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MADISON (WITI) -- Menominee bucks for the Milwaukee Bucks?

MILWAUKEE/KENOSHA (WITI) -- It's a huge new offer to help fund a new arena in downtown Milwaukee -- but there's a very big string attached.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was in Milwaukee on Monday, February 9th to offer advice on how to build a new arena in downtown Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The National Basketball Association announced on Monday, February 9th that Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Feb. 2-8.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Knight scored 26 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 14 points and 11 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks held off the Boston Celtics 96-93 on Saturday night for their sixth win in seven games.Milwaukee went more than three minutes without scoring before John Henson made a half-hook in the lane with 2:04 remaining to put the Bucks up 94-91.

HOUSTON -- The Bucks' five game winning streak came to an end Friday night, and strangely, Milwaukee played some of its best basketball of the whole streak in the loss.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a career-high 25 points and Brandon Knight had 24 as the Milwaukee Bucks outlasted the Los Angeles Lakers 113-105 in overtime Wednesday night for their fifth consecutive victory.Knight, who returned to the lineup after missing Monday's game in Toronto with a quadriceps injury, scored 12 points in overtime.

TORONTO (AP) — Khris Middleton scored 25 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks snapped a six-game losing streak against the Toronto Raptors with an 82-75 victory Monday night.Jared Dudley scored 14 points and John Henson had 12 for the Bucks, who never trailed despite playing the final 28 minutes with only eight players.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jared Dudley scored 18 points and O.J. Mayo had 17 off the bench to help the Milwaukee Bucks beat the struggling Portland Trail Blazers 95-88 on Saturday night.John Henson added 14 for the Bucks, who had won consecutive road games at Miami and Orlando.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Marquette University President Michael Lovell in his first presidential address announced that the university, in collaboration with the Milwaukee Bucks, will construct a new a multi-purpose, co-curricular facility that supports elite-level intercollegiate and professional athletics, academic research, and campus health and wellness initiatives."We both had a pretty big vision of what this could be.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- A local advocacy group says it will fight tooth and nail to prevent the state from chipping in funds for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.Earlier this week, Governor Walker proposed a plan for the state to contribute $220 million in bonds to help finance a new arena for the Bucks -- now, activists are speaking out against it."We will fight tooth and nail to make sure that our public money does not go to slumlords who leave junk like this in our neighborhoods," said Lloyd Johnson, withCommon Ground.You may be wondering what foreclosed properties have to do with the Milwaukee Bucks.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Jorge Gutierrez to a 10-day contract, General Manager John Hammond announced today.

MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Knight had 17 points and six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks put seven players in double figures on the way to beating the Miami Heat 109-102 on Tuesday night.Khris Middleton also scored 17 for the Bucks, who got 15 from Jerryd Bayless, 14 from O.J. Mayo, 13 from Giannis Antetokounmpo, 12 from John Henson and 11 from Chris Dudley.With fighters Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao watching courtside, Milwaukee beat Miami for the third time in as many meetings this season, moving three games clear of the Heat in the race for No. 6 in the Eastern Conference.

MADISON (WITI) -- Governor Scott Walker announced Tuesday, January 27th a first-of-its-kind “Pay Their Way” plan to grow the economy and protect state taxpayers from the loss of current and future tax revenue generated by the Milwaukee Bucks.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Will it seal the deal?

MILWAUKEE (AP) — O.J. Mayo scored 20 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks relied on perimeter shooting and defense in a 101-86 win Saturday night over the Detroit Pistons.The Bucks went 11 for 17 from 3-point range, including a 4-for-5 performance from Mayo.