Top Milwaukee Area Local News Stories
Source: WISN.com - Local News
A man is rescued from a pond in Hartland.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:00:00 CST
Charges have been filed against against three people who reportedly starved, tortured and assaulted a 15-year-old girl.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:12:44 CST
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke released a statement Thursday responding to criticism of his office and its scaled-back force for President Obama's visit Wednesday.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:42:42 CST
Police and airline employees kept a pilot they suspected of being drunk from boarding a flight in Omaha.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:04:23 CST
Brown lawns, dirty cars, and ugly snow piles are the result of more mild temperatures. Find out what's ahead for the weekend in the Weather Watch 12 Blog.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:57:47 CST
Dept. of Transportation cameras help emergency crews to see incidents before they arrive. Yet one major stretch of highway in Southeast Wisconsin has no cameras at all.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:14:27 CST
Tonight on 12 News at 10:00 - Kent Wainscott investigates why a dangerous stretch of highway in Southeast Wisconsin does not have a single DOT camera. 12 News Investigates tonight at 10.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:45:13 CST
Emergency personnel responded to a report of a fishing shanty that had fallen through the ice Thursday.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:50:24 CST
A former aide to Gov. Scott Walker will have to wait to enter a plea on embezzlement and illegal campaigning charges after two judges passed on his case.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:43:05 CST
A body of a man found in a Tomah motel earlier this month has been identified as a man missing since March 2011.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:39:57 CST
A Wisconsin elementary school stopped a second-grader from distributing valentines he made for his classmates because they included a religious message.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:35:03 CST
The Highland Pedestrian Bridge across the Milwaukee River remains stuck in the open position after an emergency stop Wednesday led to an equipment failure.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:27:45 CST
Some finger-pointing is going on after cutbacks on security for President Barack Obama.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:23:19 CST
A Sheboygan man is arrested after giving his wife flowers for Valentine's Day.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:27:11 CST