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Milwaukee residents are open to a July 3 drone show at the lakefront

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June 4, 2025

Milwaukee residents are open to a July 3 drone show at the lakefront

MILWAUKEE — On July 3rd waves of drones will replace the longtime fireworks show at Milwaukee’s lakefront.

Milwaukee County leaders announced the change Wednesday. The move to drones follows the cancellation of the 2024 show due to a lack of sponsorship.

Organizers say to expect three waves of drones lasting around 14 minutes each for a 45-minute show set to music. The show will be located at McKinley Beach and the surrounding area. Also different from past years, overnight parking and camping will not be permitted.

Nine-year-old Ezra Davis likes fireworks but said he is excited for the show.

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Ezra Davis, 9, enjoys fireworks but is excited to see a drone show in Milwaukee.

“Because I want to see a big thing in the sky,” Davis said. “It’s like an alien invasion.”

This is not the first community to use drones. Last summer, New Berlin’s Independence Day celebration featured 200 drones.

Dalia Delaney and family — Dalia Delaney and her husband Antwon Irby are considering coming down to the lakefront to view the drone show.

Dalia Delaney’s birthday is July 3, so she likes a traditional show, but she and her family are open to something new.

“It sounds nice. I think we’ll come down this year,” Delaney stated.

“Don’t turn it down. Try it one year. If you don’t like it, you could try something else next year,” Delaney’s husband Antwon Irby said.

In 2023, the lakefront fireworks alone cost about $350,000 according to the Milwaukee County Parks Department. The price tag did not include the other expenses such as staffing, cleanup and other logistics.

This year The Milwaukee Parks Foundation raised more than $200,000 for the July 3rd show. It covers everything from drones to event support and more. The drones and sound alone cost around $141,000.

The parks department said this is the first year it will cover the full cost of a major lakefront celebration without relying on extra public funds.

“I think that’s fine. It’s entertainment. It’s modern,” Milwaukee resident Paul Masterson told TMJ4. “I think it’s an appropriate move because it’s entertainment without the cost or the explosions.”

Milwaukee County’s drone show is scheduled to start around 9:15 p.m. on July 3.

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Downtown Milwaukee temporary steam outage, We Energies restoring service

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December 13, 2025

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Downtown Milwaukee temporary steam outage, We Energies restoring service

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MILWAUKEE – An issue at the Valley Power Plant caused a temporary steam outage for downtown Milwaukee buildings on Saturday, Dec. 13.

Steam service interrupted

What we know:

According to We Energies, the gas supply to the Valley Power Plant was interrupted on Saturday morning, causing it to go offline. The plant produces steam for downtown buildings for heating.

We Energies says it has restored service to the steam system and is bringing steam back to customers, but the restoration process requires steam pressure to build back up in the steam system. Once pressure reaches safe levels, steam service can be delivered to customers.

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Customers should begin to see service return over the next few hours, and some are already restored.

We Energies says it does not anticipate any more steam outages, and that this issue is not affecting electric or natural gas service.

Show canceled

What we know:

The Marcus Performing Arts Center says its building has been impacted by the steam outage and, as a result, had to cancel its 1 p.m. matinée performance of The Pigeon Gets A Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!

Ticket holders will be contacted directly to get further information about next steps.

All other shows at the Marcus Performing Arts Center will go on as scheduled.

The Source: We Energies and The Marcus Performing Arts Center sent FOX6 the information.

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Admirals lose to IceHogs, comeback bid falls short in Rockford

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December 13, 2025

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Admirals lose to IceHogs, comeback bid falls short in Rockford

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ROCKFORD, Ill. – Goalie Laurent Brossoit stopped 33 shots – and scored a goal – to lead the Rockford IceHogs to a 5-3 win over the Milwaukee Admirals on Friday.

The loss extended the Admirals losing streak to four games.

