Category Archives: Headlines

Check out these South Shore headlines …

• Pick ‘n Save In South Milwaukee Sells For $7.65M To Cole Real Estate (Business Journal)
• Oak Creek May Share Dispatch (Oak Creek NOW)
• $10K In Cell Phones Stolen From RadioShack In Oak Creek (NOW)
• Oak Creek Police Say Naked Man, With Strategically Placed Sock, Ends Up Pizza-Less (NOW)
• Waukesha’s Root River Water Plan: Better Fishing Or Worse Flooding? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Avalon Renovations To Begin This Month (Bay View Compass)
• Driver Injured After Crashing Through Guard Rail And Landing On I-794 (Journal Sentinel)

And NOW has published a new police blotter.

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• Milwaukee-Area Developer Michael Dilworth Files For Chapter 11 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Black Bear Bottling Plans To Oak Creek Facility Expansions (Business Journal)
• Environmental Groups Despite Waukesha’s Need For Lake Michigan Water (Journal Sentinel)
• Police: Evidence Found That Oak Creek Home Was Fired At Nov. 1 (NOW)

Also, as Caterpillar sheds jobs locally, the company continues to close mining facilities and cut jobs elsewhere. Among the news in the past week is the closure of a facility in West Virginia, as well as job cuts in Tanzania.

And NOW has published a new police blotter, including this disturbing item …

Police were called Oct. 24 to an apartment in the 800 block of Marquette Avenue, where a snake was found dead by a South Milwaukee Health Department employee, and pet rats had no food or water. Pet lizards, snakes and rats were taken by Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control, after a MADAC employee at the scene said he believed the animals would be neglected, since there was no heat or electricity in the apartment.

Check out these South Shore headlines, including a disturbing case out of Racine involving a South Milwaukee woman …

• Fashion Model Ex-Girlfriend Facing Six Felonies (WDJT)
• Assembly Candidates Have Firsthand Knowledge Of Debt (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Oak Creek Teachers Train For Tragedy (WTMJ Radio)
  

And there is this follow-up story from the Business Journal on the news last week that Cat is moving a small amount of work from Texas to South Milwaukee. It includes this line …

“We’re going to evaluate the manpower needs of that production shift,” Potts told The Business Journal. “The company has taken many actions to align our costs with the environment we’re in currently…While we’ve done much already, we’re not finished and expect to take deeper actions to improve our cost structure and balance sheet.”

In other words, more to come. And that’s scary news for South Milwaukee.

Check out these South Shore headlines …

• South Milwaukee Police Investigating Apparent Drug Overdose (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Democratic Legislative Candidate Faces Personal Money Woes (Journal Sentinel)
• Oak Creek Administrators: City’s Budget “Not Sustainable” (NOW)
• 2 Ramps Close Monday As 2 Years Of Hoan Bridge Work Begins (Journal Sentinel)
• Cudahy Woman Charged With Fleecing Neighbors Out Of More Than $50,000 (Journal Sentinel)
• Acquisitions Boost Earnings, Revenue At Roadrunner Transportation (Journal Sentinel)

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• Firefighters Deliver Pizza And Smoke Detectors (TMJ4)
• Cudahy Road Rage Incident Ends After Bananas, Soda Thrown (NOW)
• Gunshot Treatment Kits Debuting In Oak Creek-Franklin Schools (NOW)
• Oak Creek Woman Accused Of Being Getaway Driver In Pewaukee Burglary (NOW)

Also, NOW has published a new police blotter, including this scary report …

A shotgun shell was found by a student outside the entrance to South Milwaukee Middle School, 1001 15th Ave., before the start of classes Oct. 16. The student turned in the shell at the school office.

