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An off-duty Milwaukee officer is under investigation after his gun discharged Wednesday at a Milwaukee area mall. According to reports, the officer had stopped in front of Auntie Annie’s Pretzels. When he reached for his wallet, the gun accidentally discharged. The bullet hit the floor. The officer contacted mall security and officials said the…

A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation showed that at least 35 members of Milwaukee’s police force have been disciplined by the police department for driving while intoxicated after being arrested while off duty since they were hired. In most of the cases, the officers faced very minimal consequences for their actions. The article profiled a few separate…

A Milwaukee man was arrested for his sixth drunk driving offense last Sunday after he fled Green Bay police and crashed his vehicle. According to reports, the 32-year-old man left the scene of an accident about 4 p.m. Sunday on Highway 41. When officers attempted to pull him over, he allegedly sped away. He…

Scientists have found “chronic pollution” due to human sewage in Milwaukee’s harbor. According to an article on jsonline.com a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee showed chronic pollution from people, not animals, in each water sample that was collected on both rainy and dry days. The research showed human fecal bacteria, which often…

Officials are asking the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to review construction traffic plans after a third accident on the Hoan Bridge shut down the bridge. According to reports, Tuesday an almost 40-year-old man was killed while looking under the hood of his stalled car. He was thrown to his death from the bridge when another car…

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Patrick O. Dunphy as the “Milwaukee Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year” for 2012. After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile…

Officials confirmed cantaloupes that have been linked to a multiple-state listeria outbreak were sold in some Wisconsin stores. According to officials, some of the tainted cantaloupe from a Colorado farm were shipped to Wisconsin Aldi stores between Aug. 16 and Sept. 13. Aldi promptly removed the cantaloupes when the recall was issued, but officials…

An allegedly drunk mom got into a crash with her daughter in the car just east of Windsor Wednesday evening. According to reports, the 49-year-old woman from Columbus was driving east on State Highway 19 about 10 p.m. when she crossed the center of the road, forcing three oncoming vehicles off the road. Two…

A Green County toddler has died as the result of an apparent E. coli infection this week. According to reports, the 20-month-old girl died Sunday, September 11, at the UW Children’s Hospital in Madison after spending about a week there. She was being treated for an E. coli infection and officials are saying her…

A three-year-old Milwaukee girl died Friday afternoon after being struck by a school bus. According to reports, the accident occurred about 3 p.m. on 28th Street in Milwaukee between Mitchell and Lapham Streets, on the south side. The three-year-old ran into the street toward a relative, who was across the street when she was hit…