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Man caught urinating, vandalizing Milwaukee home on doorbell camera
MILWAUKEE - Video shows a man going rogue after urinating on the porch of a home on Milwaukee’s west side. The whole thing was caught on camera in an exclusive, must-see video. An unknown man is seen throwing buckets and whatever he had at a house. The homeowner said...
Family of 4-year-old killed in hit-and-run heartbroken; mother remains in ICU
MILWAUKEE (WISN) - A 4-year-old girl was killed while crossing a street with her mother in Milwaukee on Tuesday. The driver left the scene, but police said they arrested the 30-year-old suspect late Tuesday after a chase. Surveillance video near the Teutonia Avenue and Green Tree Road intersection captured the...
Semi-truck loaded with beer crashes on highway in Menomonee Falls
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A semi-truck filled with beer tipped over on the highway in Menomonee Falls Thursday morning, May 2. It happened on I-41 northbound, north of Pilgrim Road and involved a passenger vehicle and the semi-truck. According to the Menomonee Falls Fire Department, the semi driver...
A 17-year-old was shot and killed in Milwaukee on Wednesday
A 17-year-old was shot and killed in Milwaukee on Wednesday, police said. Milwaukee Police Department said in a news release Thursday that the shooting took place around 10:17 p.m. on the 3300 block of North 28th Street. The victim was taken to a local hospital and was declared dead there. According to a Milwaukee...
Man arrested in death of 4-year-old was previously convicted of killing another pedestrian
The man arrested under suspicion of killing a 4-year-old girl in a hit-and-run crash in Milwaukee on Tuesday was previously convicted of killing another pedestrian while driving without a license. The 30-year-old man, who the Journal Sentinel is not naming because he has not been charged in the death of Zekani Hymes-Wilson, was...
Menomonee Falls CVS theft; $1K value of stolen property
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. - The Menomonee Falls Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a person of interest regarding a recent CVS retail theft. Police said it happened around noon on Sunday, April 28, at the CVS location on Appleton. The suspect is described as a mid-20s...
Diana Gutiérrez is named co-anchor of 6 p.m. news at Milwaukee's WISN-TV (Channel 12)
That was quick. Though not surprising. Two days after WISN-TV (Channel 12) announced that Milwaukee television news veteran Joyce Garbaciak was leaving the anchor desk for good, Milwaukee's ABC affiliate named her replacement. Diana Gutiérrez will co-anchor Channel 12's 6 p.m. newscast starting June 3, the station announced Thursday. Garbaciak's...
'I want justice to be served': Suspect in deadly hit-and-run previously convicted
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office is considering charges in the deadly hit-and-run that killed a 4-year-old girl and seriously hurt her mother. A car hit Zekani Hymes-Wilson and her mother, Gloria Hymes, as they crossed Teutonia near Green Tree on Tuesday. A 30-year-old man is in...
Wisconsin Lottery: Sussex man wins Packers season tickets
SUSSEX, Wis. - A Sussex man is the grand prize winner of the Wisconsin Lottery's Green Bay Packers Bonus Drawing, held in March. Selected from more than 68,000 entries, his grand prize package includes four Club Seat Green Bay Packers tickets for the 2024-25 season. The man qualified for the...
Man stabbed while driving, Wauwatosa woman charged with attempted homicide
BROOKFIELD, Wis. - A Wauwatosa woman is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, accused of stabbing a man while he was driving on April 13. Prosecutors said 18-year-old Athena Anderson told police "vampires stab people in the neck, so they can kill their prey." According to a criminal complaint, the...
Milwaukee police officer accused of groping woman sentenced to 25 hours community service
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee police officer accused of groping a woman at an event with department staff in January of 2023 was sentenced to community service Thursday, May 2. Thirty-eight-year-old Travis Jung pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge in April after pleading not guilty to a...
Harbor District affordable apartment development seeks $2 million in city funds
An affordable apartment development planned for Milwaukee's Harbor District would receive more than $2 million in city funding under a new proposal. Kenosha-based Bear Development LLC plans to build the 140-unit apartment community, which includes 3,700 square feet of street-level commercial space, at 100 E. National Ave. ...
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