REGIONAL BRIEFING
Wells Street bridge is closing starting Monday
The bridge over the Milwaukee River at Wells St. will close for nine months for upgrades starting Monday, the Department of Public Works said in a news release.
DPW advises adding extra time when traveling around downtown while the bridge is being upgraded.
Here’s what DPW said to expect during construction:
❚ Cars will be re-routed from Wells St. to the bridge on Kilbourn Ave. from N. Broadway on the east side of the bridge and from N. Old World 3rd St. on the west side of the bridge.
❚ The Riverwalk at Wells St. will be closed to pedestrians. The rest of the Riverwalk will be open.
❚ The Milwaukee River navigation channel will stay open.
The bridge’s structural, hydraulic and electrical components will be upgraded. Curbs, gutters and sidewalks will also be replaced as necessary. The vertical lift bridge was built in 1985.
The rehabbed bridge will have an 11foot driving lane in each direction and new bicycle lanes for bicyclist safety. New traffic railings will be installed on the sidewalk near the curb for pedestrian safety.
Minimum-security inmate in custody after he left work site
A minimum-security inmate who walked away from a work-release site in Waukesha County was taken into custody Saturday night, a state Department of Corrections spokesman said.
Mario Jacobs, 29, is an inmate at minimum-security Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center in Milwaukee, the Department of Corrections spokesman said.
Police working to identify female homicide victim
Milwaukee police are investigating the homicide of a female late Saturday night or early Sunday, the department said in a news release.
A 29-year-old Milwaukee man turned himself in to the Milwaukee Police Department in the death, police said. The homicide took place in the 3300 block of N. 22nd St.
The female, who is yet to be identified, suffered a blunt force injury.
16-year-old in hospital after ‘serious shooting’
A 16-year-old boy was shot Sunday around 12:40 p.m. in the 900 block of N. 27th St., according to the Milwaukee Police Department.
Police are investigating the circumstances that led to the “serious shooting“and are seeking a suspect.
The victim was being treated at a hospital.
37-year-old man arrested in Cudahy homicide
A 37-year-old Cudahy man has been arrested in a homicide on S. Packard Ave. in Cudahy.
The Greenfield Police Department received a report Thursday of a missing man who was supposed to go to his rental property on the 6100 block of S. Packard, officials said.
Greenfield police discovered the missing man dead in the garage there. Officials determined he had died of a gunshot wound.
Police took the Cudahy man into custody Friday. The man, a tenant of the rental property, provided a statement about his involvement in the death, police said. He was later taken to the Milwaukee County Jail.
The investigation is being referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office for charges, Cudahy police said.
No other suspects are being sought, police said.