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Van Hollen wants quick action on lawsuit
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 20 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Madison- The state Department of Justice today asked a Dane County judge to quickly resolve its lawsuit over whether state and local officials should crosscheck ID information provided by new voters and voters who changed addresses on and after Jan. 1, 2006.In a motion to be heard by a Dane County judge on Sept. 19, lawyers for Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said the need to comply with federal election laws by the Nov. 4 election justifies quick action on his lawsuit.
The state Government Accountability Board, which works with local clerks to conduct elections, decided to do the additional checking of voter ID data for voters who registered from Aug. 6 of this year on. Van Hollen sued over that decision, saying the 20002 federal Help America Vote Act requires those additional checks to be done on and after Jan. 1, 2006.
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Chicago to play Riverside Theater
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 20 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - It's 40 years down the line, and the band once known as the Chicago Transit Authority is still in service.On Nov. 2, Chicago will return to the Riverside Theater for an 8 p.m. show. Tickets for the concert, at $65.50 and $45.50, go on sale at noon Sept. 19 at the Riverside box office, at (414) 286-3663 or (800) 511-1552 or at www.pabsttheater.org. This summer, Chicago released their "lost" album "Stone of Sisyphus," which was recorded in 1994 but shelved by the label for an alleged lack of commercial appeal....
Hamilton High on lockdown after stabbing
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 21 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Hamilton High School is on lock-down after a female student was stabbed multiple times inside the building this morning, according to Milwaukee Public Schools officials and police.Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said police are responding to 6215 W. Warnimont Ave. for the stabbing, which was reported about 9:30 a.m.
Philip Harris, a spokesperson for MPS, said safety staff at the school are also responding.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.
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2-3 inches of rain possible over weekend
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 21 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Expect a wet weekend in southeastern Wisconsin, where the National Weather Service is predicting as much as two to three inches of rain to fall through Saturday afternoon.Rain is expected to develop over the area tonight and may diminish tomorrow evening, according to Marc Kavinsky, meteorologist for the Weather Service at Sullivan.
A weak frontal boundary is slipping through the area right now and is expected to become stationary across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin later today, he said. A new weather system will strengthen as it moves along the boundary later tonight and tomorrow and "bring us this wet weather," Kavinsky said.The Milwaukee metro area is about an inch above normal for rainfall this month after 2.01 inches fell on Sept. 3 and 4, according to Kavinsky.
The Weather Service is predicting a slight chance of rain on Sunday, depending on what happens with the remains of Hurricane Ike as that weather system moves into the upper Midwest, Kavinsky said.
"It could have a factor and return a period of heavy rain Sunday into Monday," Kavinsky said. "We're still having questions on its track and strength."...
Bedroom fire referred to police
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 21 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The Milwaukee Fire Department has asked police to investigate a fire in the bedroom of a two-story home that caused an estimated $15,000 in damage to a home in the 500 block of W. Ring St. The fire was called in just after 1 a.m. No one was home at the time, according to fire officials.
The blaze started in a first-floor bedroom and extended into a hallway.
A second overnight fire has also been referred to police for investigation after a garage burned in the 2700 block of N. 39thSt. about 8:30 p.m.
Damage was estimated at $8,000.
No injuries were reported in either fire....
Boy, 16, shot on north side
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 21 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - A 16-year-old boy was in critical condition after he was shot multiple times about 8 p.m. Thursday in the 900 block of W. Burleigh St., according to Milwaukee police. Police did not have any suspects in custody.
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Deputy injured while responding to crash
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 22 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - A Calumet County sheriff's deputy was hurt while responding to a call yesterday when he swerved to avoid another car and struck a guardrail on State Highway 114, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.Deputy Nicholas Sablich was responding with lights and siren in his 2007 Ford Crown Victoria about 4:50 p.m. to a crash at U.S. Highway 10 and State Highway 55 before his own crash occurred. Sablich was on westbound State Highway 114 approaching the intersection of McHugh Road when a vehicle driven by Harold Vanharen of Hilbert pulled away from a stop sign.
The State Patrol reports that Sablich took evasive action to avoid hitting Vanharen's car. His squad struck the guardrail.
Vanharen was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Three held in theft of 90 TVs, 2 trucks
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 22 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Three Milwaukee men have been arrested after a year-long investigation into a burglary in Fond du Lac County in which 90 big-screen televisions and two trucks were stolen from the Silica Appliance Warehouse in Malone, according to the Fond du Lac County sheriff's office.The Fond du Lac County sheriff's office executed search warrants on each of the men on Wednesday in connection with the warehouse burglary, which occurred on Aug. 19, 2007.
The trucks and 17 televisions have been recovered so far during an investigation that involved detectives from Fond du Lac County, the Milwaukee County sheriff's office and the Milwaukee Police Department, according to Fond du Lac officials.
Sheriff's officials reported that the men were scheduled to make their initial appearance in court this week.
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Council rejects Barrett's fee hikes
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 22 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee aldermen today approved a fee increase for this year to help pay for a nearly $5 million pile of snow-related bills, but balked - for now - at Mayor Tom Barrett's requested fee increases for the 2009 budget.That means Barrett's planned $8.6 million patch for next year's budget is not in place, which he says will mean the financial package presents to the council later this month will include closures of libraries and firehouses, as well as more layoffs and deeper cuts than if the fees were OK'd.
Thecouncil voted 12-3 to increase the snow and ice removal fee for this year, raising it about $7.50 for the average homeowner. That is expected to bring in about $1.6 million, which will go toward covering the shortfall tied to the heavy snowfall early this year.
To avoid borrowing money, the rest would be covered with federal grants, belt-tightening measures and the city's contingency fund.
With an even bleaker budget picture for 2009, Barrett has proposed increases in the city's snow fee and garbage fee, as well as its sewer fee and storm water charge. The main increases are in the snow fee, which would go up about $8 for a typical household, and the garbage fee which would increase $37.
The council rejected both, but they will soon be back and most agree will be approved at some level.
Barrett will have to build his 2009 budget without the $8.6 million the fee increases would generate. He likely will present two versions of the budget: one with the fees hikes intact; another without them.
In both cases, he has said, there will be cuts and a property tax increase.
The cuts simply will be much more severe without the fee increases, since the city faces a cap on how much it can increase property taxes and has limited options for generating revenue elsewhere.
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Two teens injured in separate shootings
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 20 Hours 22 Minutes ago
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Two teens were wounded in separate shootings in Milwaukee overnight, according to police, who said one of the teens is in critical condition this morning.Police said both shootings started with arguments. No one is in custody in either case.
In the first case, a 16-year-old boy was shot about 8 p.m. near N. 9th and W. Burleigh streets. He is in critical condition.
At 11:30 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot in a gas station parking lot near N. 27th St. and W. Capitol Drive. He is in stable condition this morning with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said.
Both shootings remain under investigation today.
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