Milwaukee’s City Hall was repaired in 2008, and those repairs cost around $76 million. Now, the building is falling apart again, and many are wondering who is going to pay for repairs, this time around.

In February of 2011, a piece fell from the top of the building and hit a car parked below. The city has now spent about $400,000 trying to figure out why the building continues to fall apart.

I wonder if it crossed Prince Fielder’s mind how many questions he’ll get, and how many stories will be attempted to connect him and his father, Cecil ? More >

Gov. Scott Walker announced today that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will invest $750,000 over the next three years to underwrite start-up water technology companies’ tenancy costs in the Water Technology Research and Business Accelerator Building in Milwaukee.

“As recognition grows of the critical role water plays as a human and economic resource, Wisconsin is fortunate to have already positioned itself as one of the few water technology leaders that world policy- and business decision makers can look to for answers,” Walker said.

A former Milwaukee police officer was found guilty Wednesday on a federal civil rights charge brought in the rape of a woman who had called 911.

The U.S. Justice Department said in a release Ladmarald Cates, 44, was convicted in the July 16, 2010, sexual assault of a Milwaukee woman who had called for police assistance. More >

Two people, including a former close aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker when he served as Milwaukee County executive, were arrested on felony theft charges Thursday as part of an ongoing criminal investigation that centers on people who served in the county during Walker’s tenure.

A third person, who worked six months for the state Department of Public Instruction until being fired Thursday, was charged with two counts of felony child enticement in a case the county prosecutor said was discovered while investigating the others.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office is taking a drastic and admittedly desperate step in its effort to clear cold cases, some stretching back to 1970. More >

Investigators may have found a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and injured a Milwaukee police officer on Christmas Day. 37-year-old Frank Vrtochnick was standing near his squad car when he was hit by an auto that was going on the wrong side of a street. It never stopped. Yesterday, police said they found a car that matched a description of the vehicle — but they stopped short of saying it was actually the one involved. Officers said they acted on a tip when they seized the car from a garage a few blocks from where the crash occurred. Vrtochnick, a five-year veteran of the Milwaukee Police force, remains hospitalized in critical condition. The Sheboygan Press reports that the officer was a graduate of Sheboygan South High School.

Dr. Ken Lee lives every day with reminders of a suicide car bombing: a crescent-shaped scar on his temple, thumbs that don’t work correctly, constant headaches, and legs and arms that always feel like they’re on fire. More >

As Washington and Madison fiddle, this city’s middle class is in slow free fall.

First, the numbers. From 1970 to 2007, the percentage of families in the Milwaukee metropolitan area that were middle class declined from 37 percent to 24 percent, according to a new analysis by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.