The South Milwaukee Health Department is offering walk-in flu clinics every Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.
Cost of the shot for adults over age 18 is $28. Kids who live in South Milwaukee are free.
Pneumonia shots are also available. No appointment is necessary.
Learn more here, or call the department at 768-8055.
Update: Here is coverage of the death of the 12-year-old boy from WTMJ radio. I will keep you posted on this if and when I learn more.
Check out these headlines from around the South Shore …
Also, a 12-year-old boy died in the 1500 block of 17th Avenue in South Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon. Here are some details from police …
On today’s date at about 3:15pm the South Milwaukee Police and Fire Departments responded to a call for help in the 1500 block of 17th Avenue after a man found his 12 year old son unresponsive in the home. Live saving efforts were begun by the father and a neighbor, continued by the police and then the fire department. Those efforts proved futile and the child was pronounced dead at the scene. The manner and cause of death are still under investigation by the South Milwaukee Police and the Medical Examiner’s office which are still on the scene. Foul play is not suspected at this time.
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Update: Here is a NOW story on the game.
Make it two in a row for the Rockets.
The South Milwaukee football team used a fourth-quarter field goal to beat Brown Deer, 28-27, in a Woodland Conference matchup Friday night.
Check out the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story here. Here are the stats, which show another standout game for Evan Marlowe (two touchdowns), as well as kicker Joe Saskowski (three field goals).
Next up for the Rockets: Whitnall on Friday night in South Milwaukee.
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Local Fox 6 show Real Milwaukee and reporter Tony Clark stopped by South Milwaukee’s Studio 915 on Friday.
Check out the story on the cool downtown art gallery — and interviews with owners Dawn and Joe Mader — here.
(And thanks to New Kid’s Blog for the initial heads up.)
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I worry South Milwaukee is late in joining the fight against the emerald ash borer … but at least we’re taking the first step. We’re learning about the issue, so we can make informed decisions on what to do next.
That’s why I’m glad Rebecca Lane, Oak Creek’s forester, is speaking at a meeting of the Public Works & Public Property Committee on Tuesday, Sept. 18, starting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall (before our City Council meeting at 7).
Learn more about the ash borer here … and I’ll keep you posted on our response to this.
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Update: Here is the obituary. Services are Monday in Middleton.
South Milwaukee schools lost a respected leader this week.
Jim Teff died Wednesday at age 68, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. See the story here. From it:
“People looked at him with certain reverence just because of all the things that he accomplished at South Milwaukee,” Muskego AD Scott Kugi said. “He had been athletic director of the year a couple of times and was really connected with the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association and the (national association) and with that comes street credit.”
Teff coached football, wrestling and track at South Milwaukee from 1967-’75 before focusing on his role as athletic director, a job he assumed in 1973. He retired in 2001 but remained active with the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, serving as program director of the association’s Leadership Training Program.
He was president of the NIAAA board of directors in 1990 and was inducted into the NIAAA’s first hall of fame class in 2009.
Kugi first worked with Teff on the early configurations of the Southeast Conference in the early 1990s.
“He and I spent a lot of time on the phone and behind the scenes working through that and then eventually South Milwaukee did get realigned with Muskego in that next evolution of the Southeast Conference, the 10 teams, so I had the opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with him,” Kugi said.
“In those days I kept my mouth shut and learned an awful lot from just listening to guys like him and Don Dalton from Burlington and Scott Lindgren from Kenosha.”
Did you know Mr. Teff? Post your comments below … and keep the Teff family in your prayers.
Check out these headlines from around the South Shore …
Also, NOW has published a new South Shore police blotter, including this item: “Four people were arrested for trespassing into a vacant, foreclosed home in the 500 block of Badger Avenue at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 31. Arrestees included a 39-year-old South Milwaukee man, 20-year-old South Milwaukee man, 20-year-old South Milwaukee woman and 20-year-old Oak Creek man.”
The man killed in Sunday’s motorcycle accident at 15th Avenue and Parkway Drive in South Milwaukee was William E. Zingale Jr. — a 34-year-old Caterpillar machinist who “loved the outdoors, off-roading in his Jeep and riding his motorcycle,” according to his obituary.
“Bill was a devoted friend to many,” states the obituary, and that comes through loud and clear in the dozens of comments about him on the funeral home website.
See his obituary here. Visitation is from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Molthen-Bell & Son Funeral Home, 700 Milwaukee Ave. The funeral starts at 7 p.m.
Please continue to keep the Zingale family in your thoughts and prayers.
I got this email from Jody Johnson of the Friends of Grant Park group last week …
Hello Friends of Grant Park!
On Saturday, Sept. 15th from 9 to 11:30 a.m., Friends of Grant Park will host an Adopt-a- Beach Cleanup in conjunction with the Alliance for the Great Lakes. We will meet at the lower beach parking lot just west of the beach house, and volunteers will be asked to bring back what they find to a sorting area so that we can tally the trash. Beach Cleanup Volunteers must sign up via http://www.greatlakesadopt.org and plug in Grant Park as the location to do so. They may contact Betsy Abert by phone or email as well: betsyacorn@aol.com and 414-764-9244.
