South Milwaukee's 4th District

Keep the family and friends of James W. Meden in your prayers tonight. Meden is the 57-year-old man who South Milwaukee police say was murdered at the Badger Place Apartments Wednesday morning. From the Journal Sentinel story … Meden’s body was found by his daughter in the apartment in the 200 block of N. Chicago [...]

A 58-year-old man was found dead in his South Milwaukee apartment this morning. The incident, which is being investigated as a homicide, happened at the Badger Place Apartments in the 200 block of North Chicago Avenue. No other details were immediately available. Check out the full story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. And here’s the press [...]

I’ve had my week away from the keyboard, and it’s time to get back to South Milwaukee blogging. Let’s get started by getting readers caught up with items of note from the past week, including the following Milwaukee Journal Sentinel articles: South Milwaukee Mayoral Candidates Face Off Again: More on the upcoming mayoral race, one of [...]

I must admit that when I launched my blog in October, I didn’t know what to expect. Simply, I wondered if people would people be interested what I had to say. Thankfully, you have been, and you’re reading. Traffic is up, and growing, and I can’t thank my readers enough for that. I hope that’s [...]

A 40-year-old South Milwaukee man apparently shot himself following a police chase and car crash Wednesday night. Other new details emerged Thursday about the scary incident that left Douglas J. Fairbanks dead after the crash near North Chicago and College Avenues. Learn more in the South Milwaukee Police Department press release here. You can see the [...]

A 40-year-old man is dead following a police chase in South Milwaukee Wednesday night. He may have shot himself. A 23-year-old woman was also injured in the resulting car crash around 9 p.m. near North Chicago and College Avenues.  Here is a story and video from the scene on Fox6Now.com. According to Fox 6: South Milwaukee police were investigating [...]

And it was a fountain at the front entrance to St. Luke’s South Shore.  Learn more in this WISN.com story. Thankfully, the number of sick people has not changed since the outbreak was first announced on Saturday. Here’s an excerpt from the story: So far, eight people have confirmed cases of the disease after either being [...]

Spring is definitely here (at least for a few days). Want proof? The Grant Park Golf Course is open for business. Click here to see the full Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story and here for complete course conditions information.

Update: We passed the library transfer unanimously. We put off a vote on the cycling event guarantee until a future council meeting, as we continue to seek sponsorship dollars to help defray the annual site fee and other costs. We also approved the Sportz Medicine II agent change … after speaking to the owners about [...]

Scary news from the South Shore’s only hospital … The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that eight people who have been to Aurora St. Luke’s South Shore in Cudahy over the past three to four weeks have been diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease, a form of pneumonia caused by waterborne bacteria. Click here to see the [...]