The pictures and videos that have emerged following Monday’s bluff collapse at the We Energies plant in Oak Creek are nothing short of stunning. Here is Journal Sentinel coverage, and here is a story and video from WISN 12. From the Oak Creek Patch story: The collapse happened after an embankment gave away about 11:15 [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Scary Stuff: No One Hurt In Oak Creek We Energies Plant Bluff Collapse
Posted in Oak Creek, tagged Oak Creek, We Energies on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Progress Report: Updating College Avenue Construction And Seven Bridges Repair
Posted in Milwaukee County, tagged College Avenue, Pat Jursik, Seven Bridges on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Milwaukee County Supervisor Pat Jursik has published her latest eNews update, and it contains updates on the progress around the reconstruction of College Avenue and repairs on Grant Park’s Seven Bridges. Check it out here. The long and short of it … College Avenue west of Pennsylvania is expected to open by Nov. 18. The [...]
Probably No Reminder Needed … But Walmart Is On Tuesday’s Council Agenda
Posted in South Milwaukee Walmart, tagged South Milwaukee Walmart on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The City Council is expected to vote on three items related to the Walmart development at its meeting Tuesday night. The first is related to rezoning necessary for the development to move ahead. The second is consideration of resolution to approve a certified survey map to redivide the property. The last item is adoption of [...]
City Publishes 2012 Budget
Posted in 2012 Budget, tagged 2012 budget on October 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The city has published its proposed 2012 budget, and I feel strongly that it does as good a job as possible as dealing with the pain of declining revenues while still maintaining our vital and first-class city services. And those cuts are painful. In all, the city is being asked to deal with $400,000 in [...]
More Honors For A Popular South Milwaukee Children’s Book Author And Other Headlines
Posted in Headlines on October 29, 2011 | 7 Comments »
South Milwaukee children’s book author Janet Halfmann recently took home a prestigious award for her picture book “Fur and Feathers” — the same honor she won for her previous book, “Little Skink’s Tail.” And the honors don’t stop there for this author whose books are proudly part of the Brooks family bookshelf. Learn more in [...]
On Buses And Bike Lanes …
Posted in Transportation, tagged Hoan Bridge, Route 15 on October 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A quick update on two transportation projects that stand to impact South Milwaukee and the entire South Shore … First, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has released a study its done into adding bike and pedestrian access to the Hoan Bridge. What did it find? Well, it would cost a lot … and may require [...]
Coverage From Wednesday’s Walmart Meeting
Posted in South Milwaukee Walmart, tagged South Milwaukee Walmart on October 27, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Update: Here is a story about the Wednesday meeting on the New Kid’s View blog. WISN 12 was in South Milwaukee to cover Wednesday’s meeting of Walmart opponents. Check out the story and video here. It was a fair and balanced piece that showed clearly the emotions surrounding this issue — sentiments I absolutely respect and, in [...]
Coming Soon To Oak Creek: The Next Bayshore?
Posted in Local Business on October 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Ever been to Bayshore Town Center? It’s a large — and unique to the area — mix of retail, restaurants, office, residential and entertainment space that opened in Glendale in 2006. Pretty soon, Bayshore may not be the only town center in town. That’s because Oak Creek city leaders are proposing a similar development for the [...]
All Aboard!? Honadel, “The Mine Train” And Other Local Headlines Of Interest
Posted in Headlines, State Lawmakers, tagged Ashland mine on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
South Milwaukee Rep. Mark Honadel is helping lead the charge to get new mining legislation passed through the Assembly by the end of the year. The bill would help speed development of an iron mine near Ashland. Check out the story in the Ashland Current. From it: Republicans in the State Assembly say they’ll push [...]
Caterpillar Reports Strong Third-Quarter Earnings, Big Worldwide Job Growth
Posted in Local Business, tagged Caterpillar earnings on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Caterpillar is growing, and not only in South Milwaukee. The company reported a 44 percent increase in profit this week for the third quarter and said it created 4,800 jobs worldwide during the period. Check out The Business Journal story here. Also check out coverage from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business [...]
Walmart Opponents Plan Meeting For Tonight
Posted in South Milwaukee Walmart, tagged South Milwaukee Walmart on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A group of residents opposed to the Walmart project is holding a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Knights of Columbus. Learn more in this Journal Sentinel story. While I favor the project — I laid out the reasons why in a previous blog post — I feel an obligation to keep people [...]
What’s For Sale? For Starters, The Old City Hall, Police and Fire Station (List: $700,000)
Posted in What's For Sale, tagged South Milwaukee real estate on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time for the latest installment of What’s For Sale, which provides a snapshot of South Milwaukee properties on the real estate market. Let’s start with a 22-unit apartment building at 2005 10th Ave. that just happens to be the former City Hall, police and fire station. According to the description, the building is now [...]
Leave It To the City: Street Department Continues Leaf Pickup Through November 15
Posted in City Services, tagged South Milwaukee leaf pickup on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just a reminder that South Milwaukee residents can place their leaves in the street gutter for collection through Nov. 15. Yard waste and plants, however, must be taken to the Self-Deposit Station for dropoff. Summer hours (Tuesday-Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the station are in effect [...]
Toppers Opens Saturday: Free Pizza*
Posted in Local Business, tagged South Milwaukee Toppers on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Update: Here is The Business Journal story. The South Milwaukee Toppers Pizza location at Grant Park Plaza opens on Saturday … and if you don’t mind getting there early (probably really early) you could win free pizza for a year. Learn more in this Oak Creek Patch story. From it: The chain is most known [...]
Postal Facility Update And Other Headlines
Posted in Headlines, tagged Oak Creek postal facility on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. postal facility planned across the street from South Milwaukee’s 4th District may not be a postal facility at all. That’s according to this story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. From it: The Oak Creek Plan Commission, at its Tuesday night meeting, will consider a request to change the development plan to allow for creating [...]
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