Thus far, we have 19 volunteers, but considering the high level of beach use during this long hot summer, we could use many more. We hope you will pass the word to others and invite groups or individuals to participate. Volunteers should wear long pants for protection and although gloves will be provided, please don’t hesitate to bring your favorite pair from home.
There will be ongoing Family Day activities taking place near the beach lot, including volleyball and an early evening Beach Walk sponsored by the Friends of the Mill Pond. Lots to do on September 15th!
On Saturday, October 6th, our Fall Weed-Out begins. We’ve located plenty of removal areas across from the golf course where the buckthorn is thick. Meet us at 9 a.m. in the parking lot next to the tennis court. An afternoon session is also scheduled, so if the morning doesn’t work, please meet at 1 p.m. at the Tennis Courts lot. Even an hour of dedicated removal will make a world of difference to the health of our woodlands. Tools and gloves will be provided. Not suitable for children.
Also, the Friends of the Mill Pond and Oak Creek Watercourse are holding their annual Beach Walk and Star Gazing event on Saturday, starting at 5 p.m. From the group’s Facebook page is this description: A sunset beach walk stroll along an illuminated path, campfire, s’mores for purchase, and gazing at the stars with stargazer Greg Gonia and telescopes. Fun for the whole family.
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It was a busy year full of accomplishments for the South Milwaukee Police Department in 2011.
Check out a good summary of the department’s work in its 2011 Annual Report, which was received by the South Milwaukee City Council on Tuesday.
See the report here.
Among the highlights for the department last year:
The report also includes crime data from 2011, and there is some good news there, too.
Thanks again to all the great work our police department does … and please post your comments below.
The South Milwaukee Fire Department was one of a number of area departments that helped fight a St. Francis apartment fire early Monday morning.
Check out coverage in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and from WISN, TMJ4, Fox 6 and CBS 58.
And check out these other headlines from around the South Shore …
Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report. See it here. And, Sen. Larson recently put out a press release about a Legislative Audit Bureau report on Milwaukee’s voucher school program. See the release — with the headline “Report Confirms Lack of Accountability, Transparency in Voucher Program” — here.
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Update: Read coverage in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and from WISN.
A 34-year-old St. Francis man was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday morning at the intersection of 15th Avenue and Parkway Drive.
Here are the details in an email from Acting Fire Chief Joe Knitter …
At approximately 7:35 this morning, there was a fatal car vs motorcycle crash that occurred at the intersection of 15th Avenue and Parkway Drive. Initial reports are that a 34 y/o male motorcyclist … was traveling south on 15th Avenue when he was struck by a car crossing 15th Avenue. The motorcyclist was thrown from the motorcycle and arriving SMFD Paramedics determined that his trauma was incapable with life and pronounced him deceased at the scene. SMPD assumed the scene and was investigating the crash further.
And here is more information from the South Milwaukee Police Department …
I’ll keep you posted if and when I learn more.
The following is an excerpt from Milwaukee County Supervisor Pat Jursik’s E-News update on the South Shore Option 2.0: Forum for Economic Development.
It is my pleasure to invite all constituents to attend a unique, one-stop economic development forum. This year’s event will be held at the Oak Creek Police Department.
Representatives from the cities of Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, Cudahy and St. Francis as well as Milwaukee County and MKE Regional Business Park will discuss their current development efforts. Each city/agency will provide an overview of their initiatives and answer questions from the public. In addition, plans will be displayed at tables for public viewing in an open house setting.
This forum is a rare opportunity for citizens to be a part of planning for multi-community development in one meeting and to learn about efforts toward economic growth in our South Shore communities.
Please click here for a printable flyer.
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Check out the first event of the 2012-13 South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center Performing Arts Series on Sunday, as local historian John Gurda returns to the SMPAC for a presentation called “History of the South Shore.”
Here’s the description from the SMPAC website:
Take a journey with local historian, John Gurda, as he describes the history of the region from Walker’s Point stretching south to South Milwaukee and into Oak Creek. The evening will include light refreshments after the presentation for a chance to reminisce about the days gone by!
Showtime is 6:30 p.m., and tickets are a bargain … just $5 or $10.
I’m looking forward to the event and to the rest of the strong lineup the center is bringing to South Milwaukee this year. The SMPAC is something we should all be proud of.
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The South Milwaukee football team’s losing streak came to big end Thursday night — and against a top rival.
The Rockets rolled up 341 yards of total offense to just 24 for the Packers en route to a 56-7 win in South Milwaukee. Quarterback Justin Oliden ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more — both to Evan Marlowe — in the win.
(That must be why I heard so many cannon blasts last night :))
Check out the stats here.
Next week’s game is Friday night at Brown Deer. Game time is 7 p.m.
Go Rockets!
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