Today’s TMJ4 was in South Milwaukee recently for its Speedbusters segment, monitoring traffic near 15th and Marquette Avenues. Check out the report, including video, here. And check out these other headlines of note: Suspects In Foiled Dover Metal Theft Take Plea Deals (Racine Journal Times) Ex-Patient Testifies On Affair With Therapist (Journal Sentinel) Caterpillar Chief [...]
Archive for August, 2011
South Milwaukee Speeders, Metal Theft Plea Deal And Other Local Headlines
Posted in Headlines, tagged Caterpillar, South Milwaukee, Speedbusters, WTMJ on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Good-Bye George Webb … Hello Griddlers?
Posted in Local Business, tagged Doris Hajewski, George Webb, Griddlers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The South Milwaukee George Webb restaurant is reportedly one of six that will be renamed Griddlers Cafe after the restaurants defected from the franchise organization. The change takes place Thursday. Check out the blog posting from Doris Hajewski here. And here is the Business Journal story. From the latter: Don and Robb Hensiak are changing [...]
Downtown Openings … And Closings
Posted in Local Business, tagged Animal Hospital of South Milwaukee, Being Nau, Beyond the Tutu, Frank's Snack Shack, Michael Fatali, Park City, Schroeter's on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Being Nau is unfortunately no longer, um, being. At least in South Milwaukee. Brian Nau and his family are headed to Park City, Utah, for a great opportunity working with renowned photographer Michael Fatali. That means his art gallery, opened just a few months ago on Milwaukee Avenue, is closing. I wish Brian the best, [...]
Couple Quick Notes From Law Enforcement
Posted in Crime, tagged Flight for Life, Oak Creek police, South Milwaukee Police Department on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Update: And here is the police report from South Milwaukee NOW. Oak Creek Patch has a story about how Oak Creek police eventually caught two men suspected in a robbery over the weekend in South Milwaukee’s 4th District. Check it out here. Also, I got this email from the South Milwaukee Police Department over the [...]
Helping Local Governments: Larson Proposes Bill To Restore Recycling Funding
Posted in State Budget, tagged Chris Larson, Recycling Funding Restoration Act, South Milwaukee, unfunded mandate on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
State Sen. Chris Larson, who represents South Milwaukee, has introduced a bill that would restore $26 million to the state budget to fund local recycling programs. Click here to learn more about the Recycling Funding Restoration Act. As I’ve written about, the 2012 state budget does South Milwaukee and numerous other communities no favors when it comes to [...]
What’s For Sale: Unveiling A New South Milwaukee Blog Feature
Posted in What's For Sale on August 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One thing I love about South Milwaukee is its varied and distinctive, yet affordable, housing stock. There really is something for everyone out there — and that’s a huge positive for our city, one I think we should embrace and promote to potential new residents and businesses. With that in mind, I thought I’d unveil a [...]
The Valuable Work Of Interfaith, Mixed Local Business News And Other Local Headlines
Posted in Headlines on August 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Check out these headlines from around the South Shore: The Secret’s Out On Interfaith (Oak Creek Patch) Suzy’s Project Moves Menomonee Valley Closer To Jobs Goal (Journal Sentinel) Master Lock Staying Put After October Spinoff (Journal Sentinel) Caterpillar Expands Operations In China (Business Journal) Waukesha Begins Water Negotiations With Oak Creek, Racine (Oak Creek Patch) [...]
The South Shore Option: Economic Development Forum Set For Sept. 7
Posted in Local Business, Milwaukee County on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Milwaukee County Supervisor Pat Jursik is teaming with South Shore officials to host an economic development forum on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Cudahy Family Library. Hours are 6 to 8 p.m. The event is being called “a unique, one-stop forum for constituents and the development community to hear from economic development staff and the [...]
Not Five Or Six, But Seven Bridges
Posted in Milwaukee County on August 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Milwaukee County Supervisor Pat Jursik has an update on the repair of Grant Park’s Seven Bridges in her most recent eNews newsletter … Restoring Grant Park’s Seven Bridges Bridge repair funding was secured in May with a capital fund transfer (providing the matching funds to satisfy the FEMA funding requirements). The Parks Department hopes to [...]
Post Office Update: Options For Development Reportedly Open If Extension Is Passed
Posted in Construction on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oak Creek Patch has an interesting story about what the propsed extension of the U.S. Postal Service’s memorandum of understanding with Oak Creek could mean for the proposed mail sorting facility at Pennsylvania and College Avenues. Check it out here. From it: An extension for the United States Postal Service to construct a mail-processing center [...]
Making Their Case: Dozens Share Their Stories At County Budget Hearing In Cudahy
Posted in Milwaukee County on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Update: Here is the Journal Sentinel story on the event. I stopped by the first of two listening sessions Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is holding about the proposed county budget Wednesday night, and I’m glad I did. It was a great reminder for me — and for Abele, I hope — that cuts in [...]
Walker Names Plale To Railroad Post And Other Local Headlines Of Interest
Posted in Headlines on August 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Former Democratic South Milwaukee State Sen. Jeff Plale has been named the state’s railroad commissioner — his second job under Gov. Scott Walker since being defeated in his re-election bid last fall. Here is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story. From it: Plale as a senator from South Milwaukee took positions with Republicans on issues last [...]
Walmart Deal Alive Again
Posted in Local Business on August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So, the South Milwaukee Walmart isn’t dead yet. The Plan Commission will hear an update on the proposed development at its meeting tonight, and the Journal Sentinel is reporting that talks to acquire part of the property necessary for the project are back on. Check out the Journal Sentinel story here. Here is the meeting [...]
Redefining “Service”: Historic Transit Cuts Could Significantly Impact South Milwaukee
Posted in Transportation on August 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Significant reductions in Route 15 and the end of the South Shore Flyer are just two of the changes contained in the proposed 2012 Milwaukee County Transit System budget – a document that includes what some are calling the biggest single-year cut in transit service in the 150-year history of the system. Looking at the proposed [...]
Happy South Milwaukee “Reunions,” Parade Of Homes And Other Headlines
Posted in Headlines on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Check out these headlines from around the South Shore: Reunited And It Feels So Good (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Parade Kicks Off, Featuring 18 Homes (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Vehicle In Fatal Crash Was Struck Twice (Oak Creek Patch) Woman Gets OWI With Child In Car (Oak Creek Patch) St. Anthony’s School Names New President (Milwaukee Journal [...]
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