Milwaukee police are warning residents about a "surge" of recent robberies involving online dating apps. 

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One of Microsoft's top executives said he would support a new state law to regulate and set standards for data center developments across Wisconsin. 

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Milwaukee County plans to use nearly $25 million in federal funding for more than 60 street safety projects throughout the community. 

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Protests are expected across the state on Friday in reaction to this week's fatal shooting in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

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A recently introduced Wisconsin bill would require kindergarten through sixth-grade students to get at least 60 minutes of recess every day. 

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The city of Milwaukee is cracking down on habitual parking violators this year.

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Homicides increased by 8 percent in Milwaukee last year after the city experienced two straight years of declines.

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A growing number of Yemeni coffee shops have opened up in the Milwaukee area over the past several months.

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The Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee is hosting the 2026 U.S. Olympic Team long track speed skating trials this weekend.

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The Milwaukee Admirals, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, will take on the Iowa Wild at an outdoor hockey rink in Hastings, Minnesota, on Jan. 23.

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The Milwaukee Brewers will play the Atlanta Braves in the MLB Little League Classic in Pennsylvania on Aug. 23, 2026.

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A Waukesha County judge has granted a petition to revoke Morgan Geyser's conditional release after the woman fled from a Madison group home last month. 

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More than 100 patients received whole blood transfusions before even getting to the hospital in the past year as part of new initiatives in Madison and Milwaukee to help prevent deaths from severe blood loss.

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The program recently moved to a new location at the Milwaukee County Research Park, which is more than triple the size of its former facility in Greenfield.

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The Wisconsin State Public Defenders Office is calling for an investigation into the conditions at Racine County’s juvenile detention center after a 15-year-old was allegedly assaulted by staff there earlier this year. 

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A string of small restaurants in Milwaukee are sounding the alarm about rising costs and a decline in sales.

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Three Wisconsin Department of Corrections staff members are on administrative leave as the department investigates Morgan Geyser's escape from a group home.

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Community leaders in Milwaukee are raising concerns about the proposed use of facial recognition technology by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.

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A new state grant program will hand out $10 million for violence prevention work across Wisconsin.

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