The Week’s Greatest Hits

1. Bay View Restaurant Evicted

Belli’s Bistro is the third Kinnickinnic Ave. restaurant to get booted via court system this year.

Sep 2nd, 2026 by Jeramey Jannene

2. Downtown Seafood Restaurant Shutters

Latest closing is part of dramatic change for Water Street entertainment district.

Aug 31st, 2026 by Jeramey Jannene

3. Mandel Group Selling More Than 40% of Portfolio in Complicated Deal

Leading Milwaukee housing company dramatically changes business.

Sep 4th, 2026 by Jeramey Jannene

4. Remembering Dan Petry

Marketing and development person, died at age 70, helped nearly every classical music group in town.

Aug 31st, 2026 by Bruce Murphy

5. Op Ed: Downtown Boulevard for I-794, Completing MARK Rail Plan Will Build City

Combined with gateway district for intermodal station, it could transform city’s economy.

Sep 1st, 2026 by Larry Witzling

6. Seven-Story Warehouse Partially Collapses

Century-old National Warehouse building in Harbor District will need to be demolished.

Sep 1st, 2026 by Jeramey Jannene

7. R.C. Schmidt, Who Built Milwaukee Hospitality Empire, Dies At 76

The entrepreneur started with a neighborhood bar and went on to build a business that spanned the region.

Sep 3rd, 2026 by Jeramey Jannene

8. MKE County: Federal Grant Will Upgrade Bike-Pedestrian Crossings and Bridges

$3 million will be used to replace two major bridges, improve 9 street crossings for bicycle trails.

Aug 30th, 2026 by Graham Kilmer

9. Walker’s Point Building Being Demolished

Development could follow, and there is precedent.

Sep 3rd, 2026 by Jeramey Jannene

10. Milwaukee County Judge Reverses Trespassing Citation in Lake Michigan Beach Walker Case

Paul Florsheim got a $313 trespassing citation for walking past a public beach in Shorewood.

Sep 4th, 2026 by Evan Casey

1. Wisconsin’s Richest Person Maxes Out to Maga Billionaire Trained Jim Croft

Aug 19th, 2026 by A Better Wisconsin Together

2. David Crowley Thinks Milwaukee Is “Stolen” Land

Sep 3rd, 2026 by Republican Party of Wisconsin

3. Release From Historic Water Tower Neighborhood Association Regarding St. Mary’s Hospital

Sep 3rd, 2026 by Historic Water Tower Neighborhood

4. Boerner Botanical Gardens Enters an Exciting New Chapter Under New Leadership

New leaders for Boerner Botanical Gardens and Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens unite around a shared vision to invest in Boerner and position the Gardens for generations to come.

Sep 2nd, 2026 by Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens

5. Public Still in the Dark More Than a Week After Toxic Pipeline Spill

Incident appears to be the largest reported oil and gas pipeline spill in Wisconsin history.

Sep 3rd, 2026 by Clean Wisconsin

6. Rep. Fitzgerald’s NDO Fairness Act Passes House of Representatives

Aug 31st, 2026 by U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald

7. Packers Foundation Awards $1.6 Million in Annual Grants

More than $3.5 million awarded through Packers Foundation grants in 2026 to impact every county in Wisconsin

Sep 2nd, 2026 by Green Bay Packers

8. Medical College of Wisconsin Announces Dean of the School of Medicine

Brett Kissela, MD, GME ‘96, MS, named Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the Medical College of Wisconsin School of Medicine

Sep 1st, 2026 by Medical College of Wisconsin

9. Clean Energy Advocates, Experts Call on PSC to Protect Ratepayers From We Energies’ Proposed Rate Hikes

Wisconsin families and small businesses could shoulder the cost of a $480 million rate hike over two years while the utility rakes in record profits

Sep 1st, 2026 by Clean Economy Coalition of Wisconsin

10. Five Charged in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin With Illegally Voting, Fraudulent Registration in 2022 or 2024 Election

Defendants Include Two Illegal Aliens, Two Aliens, and One U.S. Citizen Who Was Charged with Aiding and Abetting

Sep 4th, 2026 by U.S. Department of Justice