Check out these South Shore headlines …
- Cudahy Man Sentenced In Fatal Drunk Driving Crash (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- Oak Creek Lions Fest Kicks Off Friday (Oak Creek Patch)
- Supplemental Pay, Contract Negotiations Draw Teachers’ Ire (Patch)
- Who Can Save South Shore Beach? (Bay View Compass)
Also, there is a new police blotter from NOW, including this …
A $300 digital media player was stolen at South Milwaukee Middle School, 1001 15th Ave., sometime on Aug. 22.
And this …
The concession stand at the main beach in Grant Park, 110 Hawthorne Ave., was found to have been entered and burglarized twice in less than 24 hours on Aug. 27. The first report came in at 1 p.m. Aug. 26 when a park employee found that the door to the concession stand unlocked and just paper towel and lighters missing from inside along with some items strewn on the counter. The second report was received at 8 a.m. Aug. 27 when another park employee found a window on the building broken and about $220 worth of food, soda, aluminum foil, mosquito repellent, sunscreen and a lawn chair missing or strewn around a nearby pier. A 51-year-old Cudahy man was found near the scene, but denied involvement. He was cited for shooting off a firework that he found next to a smoldering fire amidst the stolen property.
And this …
An 86-year-old woman was bitten by a dog in the 3300 block of Fifth Avenue at 5 p.m. Aug. 29. The woman was watering flowers in her yard and cast a glance toward the dog standing on a neighboring property. When she looked down, the dog, tied on a long leash, charged her and bit her on the hand, and scratched at her leg and abdomen before another neighbor pulled the dog back. Police were notified by staff at St. Luke’s South Shore Hospital, where the woman was admitted to the ER and receiving stitches on her hand. The dog’s owner, a 60-year-old South Milwaukee man was cited for the behavior of the dog, which he described as a boxer mix. The dog was turned over to the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Center and euthanized at the request of its owner.
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