Check out these South Shore headlines …

• Alleged Drunken Driver Crashes On College Avenue, Flees (Oak Creek Patch)
• Meijer Plans Get Go-Ahead (Patch)
• In Oak Creek, Like Elsewhere, Shutdown Is A Hot Topic (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Patrick Cudahy Won’t Change Much Under New Chinese Parent Company (Business Journal)
• Fight Starts At Cudahy High School Over Racially Offensive Comment (NOW)

Also, NOW has published a new police blotter, but without South Milwaukee reports this week.

Check out these South Shore headlines …

• Rawson Interchange Construction In Home Stretch (Oak Creek Patch)
• Woman Sentenced To One Year After Striking, Killing Man With SUV (Patch)
• Despite Lawsuit, Plans For Meijer Store Moving Forward (Patch)
• Sam’s Club Celebrates Multi-Million Dollar Renovation (Patch)
• Mom Says $1.1M Award “Justice” For Dead Son (Fox 6)
• PPG Donates $5K To Oak Creek Schools (Patch)

A woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison following a shooting in South Milwaukee last year, Fox 6 is reporting.

See the story here. And check out these South Shore headlines …

• State Quacks Down On Ducks (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Caterpillar Issues Layoff Notices In Peoria (Peoria Journal Star)
• 27th Street Car Wash Demolished (Oak Creek Patch)

Also, NOW has published a new police blotter, including this …

A house was broken into and burglarized in the 1600 block of Blake Avenue between 1:45 and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 21, after an unknown number of subjects forced open the front door. The stolen items include two $400 rings, two $500 rings, $50 in silver dollars and $580 in cash.

And this …

A $22,639 car was reported stolen from outside of a residence in the 600 block of Columbia Avenue at 5:45 a.m. Sept. 23. Using OnStar, the car was located and recovered by Milwaukee Police and returned to owner.

Check out these South Shore headlines …

• CAT Sending Job Notices To Management (Decatur Herald-Review)
• Democrats Forced To Scramble When Top Pick Exited Assembly Race (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Kitten Killed After Being Thrown Out Car Window (NOW)
• Halloween Store Up And Running At Oak Creek Centre (Oak Creek Patch)

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• Denial Of Loan Guarantees Could Hurt Caterpillar (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Chocolate Shop-Coffee Bar Will Open In Drexel Town Square (Patch)
• School District Taking Over Some Rec Programs (Patch)
• Drainage Improvements Planned For Puetz, Forest Hill Area (Patch)
• St. Francis Eyes 30 Acres Of Airport Land To Grow Business Park (Milwaukee Business Journal)
• Shur-Line Plant Safe In St. Francis After Buyout (Business Journal)

Also, NOW has published a new police blotter.

Check out these South Shore headlines …

• Business Improvement District Could Give Boost To 27th Street (Patch)
• Family-Owned Tool And Die Maker In Oak Creek Expanding (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Trucking Company’s Expansion Plans Move Forward (Patch)
• Burglary Leads To Chase In Cudahy (620 WTMJ)
• Is Caterpillar Bullying Its Suppliers? (Crain’s Chicago Business)

NOW has published a new police blotter.

And there is this from the South Milwaukee Little League …

This Friday, September 13th at 6:30, before the Rocket football game at Spaltholz Field the 2013 Intermediate All-Star State Champs will be honored. Please come and join us in this celebration and stay for the Rocket football game as they take on Brown Deer at 7:00.

You’ll recall the historic season the Intermediate team had in 2013.

Check out these South Shore headlines …

• Who Will Run For Open State Assembly Seat? (Oak Creek Patch)
• Drop In Incentive Pay At Caterpillar Shows Risk To Workers (Chicago Tribune)
• An Oak Creek Company And Its Role In History (Patch)
• Motorcyclist Seriously Hurt In Crash In Oak Creek (WTMJ)
• Speedway Closed After Car Crashes Into Building (Patch)
• 6th Street To Extend Through Drexel Town Square (Patch)
• Wispark Adds 3-Acre Site To Drexel Town Square Project (BizTimes)
• Pioneer Farms In Spotlight At Oak Creek Fall Festival (Patch)