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Show of Whiskey, anyone?
The last of three South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center concerts at the South Milwaukee Downtown Market is Thursday, as female country trio The WhiskeyBelles perform starting around 5:30 p.m.
Bring your lawn chairs. It promises to be a great show!
And mark your calendars for next week’s market (Sept. 6), as South Shore Family Chiropractic presents a Health Fair at the event. More than 20 health-related vendors are planned, in addition to the dozens of other market regulars selling produce, organics, arts, crafts, baked goods, prepared foods and more. Check out the press release here.
And here is The WhiskeyBelles website.
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Six people were evacuated from their homes on Wednesday after the construction crew on the Nicholson/Pennsylvania widening project apparently struck a gas main and caused a leak.
Everyone was back in their homes in the 200 block of Nicholson by Wednesday afternoon.
Here is the email I got from Acting South Milwaukee Fire Chief Joe Knitter …
Earlier this afternoon, the Oak Creek Fire Department received a call for a natural gas main that was struck by the construction crew working on the Nicholson / Pennsylvania Avenue project, causing a leak that was releasing into the air. The assumption was that the leak was on the Oak Creek side of the project and therefore, OCFD received the call. Once they arrived on the scene, the OCFD Battalion Chief assessed the scene and determined that the main that was struck was actually in front of 215/217 Nicholson Avenue, on the South Milwaukee side of the project. The OCFD Battalion Chief called me from the scene, apprised me of the situation, and stated that they would not require any assistance as they had sufficient resources on the scene. They did temporarily evacuate 6 people from the residences directly north of the leak until WE Energies arrived on the scene and stopped the leak. The Battalion Chief called again a short while later to provide an update and reported that WE Energies had entered the excavation, stopped the leak, and the residents were allowed back into their dwelling.
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Also, NOW has published a new police blotter.
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Update: Here is Racine Journal Times coverage.
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is turning its eyes to South Milwaukee and Grant Park with significant grant funding announced Tuesday.
A portion of $2.6 million in federal grants will go towards “reconfiguring” Grant Park Beach and select other beaches in Wisconsin and Michigan. The goal: Reduce bacteria levels.
Here is the press release.
See the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story here. From it:
It includes a $1 million grant to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh to work to reconfigure eight state beaches to reduce bacteria levels. The beaches on the list include Grant Park in South Milwaukee as well as swimming areas in Marinette, Algoma, Manitowoc and Kenosha.
“These Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants will improve water quality, allowing people to enjoy more days at Great Lakes beaches,” Susan Hedman of the Environmental Protection Agency said in a news release. “The projects will make beaches safer, by eliminating harmful bacteria and other sources of contamination.”
Learn more about the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative here.
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The South Milwaukee Police Department is holding a public information session around sex offender laws on Wednesday, September 12, at City Hall.
The 30- to 60-minute session will begin at 7 p.m.
It will be conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and include safety tips.
Learn more in this flyer.
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And I checked late last week — there is no news to report on the South Milwaukee sexual assaults in July. The investigation continues. I’ll keep you posted.
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Update: Here is a Patch story.
It wasn’t the greatest of starts for the South Milwaukee football team.
The Rockets fell behind 35-0 in the third quarter before falling 38-12 to Greendale in a Woodland Conference game on Friday night.
See the stats here.
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Packard Plaza is losing another retailer.
Merchandise Outlet is closing its 40,000 square-foot store at 5656 Packard Ave. in Cudahy, according to a sign in the window and its website.
Learn more about the history of this unique store here.
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Also, State Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report entitled “Back to School.”
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Molthen-Bell & Son Funeral Home may be getting some local competition.
Max A. Sass & Sons Funeral Home is eyeing the former St. Mary’s school building at 1314 Manitoba for a new location.
It would be the funeral home’s fourth.
A public hearing is planned on the project before the South Milwaukee Plan Commission’s meeting on Monday. The commission will then consider a conditional use permit for the development. Here is the agenda.
I’ll keep you posted.
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The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has released statewide ACT scores, and there is good news for South Milwaukee.
South Milwaukee’s 2011-12 composite score was 21.7, an increase from 21.4 a year earlier. The district’s score was 22.0 in 2009-10.
The percentage of students tested also increased to 65.1%.
See the South Milwaukee ACT scores here.
Oak Creek’s fell slightly, according to this Patch story. Here is the Journal Sentinel story on the statewide results.
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Just a reminder that the last of the three outdoor Groovy Movie Nites is Thursday, as a showing of The Smurfs follows the South Milwaukee Farmers’ Market.
Showtime is dusk, or around 8:15 p.m.
The weather looks great, and bring your family and friends!
(The movie was rescheduled from August 9, due to rain.)
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Update: Here is a picture.
A big thanks goes to the Masonic South Shore Lodge #3 for its $2,350 donation to the South Milwaukee Police Department for new officer and citizen safety equipment.
Lodge members made the donation at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, saying that the contribution fits in well with its goals of serving others and helping the community.
Police will use the funds to purchase tourniquets and combat gauze for each of the department’s 32 officers, as well as some extras.
The equipment will be used to treat officers and others at critical incidents to hopefully stabilize the patient before first responders arrive – important lifesaving gear that is a welcome addition for the department.
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spoke with South Shore Supervisor Pat Jursik about the firing Milwaukee County Parks Director on Monday. According to the story:
Supervisor Jursik, who is a lawyer, said she feared that Abele’s firing of Black exposed the county to potential damages. Jursik said Black likely has a good argument that her 2011 raise given to keep her in her county job created a contractual right to her job. If a judge or jury agreed, the county would be forced to argue the firing was justified for cause, Jursik said.
Check out the full story here … and these other local headlines.
Also, NOW has published a new police blotter, including reference to a $3,000 theft from a safe on Southtown Place.
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