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It came down to the mayor breaking a tie vote, but the Oak Creek City Council decided to move ahead with putting its City Hall and library at the former Delphi site on Howell and Drexel Avenues.
Check out the Oak Creek Patch story here.
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Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report. The headline: Republicans Focused on Saving Their Jobs, Not Yours.
The New Kid’s View blog has a nice tribute to Bill Spaltholz, the Hall of Fame football coach whose visitation is Tuesday and funeral is Wednesday.
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Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report. Its headline: “Consequences of a Rushed Budget.”
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Also, three South Milwaukee High School football players have committed to play at the next level, according to this story in the Journal Sentinel. They are linebacker Chris Krakau (NCAA Division II Concordia-St. Paul), defensive end Sterling Smith (Division II St. Cloud State) and offensive lineman Dylan Stefanec (Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater).
Good luck to all those young men, and hopefully Dylan can help Whitwater bring home another championship.
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South Shore Supervisor Pat Jursik has published her latest E-news update, and it includes information on a public hearing for the Lake Parkway extension project, transit changes, Family Care and Grant Park improvements.
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Also, South Milwaukee NOW has published a new police blotter, including information on a snowblower theft on Lakeview Avenue, tire slashings on Sycamore Avenue and an underage drinking party on Marshall Avenue.
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Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report. The headline: The State of Wisconsin is Divided.
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South Milwaukee NOW has published a new South Shore police blotter.
Among the items reported to police in the past few weeks were a break-in on Blakewood Avenue, the theft of a laptop computer from a Willowcrest resident, a Craigslist paycheck scam and a bar fight and chase that started at Pat’s Oak Manor.
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Southridge Mall isn’t quite in the South Shore, but it is this area’s mall of choice. And, as you probably know, it’s getting a major facelift.
The biggest change: The addition of a new Macy’s store at the former Younkers space.
The store will open March 14, and they’re already working to hire 160 people.
Check out the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story here and Business Journal story here.
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Also, State Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report. The main headline: “Wisconsin is at a Standstill, Forward no More.”
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Caterpillar is selling another piece of the former Bucyrus International distribution business — this time to the world’s largest Cat dealer.
Check out the Journal Sentinel story here. From it:
Separately, Caterpillar said in December it would sell a part of its Bucyrus distribution business to the industrial division of Malaysia’s Sime Darby for about $360 million.
“We are making good progress as we transition the product distribution and support of former Bucyrus machinery to Cat dealers around the world,” Steve Wunning, Caterpillar group president, said in a news release.
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Also, a new South Shore police blotter is available on NOW, and it includes items on a fight at Liquid Hideout, the theft of a snowblower from a garage on Drexel Boulevard and more on the fire on Laurel Lane last week.
And mark your calendar for 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, when Studio 915 will hold an artist reception for Amy Magnuson, a Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School for the Arts student who specializes in abstract pieces. Wine and appetizers will be served, and there will be live music. Learn more about Studio 915 here.
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Gov. Scott Walker has thrown his support behind South Milwaukee Rep. Mark Honadel’s “Wisconsin Wins” legislation.
Check out Walker’s press release on his “Wisconsin Working” jobs plan. From it:
Governor Walker also announced his support of the Wisconsin Wins legislation proposed by Representative Mark Honadel. As currently conceived, the program will allow Wisconsinites receiving unemployment to take part-time training jobs with employers potentially leading to full-time employment and allowing current job seekers to receive training and demonstrate their skills for potential employers.
Learn more about Wisconsin Wins in this post.
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Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report, in which he strongly criticizes Walker and the Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission.
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Gov. Scott Walker’s Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission has identified $456 million in annual government spending that can be cut. Or has it?
A Walker press release says yes. South Shore state Sen. Chris Larson says no.
Consider it another example of the political times we’re in, where politicians can’t even agree on the numbers, much less solutions.
Wherever the truth lies — and it’s probably somewhere in the middle — this line in the Larson press release does concern me: “The misleading report did not even include a final vote for passage by its members before completion.”
This, to me, raises questions about the validity of its findings. We’ll see.
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South Milwaukee NOW has published a new South Shore police blotter.
Also, The Business Journal has a deep dive study into the ease of commuting in communities nationwide. Find South Milwaukee information here and see how they arrived at our “commuting index” of 0.774 and our ranking of 1,341 out of 3,012 communities with populations between 10,000 and 50,000.
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Update: Also, one of the Gov. Scott Walker appointees charged in the John Doe investigation last week is from Cudahy. See the story here.
Grant Park is open again for some January golf. How crazy is that?
Learn more in this Journal Sentinel story.
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Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report, and there is a new police blotter on South Milwaukee NOW.
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Oak Creek Patch has an interesting story on the explosive growth of Oak Creek in recent decades.
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As you may have noticed, the once-small community of Oak Creek is no longer small. So much so that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 report, Oak Creek led Milwaukee County in population growth.
The population is now nearing 35,000, making it the sixth-largest community in Milwaukee County. That’s nearly double the population from 1980.
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