MILWAUKEE

Sheets wins career-high 13th for Milwaukee

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Ben Sheets pitched a five-hitter for his career-high 13th win and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 1-0 on Saturday night.

Lawrie introduced in Milwaukee

MLB (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Lawrie introduced in Milwaukee

Milwaukee trip spawns '07 memories

MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday

Milwaukee trip spawns '07 memories

San Diego Padres (54-86) at Milwaukee Brewers (80-60), 8:05 p.m.

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Southpaw CC Sabathia can continue a masterful streak in the National League when the Milwaukee Brewers host the San Diego Padres tonight in game two of a four-game series from Miller Park.

Milwaukee County voters will get referendum on sales tax Nov. 4

JSOnline (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Milwaukee County voters will be asked on their Nov. 4 ballots whether the local sales tax should be raised by a penny on...

What Made Milwaukee Famous Made a Loser Out of Me

Slog (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Some folks in Milwaukee went for a world record number of people on a beer bong. They succeeded, with 144 people simultaneously taking hits from a single beer bong . The previous record was 100 people at once. That record was also held by Milwaukee.

[Interesting] Milwaukee woman blows tire on pothole. Submits a bill to city for damage and... gets reimbursed. Pigs soon to fly. Pabst becomes tasty

Fark.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Wouldn't it be common sense for any city to do this. For a while, the city I live in replaced a drainage pipe and initially covered up the pipe by filling in the gap they cut in the road with dirt and gravel. Several days later, rain came by and washed out the dirt and the gravel, thus making a huge dip in the road where the repair work was done. What this could have caused is that any cars with a...

Fixed Asset Accountant in Milwaukee, WI

GadBall.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Growing publicly held organization in Milwaukee is currently recruiting for a Senior Fixed Asset Accountant due to significant growth. Key responsibilities include Performing month end closings and journal entries; assisting in processing monthly reports to reconcile cash book and billing to general ledger; account analysis; assisting in financial year end audit; daily cash management and bank...

Obama's Gang in Milwaukee

Dad29 (Free subscription) | yesterday

... of talk about homophobia, talk about -isms and phobias.” Isn't that special? So yah, they have a Milwaukee chapter . We’re changing the face and practice of leadership in Milwaukee. At Public Allies Milwaukee, we believe changing times call for a new kind of leadership. Since 1994, we’ve developed more than 275 young leaders. Allies are young, diverse, and passionate social...

• Obama’s Public Allies: Community Organizing for All - Verum Serum
• Now We Can Have a Commie Mommie in the White House! - The Wide Awakes

Milwaukee's Pot Hole Racial Disparity

FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is all over the pot hole racial disparity story . The Milwaukee Department of Public Works takes longer to fix pot holes in minority neighborhoods of the city than in white areas, an average of about 11 days and 7 days, respectively. The Journal Sentinel Editorial Board writes: DPW has some explaining to do, and we applaud Common Council efforts to see if...

Brewers Win

Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday

Milwaukee pulled out the game in the 11th inning. A 1-6-3 double play in the top of the inning prevented San Diego from taking the lead, while a one-out single by J.J. Hardy iced the game for the Brewers. There's...

Milwaukee Famous: This pop brew's for you

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

They took their name from a classic country song penned by Jerry Lee Lewis. But there's nothing Nashville about What Made Milwaukee Famous.

Milwaukee Sales Tax Referendum Will Be on the Ballot November 4th

Left on the Lake (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Good news for those in Milwaukee County who want lower property taxes, a funded parks system, and a modern transit system: the referendum for a 1% sales tax in Milwaukee County will be on the November ballot. Voting in favor override Scott Walker’s veto were Supervisors Gerry Broderick, Toni Clark, Elizabeth Coggs, Marina Dimitrijevic, Lee Holloway, Willie Johnson Jr., Patricia Jursik,...

• Override vote places county tax referendum on November ballot - The Business Journal of Milwaukee

Friday Notes: Milwaukee's Mad Ants, Blogger table of elements, NBA nickname rankings

Brew Hoop (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

... ) Jon Mladic at HoopsWorld debates whether the Bucks or Pacers improved more this offseason. OnMilwaukee.com, curiously if I may editorialize, ranks Joe Alexander as Milwaukee's 46th most beautiful thing . Ballerblogger profiles Sidney Moncrief as part of their regular Baller of the Day feature. Bethlehem Shoals at the Sporting News reveals what an NBA fan can do during early fall...

San Diego Padres (53-86) at Milwaukee Brewers (80-59), 8:05 p.m.

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Recent postseason standout Jeff Suppan takes another shot at keeping the Milwaukee Brewers in the playoff race tonight, when the team opens a four-game series with the visiting San Diego Padres at Miller Park.