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Wisconsin’s Oldest Gay Bar, Co-Owned by ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Trixie Mattel, Closes Down
The oldest gay bar in Wisconsin, co-owned by RuPaul’s Drag Race star Trixie Mattel, closed suddenly on Sunday, just months before its 57th anniversary. Milwaukee’s This Is It! gay bar has closed, according to a statement by George Schneider — who co-owned the establishment with Mattel, a winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, Pink News reported.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee-area woman deported to Laos though she's never been there, doesn't speak the language
A Hmong American woman who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was 8 months old was deported last week to Laos, a country she has never visited, and says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards. Ma Yang, 37, a mother of five, said she does not speak the Lao language, has no family or friends in the country and that the military is holding all her documents. She was born in Thailand, the daughter of Hmong refugees after the Vietnam War, and she was a legal permanent U.S. resident until she pleaded...
FOX6Now.com Milwaukee
FOX6Now.com Milwaukee
Child dropped from second-story porch during domestic dispute
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police say a one-year-old child was intentionally dropped from a second-story porch during a domestic violence dispute on Thursday, March 13. According to police, the domestic violence and child abuse incident occurred in the area of 41st Street and Courtland Avenue around 5 p.m. During a domestic...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nearly 10,000 gallons of wastewater mistakenly dumped into Lincoln Creek, Milwaukee River
On March 11, approximately 9,600 gallons of wastewater was accidentally released into Lincoln Creek near North 32nd Street and West Hampton Avenue in Milwaukee. The incident occurred when workers from Veolia Water Milwaukee, a contractor for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, mistakenly released the wastewater into a storm sewer rather than the sanitary sewer, according to the sewerage district. The discharge can be likened to a sewer overflow, although on a much smaller scale. It occurred between 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., and the release was equivalent to about four Veolia vacuum truck loads. The workers were removing water...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feds accuse Milwaukee police officer of offering guns, helping street gang find rivals
A former Milwaukee police officer is facing federal charges after authorities say he offered to help a member of a violent street gang obtain guns and used his position to get license plates for stolen cars and addresses of rival gang members. Juwon J. Madlock is accused of transferring ammunition to a felon, obstruction, lying to federal agents and possessing a machine gun after FBI agents found a gun with a switch device at his residence, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Thursday. Switches are designed to convert handguns into automatic weapons. The allegations came to light when...
CBS 58
Milwaukee man to serve 30 years in prison for killing 12-year-old at Bug 'N' Out Lounge in 2023
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee teen who killed a 12-year-old boy was sentenced to prison on Friday, March 14. The deadly shooting happened two years ago, during a birthday party in West Allis. Nineteen-year-old Lawrence Griffin will serve 30 years in prison for killing 12-year-old Ronnel Smith at the...