Old North Milwaukee

North Side Grocery Store Sets Closing Date

Area alderwoman calls closure 'disappointing.'

Northwest Side Theater Adding Outdoor Space

North Milwaukee Artpark would host outdoor concerts, other events.

New Soul Food Spot For Villard Avenue

Tasty Flavors would replace longtime barbecue spot in Old North Milwaukee.

Crowley Announces More Small Business Grants

10 more area businesses receive funds from county.

Surge in Milwaukee Gun Shootings Challenges Anti-Violence Efforts

414LIFE team of workers has hit the streets hard in recent weeks.

New Event Venue Would Fill Empty Industrial Building

A 'perfect' location, says veteran event planner Jerhonda McCrary.

MPD Launches the 2025 Operation Summer Guardian

For Two Straight Years, Milwaukee’s Homicide Rate Has Fallen

A close look at the work violence prevention and interruption plays in attempting to continue that trend.

Milwaukee Wants To Buy 30th Street Line, Railroad Says No

But city officials believe sale still possible for multi-use trail, perhaps even mass transit.

US Transportation Secretary Moves To Cut Milwaukee Grants

Grants to rebuild Villard Ave. and National Ave. and for an EV network all at risk.

Milwaukee Wins Grant To Rebuild National Avenue

New federal funding will advance Complete Streets effort, free up funding for other streets.

Consultant Sought To Design 30th Street Corridor Trail

Milwaukee County advancing project to build trail through heart of city.

Will Trump Kill Milwaukee Street Upgrades and EV Projects?

At stake are at least 5 federal grants to city worth $99 million; will Trump claw back money?

AN OX Cafe Owner Plans New Restaurant

Adam's Bar & Grill would serve burgers, pizza in Old North Milwaukee.

MPD launches the 2024 Operation Summer Guardian

See Inside School-To-Apartments Conversion of Former Edison Middle School

The original North Milwaukee High School now a welcoming home for seniors.

DiAndre Jackson Will Replace Rainey on Common Council

Jackson defeats Jessica Currie for open council seat.

Jackson, Currie Advance In Race To Replace Khalif Rainey

Four-way primary saw every candidate get at least 21% of vote.

Uptown Bar and Grill Given 30-Day Suspension

Old North Milwaukee bar faced lengthy police report, but owner and manager dispute record.

County Banned Housing Voucher Discrimination. Landlords Still Do It

County officials not sure they can enforce provision. Many vouchers go unused.

Alderman Khalif Rainey Won’t Run For Reelection

Council member since 2016, five candidates are already vying to replace him.

New Restaurant Coming To King Drive

Bronzeville Kitchen & Lounge plans to offer food, drinks and live jazz.

Soul Food Restaurant For Villard Avenue

Smoke-N-Bones would replace Fiyahside Jamaican Cuisine, with soul food and BBQ to-go.

New Restaurant and Lounge Coming to Bronzeville

Mi Casa Su Cafe owner opening bar and restaurant inside former On the Bayou.

Brunch-Focused Cafe Coming To Villard Avenue

Brunch All Day Cafe is expected to open in August.

Water Street Could Become Pedestrian Haven in Third Ward

Wider sidewalks, fewer traffic lanes contemplated.

Milwaukee Wins $14 Million Grant To Rebuild, Reimagine Villard Avenue

Northside main street will receive "Complete Streets" treatment.

Bowen Won’t Seek Recount, Pratt Is New Alderwoman

Andrea Pratt wins race to replace Ashanti Hamilton by 17 votes.

Three Northside Aldermanic Races

Six candidates running to fill three open seats on the Milwaukee Common Council.

Gold Diggers Strip Club Receives 20-Day Suspension

It's the club's third suspension since 2019.

More Than 15 Candidates Running For Three Council Seats

North side voters will find packed primaries on Feb. 21.

City Providing Cleanup Loan To Redevelop Edison School

City doing everything it can to see former Custer High School redeveloped into affordable housing.

Deal On Affordable Housing Adds Bay View, Edison School Projects

Housing fund will back 14 projects, including Martin Luther King Library redevelopment.

Special Elections Called For 3 Council Seats

Northside races called to replace Chantia Lewis, Ashanti Hamilton and Nikiya Dodd.

New Owner Buys Tony’s BBQ Unlimited

Local barbeque restaurateur will continue to operate restaurant under same name.

Ashanti Hamilton Resigns For Administration Job

New head of Office of Violence Prevention was 1st District alderman since 2004.

Tony’s BBQ Unlimited Seeks New Owner

The restaurant is known for its southern cooking and daily soul food buffet.

