Milwaukee might have just squeaked onto a list of the country’s top 10 downtowns, but that’s not stopping community leaders and advocates from celebrating. Milwaukee residents and businesses from Mayor Tom Barrett to the InterContinental Milwaukee Hotel have been circulating a link on Twitter to the website TopTenz.net, a site full of top 10 lists. Recently, it named Milwaukee as the 10th-best downtown in the nation. “Milwaukee likely has the smallest urban core on this list, a fact that certainly hurts the city’s ranking,” the site says... ... Read More

MILWAUKEE — Brown Deer police and North Shore Fire officials responded after a 13-year-old male from Milwaukee was struck by a vehicle Tuesday on North 60th Street, at West Fairlane Avenue. Officials say the striking vehicle did stop, and remained on the scene.

Police say the driver, a 74-year-old woman from Milaukee was driving her 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe southbound on North 60th Street, and the boy was walking westbound in the crosswalk from West Fairlane Avenue, crossing North 60th Street.

Police say the driver struck the pedestrian in the crosswalk, and the boy was transported by ambulance to the hospital, but is expected to survive his injuries. The boy’s parents were notified and responded to the scene.

Officials say there was no damage to the striking vehicle and the driver was not injured. The driver was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and was released from the scene.

Milwaukee County supervisors unanimously decided Tuesday to move forward with a plan that would bury power lines near Milwaukee's Montessori School and Underwood Parkway. This, after students and residents flooded the committee meeting asking the supervisors to oppose the plan for overhead lines.

Students from Milwaukee's Montessori School and neighbors nearby took their fight against high-voltage overhead power lines by their school at 95th street, near Bluemound Rd. straight to members of the Milwaukee County Board Tuesday. Their message: "Bury the Power Lines," which would come within just hundreds of feet of the school.