Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee County Transit System bus fire; 68th and Congress
MCTS bus fire near 68th and Congress
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee firefighters responded to the fire of a Milwaukee County Transit System bus fire near 68th and Congress on Saturday morning, April 27.
A FOX6 News viewer who was in the neighborhood shortly after 1a .m. Saturday shared the pictures in this post.
Officials say all the people on the bus managed to get off the vehicle safely.
MCTS bus fire near 68th and Congress
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Nobody was hurt.
Milwaukee, WI
Medical examiner called to shooting near 34th and Walnut in Milwaukee
34th and Walnut, Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office has been called to a shooting near 34th and Walnut in Milwaukee on Thursday, Jan. 15.
No additional details have been released – including the circumstances that led to the shooting or the identity of the victim.
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FOX6 News is working to gather information about this incident. When we have more information, we will update this post.
The Source: The information in this post was provided by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Milwaukee, WI
Grocery store closures impact Milwaukee residents
MILWAUKEE — For many Milwaukee residents, it may become increasingly difficult to find access to fresh food.
Jonathan Hansen is the chief strategy officer for Hunger Task Force, a free, local food bank in Milwaukee. Hansen said Hunger Task Force has noticed a significant increase of need from the community.
“Everyone is feeling that pinch right now,” said Hansen. “Particularly families who are struggling with unemployment.”
He said grocery store chains scaling back and closing some locations makes it even harder.
The most recent store closure was on Jan. 11, when the Aldi on North Sherman Boulevard closed. A spokesperson with Aldi said the closure “is a part of a strategic effort to better allocate resources and continue providing a high-quality shopping experience at our nearby stores.”
Aldi also announced it’s opening 180 new stores across 31 states in 2026.
Milwuakee Alderwoman Andrea Pratt issued the following statement in light of the Aldi closure, saying, in-part:
“The closing is disappointing and will make it more difficult for many regular customers – especially those who do not have access to a vehicle – to obtain their groceries and other critical items.
“Additionally, it is just the latest development in a trend of recent divestment from neighborhoods where there are already few fresh food resources available to residents. Therecent closures of Pick ‘n Save stores nearby (35th and North and on Silver Spring Dr. in Glendale) are making it so that residents must travel significantly farther to secure their food, necessities, and medications.
“I will be working closely with city staff and our local business community to see what we can do to attract new grocery outlets to the 1st District and the north side.”
Hansen said there’s options for residents in who are unable to travel far for groceries. The Hunger Task Force Mobile Market travels Monday through Friday throughout the county where residents have limited access to fresh and healthy foods.
“We see the instance of a grocery store closing or we see a neighborhood overtime that lost resources to healthy foods or to a grocery store,” said Hansen. “We’re able to pivot and send the market to those neighborhoods to help to address needs.”
The closest mobile market to the closed Aldi on North Sherman Boulevard is at Meinecke Plaza. The market will be there the first Monday of every month at 4 p.m.
The African American Roundtable is also fighting food insecurity through a campaign it’s launching this spring. Ryeshia Farmer said this will benefit the northwest side of Milwaukee.
“We really want to get the city’s decision makers, the Common Council, the mayor, to invest in food access for our residents,” said Farmer. “We want them to take up responsibility to prioritize through the city budget.”
Both Farmer and Hansen said it’s important for residents to know they’re not alone.
“We want people to have the same shopping experience that anyone wants in the grocery store and to be able to afford foods,” said Hansen.
Milwaukee, WI
Snow, icy road conditions prompt winter weather advisory Jan. 14 for the Milwaukee area
Drone view of a snow covered southeast Wisconsin after snowstorm
Check out a view from a drone of a snow covered southeast Wisconsin after a snowstorm Nov. 29-30, 2025, that left several inches of snow across the area.
A steep drop in temperatures overnight and snow has caused icy road conditions for much of southeastern Wisconsin for the morning commute Wednesday, Jan. 14.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory Jan. 14 across most of southern and southeast Wisconsin, as far north as Sheboygan County in the east and Sauk and Adams counties in the west. The advisory remains in effect until 10 a.m.
Cameron Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan, said there have been multiple reports of accidents around the area.
“It was kind of a perfect storm, honestly. The combination of the snow that we had in the roads, warm pavement temperature and then air temperatures quickly falling from the 30s into the low 20s, basically caused conditions that were conducive to icing on the road,” he said.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s traveler information website, 511wi.gov, showed several reports of accidents in Milwaukee and surrounding areas as of 8 a.m. Jan. 14.
The snow should let up around mid-morning, Miller said. Snow accumulation in the Milwaukee area Wednesday, Jan. 14 is not expected to be more than a few tenths of an inch – just a dusting, Miller said.
Another round of snow is forecast to move in the night of Thursday, Jan. 15, and continue through Saturday, Jan. 17.
“It’s going to be a long-duration snow event. So it’s going to be basically white snow throughout that entire time, and really only going to be a couple of inches of accumulation,” Miller said.
Miller said the precipitation later in the week will likely not bring any more winter weather advisories. Icing should be less of a problem, as temperatures are expected to stay below freezing in the coming days.
Wisconsin weather radar
Contact Kelli Arseneau at (920) 213-3721 or karseneau@gannett.com. Follow her on X at @ArseneauKelli.
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