Milwaukee

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Congressman Ron Kind of La Crosse appear to be the leading Democratic possibilities for governor next year. That's according to Journal Sentinel columnist Dan Bice, who says Kind appears to be ready to run while Barrett is not enthusiastic, and would...

Army officials in South Carolina confirm that a recruit from Wisconsin has died while training at Fort Jackson. Pvt. Jonathan Morales died after a training march early Wednesday. Morales had taken part in the road march as he was wrapping up his basic training. Base officials...

Anthony Peters will stay in the Milwaukee County Jail on $100,000 bond after making his first court appearance Thursday. Peters is the 20-year-old Milwaukee man accused of beating Mayor Tom Barrett with a tire iron. If convicted on the felony charges Peters could wind up spending...

The brother of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says he had to undergo three hours of surgery to repair his hand. Barrett got stitches in his head and needed plastic surgery to fix a cut running from his cheek to his nose. Barrett is home from the hospital, being hailed as a hero....

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett still has gashes on his head and face, a broken tooth, two teeth knocked out and a broken hand. Despite his injuries, Barrett was released from the hospital yesterday. He also got a call from the president. President Obama released a statement Monday...

Doctors say Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was alert and talking when he arrived at a hospital Saturday night. Barrett is recovering from injuries he suffered when he was attacked by a man with a pipe. Barrett was leaving the Wisconsin State Fair with his family when he heard a woman...

The House Judiciary chairman released thousands of records this week about the Bush administration's decision to fire nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. But those documents did not explain why former Milwaukee prosecutor Steve Biskupic was added to the list of those to be fired and was...

Almost 1,000 people cheered and booed through a meeting on health care reform held in Milwaukee Wednesday by House Democrat Gwen Moore. A federal marshal was among the security on hand, and while audience members sometimes argued amongst themselves, no one was ejected.

A 4-year-old boy sat in a wheelchair Tuesday for the first time since he was rescued from a burning SUV in Milwaukee. David Harper was saved July 19 after his parents' vehicle crashed on a north side street. David talked this week for the first time since the mishap. His mother...

Johnson Controls of suburban Milwaukee is getting almost $300 million in the federal stimulus to make batteries for hybrid vehicles at a plant in Michigan. It's part of a $2.4 billion effort announced Wednesday to create the batteries, which are said to be the biggest factor to...

A plea deal is being sought for at least one of two brothers accused of firing the military flare that started the massive fire at the Patrick Cudahy meat plant. Kurtis and Joshua Popp waived their preliminary hearings Tuesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. And they were ordered...

A Milwaukee area car salesman is free on bond, after he was caught driving one of his dealership's vehicles in Pennsylvania. John Sergeant Jr., 35, of Milwaukee is charged in Pennsylvania with receiving stolen property and Wauwatosa Police have not decided whether to seek charges...

Hundreds of people attended a Milwaukee rally yesterday to urge Congress to pass health care reform. House Democrat Gwen Moore told the crowd that 14,000 Americans are losing their jobs every day. And that's boosting the number of people losing access to health coverage or the...

The Harper family wants to live with the people who helped them so selflessly. James Harper says he and his family are moving to Milwaukee permanently. Harper's four-year-old son was saved from a burning sport utility vehicle a week ago today. Harper says he is grateful to the...

Students at the University Wisconsin-Milwaukee are finding that it's not cheap to go to class at their computers. The College of Letters and Science is charging $275 more on top of the normal tuition for its online course offerings. Provost Rita Cheng sees it as a convenience...