Dec. 27 (UPI) — Herb Kohl, former U.S. senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner, died Wednesday at the age of 88 following a brief illness.
Herb Kohl Philanthropies, his nonprofit organization which has provided more than $34 million in grants and scholarships to Wisconsin educators and students, announced his death.
“While we are saddened by the passing of Sen. Kohl, our hearts are filled with the outpouring of support and tributes from across our state and nation,” the organization wrote Wednesday in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “Today, we remember Sen. Kohl’s legacy and his incredible commitment to those who call Wisconsin home.”
Kohl, D-Wis., served 24 years in the Senate after bringing the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team to the city in 1970 and saving the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team from being sold and moved to another city in 1985. He also donated $100 million to build the new Fiserv Forum arena.
Kohl, who ran for the Senate in 1988 at the age of 53 to replace the retiring Sen. William Proxmire, won re-election in 1994, 2000 and 2006. He retired before a fifth term in 2012.
Kohl ran his campaign with the slogan “Nobody’s Senator but Yours,” after opponents accused him of trying to buy his Senate seat.
“The important thing is that when the campaign is over, I will owe nothing to anybody but the people of Wisconsin,” Kohl said in 1988.
Kohl was born and raised in Wisconsin where he expanded his family-owned Kohl grocery and department store businesses. He became president of Kohl’s Corporation in 1970, which had 50 supermarkets.
Kohl, whose parents immigrated to Milwaukee from Poland and Russia, “never took the good fortune of his life for granted,” his nonprofit said.
“Throughout his life, Herb Kohl always put people first — from his employees and their families to his customers and countless charitable organizations and efforts,” said JoAnne Anton, director of giving for Herb Kohl Philanthropies.
“Herb Kohl Way isn’t just the name of a street in front of the Fiserv Forum,” Anton added. “The Herb Kohl Way perfectly sums up a legacy of humility, commitment, compromise, and kindness to countless people he worked with, served and helped along the way.”
The Wisconsin Department of Justice and Milwaukee police are searching for a vulnerable, critically missing 69-year-old man.
Ike King Jr. was last seen traveling on foot Sunday, Oct. 6, around 10:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of North 41st Street, a largely residential area just west of West Fond du Lac Avenue. King has dementia. He is Black and has brown eyes and a black, curly afro. He has a missing front tooth and is about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 175 pounds with a medium build.
King was last seen wearing a white flannel, a blue shirt, blue pants resembling Dickies style pants and black Nike flip-flops.
Silver Alerts are issued for elderly persons who are missing and believed to have dementia or some other cognitive impairment. “Critical missing” is a label police apply to people who may be especially vulnerable due to a variety of factors.
Anyone with information regarding King’s whereabouts should call the Milwaukee Police Department’s Seventh District at 414-935-7272.
Milwaukee Police Department (MPD)
MILWAUKEE – One person is dead and another is injured after different shootings in Milwaukee on Sunday, Oct. 6.
A 16-year-old was shot around 1 p.m. and went to the hospital for treatment. The teen victim succumbed to their injury.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation. Police are looking for anyone involved.
A 25-year-old was shot around 5:30 p.m. The victim went to the hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries.
Police are still investigating and looking for anyone involved.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Milwaukee Police Department at 414-935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS or use the P3 Tips app.
Clear skies tonight with patchy frost away from the lake overnight. Temperatures dropping into the 30s inland, mid-40s near the lake overnight. Becoming partly sunny on Monday, breezy with highs in the mid-60s.
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