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Falling refrigerator kills worker

Ryan Haggerty Journal Sentinel 12/14/2010
NY Archbishop Calls 'Ludicrous' Claims His Ex-Diocese Hid Money

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan blasted as "ludicrous" an attorney's claim that his former diocese in Milwaukee moved $130 million to avoid paying sex abuse settlements.

Falling refrigerator kills worker

A 33-year-old man who was part of a crew renovating an apartment on Milwaukee's west side was killed Tuesday when he was struck by a refrigerator his co-workers threw from the building, a Milwaukee police spokeswoman said.

Milwaukee teachers fight for Viagra drug coverage

RYAN J. FOLEY Yahoo! News 08/06/2010
Milwaukee teachers fight for Viagra drug coverage

MADISON, Wis. – With the district in a financial crisis and hundreds of its members facing layoffs, the Milwaukee teachers union is taking a peculiar stand: fighting to get its taxpayer-funded Viagra back.

University student arrested in class for disruptive behavior [VIDEO]

A female student at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee was detained last Monday after throwing a waterbottle at another student, threatening the class and the professor, and resisting arrest by campus police.

Barrett makes it official: Milwaukee mayor running for Wisconsin governor

Larry Sandler Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 11/15/2009
Barrett makes it official: Milwaukee mayor running for Wisconsin governor

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett made it official Sunday, announcing his candidacy to become Wisconsin’a governor in 2010.

Man suspected in deaths of 9 women in Milwaukee charged

MILWAUKEE — Authorities on Monday charged a 49-year-old man suspected in the killings of as many as nine women over 21 years in Milwaukee, officials announced at an evening news conference.

Milwaukee mayor out of hospital after brutal beating

Ryan Haggerty and Sharif Durhams Boston Herald 08/17/2009
Milwaukee mayor out of hospital after brutal beating

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was resting at home Monday after being released from a hospital while his brother discussed the severity of the beating the mayor suffered when he answered a woman’s cries for help.

Man beats Milwaukee mayor with metal pipe at state fair

A 20-year-old Wisconsin man accused of attacking the mayor of Milwaukee with a metal pipe has been arrested, police said Sunday.

U.S. Bank pulls funds from Milwaukee PGA event

Steve DiMeglio USA Today 01/27/2009
 
U.S. Bank pulls funds from Milwaukee PGA event

U.S. Bancorp's U.S. Bank will end its sponsorship of the PGA Tour's annual Milwaukee tournament, the site of Tiger Woods' professional debut in 1996, after this season.