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With goalie Matt Murray pulled, the Admirals dumped the puck into the IceHogs zone from the red line. Brossoit tracked it down behind his goal and sailed a shot into the empty Milwaukee cage at 18:56 of the final frame.

The teams waited until the second period to start scoring goals. IceHogs forward Nick Lardis started the scoring with a shorthanded goal at 1:18 of the second frame. He sent a wrist shot from the slot into the net just as Milwaukee had two players leave the penalty box.

Just 0:33 later, Rockford’s Brett Seney exited the penalty box and grabbed a loose puck at the Admirals blue line. He moved to the right circle and sent a shot over the glove of Admirals goalie Matt Murray at 1:51.

Milwaukee got on the board with a power-play goal at 4:56 of the second frame. Oasiz Wiesblatt skated with the puck from the left point to the right circle and slid a pass to the crease. Daniel Carr redirected the puck past IceHogs goalie Brossoit for his team-leading tenth goal of the season, and seventh on the power play. Wiesblatt and Joakim Kemell assisted.

Rockford scored two more before the close of the second period. Martin Misiak scored his first pro goal at 15:39 and Jamie Engelbert added a 4-on-4 goal at 18:45 to give the IceHogs a 4-1 lead after two frames.

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The Admirals cut the deficit to 4-2 when Jake Lucchini scored his sixth goal of the season at 11:21 of the third period. Lucchini slammed a rebound of a Jordan Oesterle shot into the net. Cole O’Hara and Oesterle were awarded assists.

The Ads got within one just :36 later when O’Hara shot a blocked puck into the net from the right circle. Oesterle and Ryan Ufko assisted on the goal at 11:57 of the third period.

Milwaukee returns to UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena to host the Chicago Wolves on Saturday, Dec. 13.

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Milwaukee parents sue MPS saying staff member locked students in ‘dungeon’ as punishment

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December 12, 2025

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Milwaukee parents sue MPS saying staff member locked students in ‘dungeon’ as punishment

Children at Thurston Woods School in Milwaukee were locked in a boiler room as a punishment, a group of parents say in a recently filed lawsuit.

The lawsuit was filed Dec. 8 in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court’s civil division by three sets of parents. The Milwaukee Board of School Directors is among the defendants.

The parents claim in court papers several employees at the K4-8 elementary school on North 35th Street sent kids to the boiler room if they misbehaved.

Some of those staff members, as well as students, referred to the boiler room as “The Dungeon,” according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims a former male paraprofessional at the school locked three students in a boiler room multiple times during the 2022-’23 and 2023-’24 school years.

In the lawsuit, the parents said the “dungeon” presented a serious hazard to the children because of the potential exposure to “chemicals, cleaning agents, boilers, and other machinery.”

The paraprofessional resigned in November 2023 after he was investigated for violating several school district policies. At the time, he told district officials he placed the students in the room as a scare tactic, the lawsuit states.

Among the defendants is former assistant principal Dennis Daniels.

He pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor charge of attempted misconduct in public office after failing to alert police that an 11-year-old student brought a gun to school in February 2024.

He initially was charged with a felony, but brokered a deal with prosecutors to instead plead to an amended lesser charge.

“Milwaukee Public Schools is committed to maintaining safe and welcoming learning environments for all students and staff,” Stephen Davis, an MPS spokesman, said in a statement to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “While we cannot comment on ongoing litigation, the district thoroughly investigated this matter in 2023 and took appropriate disciplinary action which included termination of employment.”

In a statement, Milwaukee attorney Drew DeVinney, who represents the parents, described the alleged behavior of school staff as “disbursing and egregious,” and that it appeared no one intervened to stop it.

He urged other families to come forward if they also were impacted.

“Concerningly, MPS did not report any of these instances of seclusion and restraint to the Department of Public Instruction, in violation of Wisconsin law.

“We hope that this lawsuit will serve as a vehicle to prevent further incidents and abuse, and to obtain justice for our clients.”

Chris Ramirez covers courts for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at caramirez@gannett.com.

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