Susan Bence

A year ago, Shorewood police ticketed Paul Florsheim for walking north of Atwater Beach on what the village considers private property. Florsheim challenged the citation, and the case in now in circuit court.

Two companies are vying for a 10-year, multimillion-dollar contract to run Milwaukee’s wastewater treatment plants. An ad hoc committee released its recommendation on which company MMSD should choose.

A year ago, local police ticketed Florsheim for walking north of Atwater Beach on to what the village considers private property.

A group called Friends of the Monarch Trail has worked for almost 20 years to restore monarch butterfly habitat on 22 acres of the former Milwaukee County Grounds in Wauwatosa.

Milwaukee residents are urging the Public Service Commission to deny We Energies' proposed residential rate hike. The utility says the increase is necessary to improve reliability and infrastructure.

A Catholic seminary where men "train" to become priests has existed south of Milwaukee for nearly 175 years.

UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences is the nation’s only school dedicated to the study of freshwater and aquatic sciences. Rebecca Klaper has led it for the last three years and has been a water scientist for more than 20 years.

Ever since, scientists and environmental groups have been pushing for a way to stop the voracious invasive fish from penetrating Lake Michigan.

A circuit judge ruled Paul Florsheim could not be ticketed for walking the Lake Michigan shoreline beyond Shorewood’s public beach. But Wisconsin still lacks a clear policy on the public’s right to enjoy the Great Lake shores.

Veolia filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin Eastern District Court to stop the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission from moving forward with the next 10-year contract to manage two wastewater treatment plants.