MPD launches Operation Summer Guardian

414Life Plans New Initiative To Disrupt Violence This Summer

Project will train residents, provide resources and programming in seven neighborhoods.

DNR Awarded $2 Million To Assess Brownfields

City Offers $50,000 Trauma Reduction Grants

Health department's Office of Violence Prevention wins $5 million federal grant.

Rep. Bowen Statement on Deadly Weekend in Wisconsin’s Largest City

We Must Double Down on Collaborative Public Safety Approaches

City Selling Former Villa/Ritz Theater

Villard Avenue theater is landmark on far north side main street.

Former North Milwaukee H.S. Redevelopment Inches Forward

Historic Preservation Commission backs bid for tax credits to create affordable housing.

1896 Bicycle Factory Has Quite A History

The A.D. Meiselbach factory employed William Harley, then 15, and profited from the nation's 1890's bicycle craze.

Downer Avenue Gets New Breakfast Place

Plus: A new BBQ joint on MLK, Honeypie reopens at new location and more hamburgers, custard, brunches.

Brunch All Day Coming to Northwest Side

Co-owner of Mi Casa Su Cafe opening takeout-focused business on W. Villard Avenue.

10 City Affordable Housing Projects Win State Financing

Will create 713 units in eight different neighborhoods. But huge Bay View project loses out.

Villard Commons Opens

New apartment building is already full

Dilapidated Building To Become Community Resource Hub

Plus: A recap of the week's real estate news.

Despite Pandemic, Villard Avenue Progress Continues

Efforts to revitalize the Villard Avenue corridor didn't stop when COVID-19 hit.

Edison Middle School Would Become 64 Apartments

Common Council approves proposal. Plus: A recap of the week's real estate news.

A Future Vision for Villard Avenue

Plans call for protected bike lanes, new park, food halls and pet-friendly beer garden.

Safe & Sound Announces Building Neighborhood Bridges Campaign

Five Muralists Announced by Villard Avenue BID 19

Community Jury Selects Artists for “Visual Vibes on Villard”

Gorman Plans Edison Middle School Redevelopment

Vacant for a decade, former MPS school would become apartments.

Villard Commons Rises

New apartment building rises on Old North Milwaukee main street.

City Rezoning Lot for Future North Side Trail

Future trail would run along Lincoln Creek.

Dora Drake Announces Her Candidacy for the 11th Wisconsin State Assembly District

High Rise Architect Paid $180 Per Hour

City plan to build 32-story tower offers rare public peek at what designers, others earn.

New Program Uses “Violence Interrupters”

414 Life Program trains “interrupters" to combat city’s gun violence.

New Program Combats City’s Gun Violence

City Health Department, hospitals team up to treat gun violence as public health problem.

Villard Commons Makes Design Changes

Modifications will reduce cost of 43-unit affordable housing project on 37th and Villard.

Barrett Issues 5 Budget Vetoes

Mayor rejects funding for a broad range of council initiatives.

5 Citizens To Give Sincere Thanks

Our Thanksgiving class of 2018, five Milwaukeeans who've made this a better city.

Wildenberg Hotel Will Be Redeveloped

Developer Que El-Amin giving 1856 building new life as anchor of housing development.

Council Adopts 2019 City Budget

Average homeowner will see $51.88 increase, no change in total fire and police officers.

City Creates TIF for Villard Ave. Project

Deal on 43-unit apartment project is a shift in policy by Barrett administration.

Milwaukee Promise Zones End of Summer Celebration

The Milwaukee Promise Zones initiative celebrates the Summer work of youth throughout the city

About That New Convention Center Plan

Renderings for expansion look beautiful, but where’s the money?

3600@Villard Project Gets City Help

City cutting land sale price to facilitate affordable housing development.

5 City Projects Get WHEDA Tax Credits

Credits push forward projects with 311 units, more development across the city.

The City Christmas Tree House

Each year a city resident donates a spruce for City Hall. Here's the home of 2017's winner.

$100,000 Grant for Violence Prevention Plan

Bader Philanthropies grant helps fund effort pushed by Health Commissioner Bevan Baker.

Long Awaited Safety Plan Gets Attacked

A blueprint for change or too vague and hard to understand? Council members wrangle.

Theater Group Buying Former Town Hall

Quasimondo will buy "fabulous" building on N. 35th St. from the city.

The Rise and Fall of Bronzeville

At its peak in the 1930s to 1950s, it had quite a history.

Northwest Side CDC To Co-Sponsor Promise Zone Bike Ride

Bike ride through Promise Zone neighborhood promotes improving community access to resources