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Milwaukee attorney offers Sheriff Clarke advice on self-defense law, recommends anger management

January 20, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • To say that professional Twitter troll, talk show pundit, podcast host, and...

Sheriff Clarke jokingly threatens to murder the man who shook his head at him

Matt Wild

January 19, 2017

On Thursday, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke jokingly threatened to murder a man who shook his head at him. A meme posted to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office Facebook page reads: In case you...

Sheriff Clarke threatens to “knock out” any “goofs” who shake their head at him

Matt Wild

January 18, 2017

On Tuesday, a 24-year-old Milwaukee man, Dan Black, filed a formal complaint alleging Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke "harassed" him at the airport. Black's crime? Being on the same flight as Clarke, as...

Bay View bands together after senseless act of violence

Tyler Maas

January 18, 2017

Though some of the hand-wringing you're bound to see on certain Facebook groups might suggest otherwise, Bay View remains one of Milwaukee's safest neighborhoods. Still, like every other segment of metro Milw...

Milwaukee man files complaint alleging Sheriff Clarke harassed him at airport

Matt Wild

January 17, 2017

UPDATE (1/18/17): Sheriff Clarke has responded to the complaint in typical Sheriff Clarke/14-year-old-boy fashion. Last week, before Sunday's playoff game against the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowbo...

Protests, music festivals, and 8 other things to do on Inauguration Night

Matt Wild

January 17, 2017

Get this: On Friday, January 20, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. Huh. The official celebrations surrounding Trump's inauguration will likely be just as "huh"-worthy, what wit...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (January 8-14)

Matt Wild

January 16, 2017

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of ...

Milwaukee is ready to convince the rest of the state to hate it a little less

Matt Wild

January 13, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • There's never any shortage of talk about how Milwaukee can better market it...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 8-14

Matt Wild

January 13, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week's best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, on declaring January 12 "A...

MKE SEX: What to do when your 13-year-old finds your vibrator

Lucky Tomaszek

January 13, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, I was just watching TV and heard my Magic Wand from my bedroom. I guess I always knew my daughter (she's 13) would probably stumble across it eventually, seeing as how...

Lorde Fredd33 explains the importance of COA Youth & Family Centers

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2017

Friday night, 10 Milwaukee music projects will take the stage at Turner Hall to take on the unique and difficult task of adapting a set completely made up of another local act's material. Our third annual Loc...

Inaugural “MilMag Live!” discussion tackles two topics, highlights two Milwaukees

Matt Wild

January 11, 2017

Back in 2012, the Pabst Theater Group and Historic Milwaukee joined forces for a series of panel discussions featuring notable Milwaukeeans—developers, artists, someone from NEWaukee—holding forth on notable ...

What’s the deal with that “This Is Downtown Bay View” sign?

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

Ever come across a mildly interesting thing in Milwaukee and wonder "What's the deal with that mildly interesting thing?" What's The Deal With explores these local curiosities, and aims to find the stories be...

Veteran TMJ4 meteorologist John Malan is retiring

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

And the blows to local TV news just keep on coming: Less than a week after senior FOX6 sportscaster Tom Pipines announced his retirement, legendary TMJ4 meteorologist John Malan has announced his impending re...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times shot a 360-degree video of the Polar Plunge

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication dei...

Midwinter Gaming Convention is coming

Rob Wieland

January 9, 2017

In the dead of winter, there are few precious lights in Milwaukee. The Bucks might be doing well, and the Packers are hopefully still in the playoffs. (They are and they are.) Snow has gone from holiday fun ti...

Milwaukee Lion returns, closes a bunch of Milwaukee restaurants

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If Milwaukee's first week of 2017 could be summed up in one word, it would ...

Here’s how much Milwaukee’s rent went up in 2016

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Last summer, Madison-based online apartment listings site Abodo released a study showing how the average rent for a one-bedroom Milwaukee apartment increased faster than the average rent in any other U.S. cit...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 1-7

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week’s best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Recently retired conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes, on Mil...

Bublr Bikes is moving its headquarters to the Shops of Grand Avenue

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 5, 2017

Big news, fans of bike sharing and cavernous downtown malls: Milwaukee's popular bike share program, Bublr Bikes, has announced it will move its headquarters and maintenance facility to the Shops of Grand Ave...

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