prostitution accusations could cost one local business its license ...

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Business leader backs Milwaukee County government overhaul


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 10:51 p.m.

Milwaukee businessman Sheldon Lubar still sees Milwaukee County as a hopeless case, a dysfunctional government that must be blown up to save it.Lubar repeated the mantra in a speech before the Rotary Club of Milwaukee Tuesday. His stance goes beyond an in-depth report on reforming county government that Lubar helped inspire.The study by the nonpartisan Public Policy Forum, to be released in late January, will analyze the problems the county faces in providing some key services, but won't

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Obama orders 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan war, says he'll begin exit in 18 months


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 7:55 p.m.
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, and told an impatient American public he hopes a gradual withdrawal can begin within 18 months ...

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West Allis summons spa proprietors over prostitution allegations


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 2:15 p.m.

West Allis — The city has summoned the proprietors of Beijing Foot & Body Massage to appear tonight before a Common Council committee on allegations of prostitution at the spa.After police received a complaint from a spa patron that he was propositioned by a masseuse to pay for a sexual act, police under took an undercover operation. Similar propositions were made twice in July and once in October to undercover officers, according to the complaint.On Oct. 28, police executed a search warrant

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Bus call center closure cuts 16 jobs


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 1:43 p.m.

The Milwaukee County Transit System's customer service call center will close beginning Jan. 1, resulting in the loss of 16 jobs, because the service was eliminated in the new Milwaukee County budget ...

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State closes on Expo Center purchase


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 1:39 p.m.

The state of Wisconsin has closed on its purchase of the Wisconsin Exposition Center at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, taking ownership Tuesday of a facility valued at $38 million for a price of $13.9 million ...

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BizTimes Money: Two more Wisconsin banks under increased regulator scrutiny


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 11:50 a.m.

Wauwatosa-based Waterstone Bank and Kenosha-based Southport Bank have agreed ...

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West Bend car owners upset over city's parking restrictions


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
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Some car owners in West Bend were outraged over the city's parking restrictions Tuesday. And the reaction of those residents forces the West Bend police chief to have a change of heart ...

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Cudahy company supplies NASA with satellite building machines


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Published Dec. 1, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.
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An Engineering Company in Cudahy has become an important supplier for the Aerospace Industry. They make machines, that help build satellites. FOX 6 Reporter Gus Gnorski explains the company took on a challenge that no one else wanted ...

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Cut county programs? Even the preliminaries are a tough go


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Published Nov. 30, 2009 at 11:27 p.m.

A study committee on Milwaukee County finances Monday nicked some raw nerves over the panel's eventual goal: determining whether some county programs are expendable.It was only the first meeting of the county's revived, nine-member Long-Range Strategic Plan Steering Committee, and getting to recommendations on whether to chop any services is months away. Still, a union-designated member of the group and another union official raised objections to the direction the committee appeared to be

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