Check out these South Shore headlines …
And NOW has published a new police blotter.
Filed under Headlines
Tired of chasing the newest toy for your kids each Christmas?
Here’s an idea: Give a “powerful and effective path toward personal growth and development.” Give the gift of martial arts.
We’re lucky to have an outstanding school — one for both adults and kids — right here in South Milwaukee: Sorce Martial Arts.
Check out their website. From it:
Sorce Martial Arts was established to make a positive and lasting impact in our community by teaching personal development through martial arts. We believe that training in the martial arts is a powerful and effective path toward personal growth and development. We believe that martial arts instruction should be personal. Finding a school that is a good fit for you is important because a great instructor will help you to benefit more from martial arts than you ever imagined.
I’ve seen this benefit first-hand. My cousin is a longtime Sorce student — and now instructor — and he is one of the most mature 16-year-olds I have ever met (including me). There are countless others like him that have gone through Peter Sorce’s classes.
Sorce is located at 926 Milwaukee Ave. There are two other businesses down the block that also need a shoutut here.
Anchor Fitness is next door at 924 Milwaukee Ave., and Dowling Community Accupuncture is at 911 Milwaukee Ave. If you’re looking to get or stay fit, these are two places to visit. Maybe I should pay them a visit 🙂
Filed under 12 Days of South Milwaukee Christmas, Local Business
Ready for more orange barrels?
Reconstruction of the Rawson Avenue interchange at Interstate 94 is planned for 2013.
Oak Creek Patch has the story. From it:
The interchange will be reconstructed into a “tight diamond,” meaning ramp connections with the cross street will be brought closer to I-94, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Officials say this will allow for better traffic operations between the interchange and 13th and 20th streets.
A start date is not yet known.
At least the Drexel Avenue interchange is done and open. College Avenue was completed last fall.
Learn more about the I-94 North-South Freeway project here.
Filed under Construction
Updated: Added a couple stores I missed.
I work for MillerCoors, so my friends, neighbors and relatives know very well that beer makes a wonderful Christmas gift.
(I suppose wine and spirits do, too, but you didn’t hear that from me :))
There are lots of local options to buy alcohol, but I’ll give a shoutout to six local liquor stores …
And here’s a few holiday suggestions, with a nod to MillerCoors …
Merry Christmas … cheers!
Filed under 12 Days of South Milwaukee Christmas, Local Business
Here is the obituary of John Janick — the Caledonia man killed when his car crashed into a house in South Milwaukee on Thursday — from Max A. Sass & Sons. From it:
Beloved husband of Julie (nee Scherrer) for 14 years. Bestest dad of Ryan. Loving son of Linda and Donald. Dear brother of Jason. Dear son-in-law of Judeen and Kenneth Scherrer. Brother-in-law of Michael (Erica) Scherrer. Uncle of Kasia Scherrer. Special nephew of Eugene Dalton. John is further survived by other relatives and friends. He is now reunited with Grandma and Grandpa Dalton and Uncle Otis.
John was an alumni of the Thomas More High School Class of 1990 and a proud Army veteran.
Services are Monday and Tuesday.
South Milwaukee was reportedly among the departments who responded to the incident Saturday afternoon on Packard Avenue.
Check out stories in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and WTMJ radio. From WTMJ:
It began around 8:30 Saturday morning when witnesses reported shots exchanged between two men in the alley behind the apartments in the 62-hundred block of Packard.
One man was taken in for questioning right away, but a second ran into the apartments, and holed-up inside for four hours.
Filed under Crime
Another mass shooting. Another senseless tragedy.
Please keep Friday’s victims and their friends and families in your thoughts and prayers. And hold your kids a bit closer tonight. I know I will … because I know that could have been my kindergartner or second-grader at the end of that gun.
South Milwaukee police have identified the man killed in Thursday morning’s crash near 9th and Edgewood Avenues as 40-year-old John Janick of Caledonia.
Here is my previous post on this, and check out coverage in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Fox 6.
I love the fact that my kids love books … and I love the fact that we have a renowned children’s book author in South Milwaukee.
She’s Janet Halfmann, and her books are wonderful.
Janet has written dozens of them, and we’re the proud owner of several. Her most recent books …
Learn more about Janet and her books — including the titles of a couple upcoming titles and details on getting free bookplates for the holidays — on her well-done website.
One thing you’ll notice when you visit: the strongly positive reviews her books regularly receive.
Count me and the Brooks kids as fans too.
You can buy Janet’s books on Amazon.com and local independent booksellers.
Filed under 12 Days of South Milwaukee Christmas
The parents of a Cudahy High School student who committed suicide recently are claiming bullying was behind the incident.
Check out TMJ 4 stories on protests over the death here and here, and this NOW blog post on the subject.
And check out these other headlines from around the South Shore …
Filed under Headlines
Update: Check out coverage from TMJ4, WISN and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
There was a scary — and tragic — incident early Thursday morning near 9th and Edgewood, as a car crashed into a house and caught fire, killing the driver and setting the home on fire.
Everyone in the house got out safely.
Check out an updated press release from the South Milwaukee Police Department, noting that police “were not actively pursuing the vehicle at the time of the crash.” From it:
On Thursday 12/13/12 at about 0151hrs, an SMPD officer, while running stationary radar, observed a vehicle pass him at approximately 25mph over the posted speed limit. The vehicle failed to stop for both audible and visual signals and subsequently crashed.
The fleeing vehicle had accelerated to a point that the officer could no longer see the vehicle. The officer was not actively pursuing the vehicle at the time of the crash. After traveling approximately 11 blocks, the officer discovered a vehicle which had crashed in the 700 block of Edgewood. This vehicle is believed to have been the fleeing vehicle.
The vehicle was on fire and the fire spread to a nearby house. The residents of the house were safely evacuated. SMPD is still working to identify the driver, and lone occupant, who was deceased. The Wisconsin State Patrol assisted in the accident investigation. Investigation is ongoing. No further information is available at this time.
Here is coverage, including video, from Fox 6.
I’ll keep you posted if I learn more.
South Milwaukee has a new fire chief — one that’s technically been in the job for nearly a year.
The Police and Fire Commission appointed Joe Knitter the city’s new fire chief at its meeting on Tuesday. Knitter had been acting fire chief since February, as South Milwaukee looked to permanently replace retired Chief Jay Behling.
That replacement is Knitter, and it’s a great choice. I have been extremely impressed with Chief Knitter’s work in his “acting” role — and as a captain before that. He’s stepped up department communications, embraced technology and personally sought to better himself through education and training, keeping the department strong during a period of transition and difficult budgets.
I’m happy to see him rewarded for that.
Check out these headlines from around the South Shore …
Also, NOW has published a new South Shore police blotter.
Filed under Headlines
We got our property tax bill late last week … but if you haven’t, you can now see yours (or the bill for any South Milwaukee address, for that matter) online.
Check out this link from the city website.
What did you tax bill show? Post your comments!
Filed under 2013 Budget, City Services
Time for a shoutout to my favorite local florist, Parkway Floral.
Bryan Lorentzen and team do a great job, whether it’s roses for the missus or an arrangement for my wife’s grandmother’s recent funeral, these guys are first class, and reasonably priced.
For the holidays, they have some beautiful arrangements on their website and other special items in store.
You have lots of options to buy flowers these days, from Pick ‘n Save to the local gas station. Join me in shopping one of our treasured local independent retailers — one of our downtown anchor businesses — instead.
Parkway Floral
Filed under 12 Days of South Milwaukee Christmas, Local Business
