Milwaukee Journal / Sentinel News

There is a new federal boss in the fight to keep Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan. John Goss, former head of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, will take the lead in federal efforts to keep the oversized carp from swimming up the Chicago canal system and colonizing the lake.

Gov. Jim Doyle has contributed $1 million of his campaign war chest to a liberal advocacy group seeking to keep the governor's mansion in the hands of Democrats.

Nearly all of O'Donnell Park's 70 decorative concrete panels were installed improperly and more than one-third of them are in danger of falling - like the one that collapsed in June and killed a boy, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said Wednesday.

Wisconsin will receive almost $7 million in federal funds for efforts to reduce the neighborhood impact of foreclosed homes, officials said Wednesday.

The pioneer of controversial "environmental" DNA tests that indicated Asian carp were getting closer to Lake Michigan testified Tuesday that he warned Illinois and federal officials not to waste $1.5 million poisoning a river just south of Chicago last spring, but he was ignored.

DeWayne Mercier didn't tell anyone he was hurting. The large pancreatic tumor was painful, but the World War II veteran knew he had been picked to fly to Washington, D.C., on a Stars and Stripes Honor Flight in May, so he kept it to himself.

Harley-Davidson Inc. could eliminate hundreds of jobs at its engine factory in Menomonee Falls even if union workers ratify a seven-year labor agreement meant to keep the work in the Milwaukee area.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has a cash advantage over his Republican opponents in the race for governor because, unlike them, he isn't facing a strong primary challenge.

It was a moment that Trevor Hoffman wasn't certain would happen in 2010, if ever. When Hoffman recorded his 600th career save to nail down the Brewers' victory over St. Louis at Miller Park, the outpouring of respect, gratitude and sheer joy, from teammates as well as the 33,149 in the stands, was something to behold.

While tailgating as Milwaukee baseball fans know it wasn't yet a gleam in the eye of a beer baron or bratwurst maker in the 1860s, it's possible to tailgate at Vintage Base Ball games just as fans might have slaked their thirst and hunger after the Civil War, when the sport first gained popularity.

A 40-year-old Milwaukee man was charged Tuesday with driving drunk when he struck and killed a bicyclist on the city's north side last week.

Indy Racing League CEO Randy Bernard kept insisting the IndyCar Series needed to get back to the Milwaukee Mile. He got his way.

Authorities charged a Milwaukee man with disorderly conduct and a hate crime, accusing him of shooting a BB gun that injured a woman near a south side pharmacy and frightened other customers.

Tiger Woods is going to the Ryder Cup as a captain's pick with his 71 victories and 14 majors. So is 21-year-old Rickie Fowler, who has never won anything at all.

Milwaukee police have arrested the 20-year-old mother of a young girl who was found wandering alone about 11 p.m. Monday near N. 27th and W. Burleigh streets, a department spokeswoman said.

Slowly and fitfully, companies have been restoring pay and benefit cuts made in the depths of the worst recession since the 1930s. The actions appear to be widespread enough to constitute a trend, but they're not universal, and they offer scant cause for celebration.

In his bid for governor, businessman Mark Neumann badly lags behind rival Republican Scott Walker in fund raising - that is, if you don't count the $2.7 million Neumann has lent his own campaign.

A state agency asked for permission to hire Milwaukee-based law firm Foley & Lardner for what has turned out to be a multimillion-dollar contract before interviewing either Foley or a competing law firm, newly released records show.

It seemed as if Treyton Kilar was never without his baseball and glove. If you asked him his favorite class in school, he would say gym because he got to play baseball and jump around. The 6-year-old was killed last week in a traffic accident in Walworth County by a suspected drunken driver.

Before returning to practice Monday, it had been 29 days since Clay Matthews stood at his left outside linebacker position. So here it is, less than a week before the regular season and Matthews wasn't fretting about making his debut at a position he has played for less than a week.