Tax Appeals Commissioner Thomas McAdams will replace outgoing Milwaukee Circuit Judge Jean DiMotto, Gov. Scott Walker’s office announced Tuesday.
Borrowers entering foreclosure in Milwaukee County now must be told of their eligibility to participate in the Metro Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program.
Milwaukee County has taken another step toward recovering about $200,000 in unpaid taxes from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but the state has not moved on the $800,000 it could be due.
In Milwaukee County’s two contested circuit court races, two candidates are narrowly ahead in the eyes of Milwaukee Bar members.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Feb. 2 on a potential $50,000 contract with a law firm to prosecute the county’s claims against two companies involved in construction and maintenance of the O’Donnell Park Parking Garage.
The Milwaukee County court system could save upward of $250,000 annually with an electronic case filing system, but the move could mean less work for court staff members.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three employees of the Milwaukee County Department of Health Services and two others have been charged with defrauding Wisconsin’s FoodShare program out of more than $350,000. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the sheriff’s office announced the three are suspected of issuing fraudulent Quest cards, used by program participants to buy food. The [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee prosecutors are reviewing accusations of illegal activity by groups supporting Republican Sen. Alberta Darling and her Democratic opponent state Rep. Sandy Pasch. Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf said Thursday his office is looking into block parties held by liberal group Wisconsin Jobs Now in which voters were taken to cast [...]
Milwaukee County’s court system is trying to add science to bail and monitoring recommendations that traditionally rely on a judge or court commissioner’s experience.
A new program designed to streamline pre-trial bail recommendations for criminal defendants is set to roll out later this summer in Milwaukee County. Universal screening is based on 11 questions posed to alleged offenders to help assess risk and determine appropriate bail or monitoring. The program is part of a movement toward more evidence-based pre-trial [...]
Attorney Chris MacGillis breaks into a sprint, nothing but open court in front of him. As he runs, he looks back at Roy Williams, Milwaukee’s corporation counsel, waiting for him to see the opening. Williams obliges and hits MacGillis with a spot-on lead. There’s nothing left for MacGillis to do except float to the rim [...]
Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday signed a bill banning a Milwaukee ordinance, approved by voters in 2008, that would have required employers provide an average of nine days of sick leave a year for workers. The new state law prohibits municipalities from mandating local rules for businesses to follow regarding paid time off. “Patchwork government [...]
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is on track to lead challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by about 7,300 votes after all counties finish verifying the ballots cast in last week’s election — a margin that would be difficult to overcome even with a statewide recount. As of [...]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed his wife and two children to death 24 years ago in Milwaukee has been released again. Keith Kalota was confined to Mendota Mental Health Institute from 1987 to 2003, when he was granted conditional release. But he was returned in September when he was accused of violating [...]
Let the long-anticipated O’Donnell Park legal battle begin.
Attorneys for the family of the teenage boy killed and two others injured in the O’Donnell Park parking structure accident have filed a notice of injury against Milwaukee County and the City of Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee County court system kept its doors open this year thanks to some resourceful budgeting which resulted in only one day in which limited services were available.
