Category Archives: Headlines

The Business Journal has an interesting story with Tim Sullivan’s thoughts on the state of manufacturing in Wisconsin — and his viewpoint on a related issue near and dear to his heart: worker training.

The piece includes this reference to South Milwaukee:

Sullivan noted that Bucyrus, which was purchased by Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. in a deal that closed last year, set up a plant in Kilgore, Texas, in 2009 because it struggled to find welders to fill open jobs. The plant now employs about 200 welders.

“Those 200 jobs should be here in Milwaukee. We spent $250 million renovating and expanding a (Bucyrus) plant in South Milwaukee that we couldn’t fill because we couldn’t find the work force.”

Check out the story here.

And check out these headlines from around the South Shore:

• Robed Figure In Scream Mask Not A Welcome Sight At 2 a.m. (NOW)
• St. Francis Considering Finance Plan For Layton Ave. Improvements, Business Park Expansion (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• A Closer Look At The Drexel Town Square Plans (Oak Creek Patch)
• Plans For Animal Hospital Scrapped (Oak Creek Patch)
• City Completes $10 Million Borrowing For Drexel Ave. Projects (Oak Creek Patch)

Also, State Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report. The headline: Education is the Backbone of Our Community.

Check out these headlines from around the South Shore:

• Oak Creek Man To Pay $20,000 To Settle Action Over Bogus Charity (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Naked Man Cited After Calling 911 To Report Stolen Pants, Underwear (NOW)
• Shorewood Woman Charged In Wrong-Way Incident On Hoan Bridge (Journal Sentinel)
• IAM Plans Rally As Caterpillar Strike Hits Week 2 (Reuters)

Also, NOW has published a new South Shore police blotter.

Update: Police Chief Ann Wellens tell me there has been an arrest made in the case below, and the victim knew the accused.

Check out these local headlines:

• Erv Kazik Built Tavern Into Oak Creek Landmark (Oak Creek Patch)
• Central Storage & Warehouse Considers Project At Cudahy’s Iceport Site (Milwaukee Business Journal)
• Water Talks Get Closer As Waukesha Gives Milwaukee Details (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Remnants Of Coal-Mine Era Still Can Be Found In Area (Zanesville, Ohio, Times-Recorder)

Also, NOW has published a new South Shore Police Report, which includes this item …

A woman was robbed of about $15 from gunpoint after she got out of her vehicle and approached a man she knew as “Magic” or “Nick” near Hemlock Court and Parkway Drive about 4:50 p.m. April 10. After he drew a gun on her and got her money, the man allegedly punched her in the face before fleeing the scene.

I’ll see if I can learn more about this one.

Check out these local headlines of note from around the South Shore:

• Aggie Daniels, Newspaper Publisher And Community Activist, Loved Worth (Worth, Ill., Reporter)
• Erv Kazik, Founder Of Erv’s Mug, Has Died (Oak Creek Patch)
• Fuchs Accused Of Putting Child In Clothes Dryer, Bound Over For Trial (Fox 6)
• Tazinos Plans To Open In Germantown, Downtown Milwaukee (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Oak Creek Company To Build $12 Million Fertilizer Plant In Ohio (BizTimes.com)
• Students Witness Aftermath Of Drinking, Texting While Driving (Fox 6)
• Roadrunner Transportation Systems Acquires D&E Transport (Milwaukee Business Journal)

Check out these local headlines of interest from Oak Creek Patch …

• County Board Resolution Next For 794 Extension
• Suburban Voters Support County Board Reform
• Baldwin Talks Future Of Medicare At Oak Creek Event
• City’s Fight Against Emerald Ash Borer Continues
• DNR Evaluating Falk Park Conversion Request

And check out this Business Journal story on Rep. Mark Honadel being named to the Governor’s Task Force on Minority Unemployment.