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Milwaukee Wins Funding For New Southside Protected Bike Lane
Project would provide safe travel in corridor between two large parks.
Aug 29th, 2025 by Jeramey Jannene
Brew-Jas Seeks New Location in Bay View
Current cafe is on S. 13th. New cafe would offer similar menu of coffee, pastries.
Aug 20th, 2025 by Sophie Bolich
Green Infrastructure Improvements Planned for Southside Freeway Ramps
Suggestions also sought for future of Holt Park and Ride. Public meeting Tuesday.
Jun 3rd, 2025 by Jeramey Jannene
Milwaukee Wins Funding To Repair Two Bridges
Bridges on north and south sides will be overhauled with help of federal funding.
Aug 18th, 2024 by Jeramey Jannene
County Announces Home Repair Program for Seniors
Including interest free loans for repairs and grants for accessibility improvements.
Jan 29th, 2024 by Graham Kilmer
Kilbourntown Tour Offers Tons of History
A downtown walk with gargoyles, statues, monuments and more.
Oct 8th, 2023 by Cari Taylor-Carlson
Milwaukee Planning Three Protected Bike Lanes, Trail to Lake
City seeking federal funds from state to advance projects across city.
Jun 9th, 2023 by Jeramey Jannene
Public Meetings Upcoming On Redesign Of Two Major Southside Streets
National and Oklahoma will see major changes. Meetings give chance for questions and feedback.
Jun 2nd, 2023 by Jeramey Jannene
Santurce Opens on South Side
Bar-restaurant offers Puerto Rican fare. Plus: the new Falcon Bowl, the end of Sobelman's at Marquette and Meat on the Street closes.
May 7th, 2023 by Sophie Bolich
New Restaurant and Bar Planned for South Side
Fiesta Cafe manager would open The Last One in corner tavern space.
Feb 20th, 2023 by Sophie Bolich
City Wants Feedback on KK River Trails
Proposal would link two off-road trail segments, create corridor from South Side to Downtown
Sep 27th, 2022 by Jeramey Jannene
Sports Bar and Restaurant Planned for South Side
The new bar would serve drinks and traditional Puerto Rican dishes in the Polonia neighborhood.
Jul 21st, 2022 by Sophie Bolich
Choice School Consolidating Campuses, Building Gym
Victory Christian Academy transforming former St. John Kanty church.
Jun 10th, 2022 by Jeramey Jannene
New Plans Aims To Grow 13th Street
Extension of KK River Trail, traffic calming for Oklahoma Ave and safety improvements for S. 13th Street.
Feb 17th, 2022 by Jeramey Jannene
What I’d Like To Tell The Next Mayor
Citizens from 10 different areas sound off.
Feb 13th, 2022 by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
The Curly Fry Credit Union
UW Credit Union replacing fast-food restaurant.
Jan 7th, 2022 by Jeramey Jannene
Trouble Finding Affordable Child Care? Here’s Why.
76% of early childhood education centers in Wisconsin have reported a staffing shortage.
Oct 22nd, 2021 by Sam Woods
Glow-in-the-Dark Restaurant Coming to South Side
Amorsito will serve varied cuisine and neon candy cocktails
Aug 12th, 2021 by Angeline Terry
After COVID-19 Challenges, Money Pit Bar and Grill Will Celebrate Grand Opening
First-time bar owner's tongue-in-cheek name almost came true.
Aug 11th, 2021 by Angeline Terry
Urbal Tea Opens Cafe On South Side
Health-focused cafe in transformed building located on revived commercial strip.
Jul 20th, 2021 by Jeramey Jannene
These Places Help with Childcare and Virtual Learning
They offer a place for children before, during and after school.
Oct 1st, 2020 by Ana Martinez-Ortiz
City Improving Kinnickinnic River Trail Access
Federal project will improve on-street access to off-street trail.
Sep 11th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
City Testing Strategies To Protect Pedestrians, Slow Motorists
City extending curbs at intersections with paint, plastic posts and concrete.
Jul 31st, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Where Are City’s COVID-19 Hotspots?
Big change as south side census tracts now have far higher rate than on North Side.
May 26th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Southside Walgreens Offers Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing
Appointment-only, free testing being offered at 6th and Oklahoma.
May 1st, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers Draws Praise for Work Addressing COVID-19
Organization provided tests for over two-thirds of cases on south side. Officials say it is slowing spread.
Apr 25th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
COVID-19 Cluster Growing on City’s South Side
Hispanic community being hard hit by fast growing cluster.
Apr 17th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Acid Attack Suspect Out On Bail
Victim's family, community are angered, saddened by his release.
Mar 12th, 2020 by Edgar Mendez
KK River Project An Award Finalist
Partners includes MMSD and Sixteenth Street Community Health Center.
Mar 3rd, 2020 by Emma Brauer
Acid Attack Makes Polonia Residents Uneasy
South-side neighborhood, now majority Hispanic, has made that transition with few conflicts.
