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Budget Chief: Milwaukee Needs $9 Million To Keep 75 Firefighters
Milwaukee's budget director says the city needs extra nine-point-two million dollars to keep 75 firefighter positions next year. Dennis Yaccarino says five rigs of personnel would be decommissioned wi...
Oct 12, 2017
Railroad Pavement Replaced on South 10th Street
Due to the closure of the S 10th St construction project DPI Streets crew with cooperation of the R/R has taken advantage of the street closing and replaced the pavement at the S 10th St crossing. The...
Oct 12, 2017
Hundreds Attend Hearing To Oppose Sanctuary City Ban
The author of a bill to cut state funds for sanctuary cities took aim at the hundreds of people who came to a hearing today (Thursday) to oppose his measure. Senate Republican Steve Nass, who chairs t...
Oct 12, 2017
Apple Fest This Weekend in Two Rivers
This weekend, the Two Rivers Lions will host their annual Apple Fest. The festivities will take place on Saturday from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM in Central Park and the Hamilton Community House. The Lions...
Oct 12, 2017
Comedian Jim Gaffigan To Help Open New Bucks Arena
The new Milwaukee Bucks arena has made its first announcement of a concert for the 524-million dollar facility. Comedian Jim Gaffigan will perform there September 22nd of next year. Raj Saha, the gene...
Oct 12, 2017
US Senate Race: Baldwin Leads The Money Race In Landslide
U-S Senate Democrat Tammy Baldwin has raised another two-point-four million dollars for her reelection bid next year, while her two G-O-P challengers are just getting started. Baldwin's campaign says ...
Oct 12, 2017
Job Cuts Expected When UW's Two Year, Four Year Schools Merge
There will be job cuts in the proposed mergers of the U-W's two year and four year schools. The statewide office that manages the 13 two year colleges and the University Extension service would be eli...
Oct 12, 2017
Assembly Panel To Vote On Riot Definition, Crackdowns
A state Assembly panel was scheduled to vote at the lunch hour on Republican bills to legally define riots, and make it easier for police to control them. The Judiciary Committee was considering three...
Oct 12, 2017
Corps of Engineers Make Emergency Breakwater Repairs
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been mobilized to Two Rivers' Lake Michigan Harbor, to begin work on repairing the south breakwater. Back in 2003, said structure was extended further into Lake M...
Oct 12, 2017
Fallen Power Lines, Transformers Possible Wildfire Causes
Fallen power lines and exploding transformers may have started the northern California wildfires that killed a Wisconsin couple and 21 others. K-G-O T-V in San Francisco says the emergency dispatch re...
Oct 12, 2017