Park land. This will allow the land to be sold to the milwaukee metropolitan sewage district for 1 so they can remove it. Proponents of this plan say it will save taxpayers money, because it costs much more to maintain the dam than it does to remove it. take sot ald. Nik kovac 22 to begin after finally, after a decade of discussion, removal of the dam. Which will make the river cleaner and while were at it, will save the taxpayers over 2 additional 2 million or so over the next 30 years. So its a 4 Million Dollar savings which will allow the others resources and pressing needs in the parks. 3 the Milwaukee County board says theyve wanted to repair the dam for several years. A spokesperson for the county told me after that initial vote today to remove the dam, that mrs are disappointed new at noon. A fire damages a restaurant on milwaukees north side. We captured this video of firefighters investigating the aftermath of a fire at ashleys barbeque at 15th and center. Were told the restau
Out in the notice of injury filing. Jay anderson was shot and killed june 23 at madison park. Family says he was sleeping in his car. An officer approached, leading to the situation. Safran says the officer claims anderson lunged for a handgun when he was told to put his arms up. Up. The video shows at least twice prior to the shooting, mr. Anderson, both his head and arms kind of coming down, as if it looks as though hes passed out or is falling asleep. And twice that occurs. His head. He comes back up. Theyre up for a period of time. And when they come down the second time is when the officer then proceeds to fire through the passenger side open window. The video is not yet public. Wauwatosa police are withholding related records until the district report. And the attorney also or. Tells me that hes received no timeline from the Milwaukee County District Attorneys Office on if charges will be leveled against that officers reporting in milwaukee, Jacob Kittilstad, cbs 58 news. 3 one p
New this morning stunning numbers just released giving a better look at families dealing with financial struggles in wisconsin. In fact this reports Shows Nearly Half of all wisconsin families are struggling to make ends meet. Ann sterling is live in oak creek to explain. United way of wisconsin just released this report. It reveals that 42 percent of families here in wisconsin earn below what is known as an alice threshold. This report is long but i went through it to give you this break down. First off lets define an alice household. It is a working household they hold jobs and pay taxes positions include retailsales People Office clerks laborers and movers and Customer Service reps. The core issue is that these jobs do not pay enough for the basics transportation, and health carebottom line according to this report many households earning . . More than the federal Poverty Level stilldo not earn enough to afford the basics. In wisconsin, there are nearly 671 thousand alice households
Of local roads. In waukesha. Pz. Tmj4 organizers say the information gathered at todays discussion will be used to craft proposals for how to better improve local, public transit. The city and the county of milwaukee face costly upgrades for aging streets and bridges. A new report by local Research Group Public Policy forum shows more than half of city streets are rated in poor or fair condition. The city anticipates spending 76 milliondollars a year to keep repairs over the next four years. The county expects to spend about 11million a year for highways and streets arent the only concern for local officials. According to the report nearly athird of the countys 436 bus fleet should be replaced. Each one costs about 475thousand dollars. A chance tonight to ride along the future milwaukee streetcar route. Bublr bikes and the wisconsin bike fed are leading a group ride starting at 530. The ride begins at burns streetcar route and ends at newaukees night market on wisconsin avenue. Organiz
Where as Pete Zervakis reports improvements were called for. Participants at todays forum believe connecting people with Public Transportation is more important now than ever. We know the Transportation System isnt serving everyone organizers of this talk on transportation say thats because some cant afford cars. While others are elderly. And cant get to bus stations. Nats bus county executive paul farrow says the population continues to get older. The demographics of our population changing many seniors rely on volunteer ride programs run by local organizations. But farrow says the elderly are spread out around the county. Around the county. So more such taxis. Or buses. Wouldnt help all of them. Weve got to try to figure out how were going to solve the problem when we dont have that dense pack of people somewhere, where a bus would be effectivehe thinks one way to improve transportation for seniors is collaboration with milwaukee with Milwaukee County. Where medical appointments. Pet