Nov 20th, 2019 by Edgar Mendez
Crossroads Food Hall Adds Oyster Bar
Plus: Bartolotta opens Mckinley Round House on the lake, two new restaurants at St. Kate's.
Apr 11th, 2019 by Jennifer Rick
Pattee, Urbal Tea Partner on New Cafe
Developer buying building on S.13th St. in Polonia neighborhood for cafe and tea factory.
Apr 9th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
“Night Club” Upsets Some in Bay View
New bar, El Relajo on 7th and Oklahoma, just west of Bay View, causes controversy.
Apr 25th, 2018 by Jennifer Rick
Police Need to Improve, Critics Charge
Attendees at south side summit say police relationship with community is broken.
Mar 7th, 2018 by Edgar Mendez
America’s Leading Concertina Bar
Formerly Altenburg's, now Kochanski's, still preserving an old Milwaukee tradition.
Jan 18th, 2018 by Michael Horne
The Decline of South Side Taverns
About 40% of near South Side taverns in two zip codes have closed since 2012.
Dec 12th, 2017 by Edgar Mendez
Rosy Lopez
"I have always wanted to stay and give back to my city..."
Dec 11th, 2017 by Newaukee
Nomad’s History Goes Back to 1880s
"Soft-drink parlor" of 1920s now has soccer-themed, international ambience.
Aug 16th, 2017 by Michael Horne
Unsexy South Side Area Makes Progress
Area just west of prosperous Bay View has needed help and is getting it.
Jul 18th, 2017 by Jason Biernat
Towards a Greater Bay View
Neighborhoods west of I-94 need better connections to Bay View, which would improve entire area.
Jun 21st, 2016 by Jason Biernat
Falcon Bowl, a Polish Milwaukee Treasure
An old-timey bar and hall and the sixth oldest bowling alley in America. Classic.
Apr 6th, 2016 by Michael Horne
Meagan Holman
"Milwaukee felt like it would give us room to create and thrive, and we weren’t wrong."
Mar 14th, 2016 by Newaukee
Community Art Inspires
Pulaski Park art project provided opportunity to engage residents and enhance the neighborhood.
Sep 18th, 2015 by Jabril Faraj
Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative Will Expand
Partnership of Greater Milwaukee Foundation and city adds four neighborhoods to six already getting help with economic development.
Dec 21st, 2014 by Andrea Waxman
“I have no trust in the judicial system.”
Lu Ann Will's mentally-ill son was shot by police answering her call for help. She still doesn't understand how it happened.
Dec 14th, 2014 by Jabril Faraj
Sewerage District a National Leader
MMSD leading the way in finding green solutions to storm water pollution.
Nov 6th, 2013 by Karen Hobbs
Jon Richards Will Run for Attorney General
Like Abe Lincoln, Richards has been practicing law all across the state in preparation for his run.
Oct 16th, 2013 by Michael Horne
Grand Opening of KK River Bike Trail
Despite rainy weather, Mayor Barrett and a host of politicians celebrated the new bike trail.
Oct 14th, 2013 by Urban Milwaukee
Searching for Justice
Family offers $10,000 reward to find killer of south side youth.
Jul 18th, 2013 by Edgar Mendez
How Do I Protect Myself?
The UMOS Latina Resource Center helps protect and assist abused women who may fear for their lives.
Jan 4th, 2013 by James Gutierrez
Airborne Asbestos Plagues South Side?
A KK river restoration project may be causing asbestos and lead contamination while tearing down homes too near the river.
Jan 2nd, 2013 by Edgar Mendez
Kinnickinnic River Trail
Kinnickinnic River Spillway Originally uploaded by Retinal Fetish Julie Lawrence at OnMilwaukee.com drew my attention to this excellent community development taking place along the Kinnickinnic River on the south side of urban Milwaukee, the Kinnickinnic River Trail. The trail is in the early stages of development and will have a southern terminus at the river and 6th Street (near its intersection with Cleveland St) and at Water St and 1st Street on the northern end. The trail, while still in its infancy, will hopefully include a restoration of the river to a more natural state with the removal of the concrete channeling. Like many other developments occurring in Milwaukee (the Riverwalk, Menomonee Valley restoration, and the Beerline neighborhood come to mind), the KK River Trail is just one of many ways in which Milwaukee is learning to embrace its natural assets. The developments are all the more special because they’re actual functional ways to move around the city without a car, which is due in large part to the dense development surrounding the rivers. Groundwork Milwaukee has provided a PDF with all you could ever want to know about what was discussed in planning for the trail. I’ll try to learn more over the next few days as to what the actual status of the trail is (it’s a little bit hard to figure out with the information online). I took the map out of the PDF and put it online as a JPG image in case you wanted to see the proposed route.
Jan 6th, 2008 by Jeramey Jannene
