Suspicious envelope prompts hazmat response at Oak Creek Police Department

OAK CREEK -- The Milwaukee County Hazardous Materials Team was dispatched to the Oak Creek Police Department on Wednesday morning, August 23rd to investigate a suspicious package.According to officials, the Oak Police Department received a notice from another agency in the state that they received mail and when it was opened there was an odor and it was suspicious.

"We saw hate 5 years ago:" 48 hours of prayer comes to an end at Sikh Temple in Oak Creek

OAK CREEK -- A weekend of prayer ended Sunday, August 6th at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, marking the five-year anniversary of the mass shooting that claimed six lives.On August 5, 2012, a massacre took place at the gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where 40-year-old Wade Michael Page fatally shot six people and wounded four others.

"It's just been awesome:" Hundreds celebrate Independence Day in Oak Creek 

OAK CREEK  -- Hundreds of thousands of people celebrated Independence Day Tuesday, July 4th in SE Wisconsin -- and the City of Oak Creek was no exception.It's not an Independence Day celebration without food, a parade and city of people celebrating.Elie Schwartz and his dad visited Oak Creek from Maryland Tuesday.

Family of man who died in West Allis can't understand why he'd commit an armed robbery

WEST ALLIS -- The family of a man who died after an officer-involved shooting in West Allis on Saturday, May 13th is speaking out, as Oak Creek police on Tuesday, May 16th positively identified him.Police said 37-year-old Maxwell Holt of Milwaukee allegedly committed an armed robbery at a George Webb restaurant in West Allis on Saturday.

Police: 1 taken into custody after crashing vehicle during police pursuit

OAK CREEK -- One person was taken into custody and the search continues for a second suspect following a police pursuit and crash early Tuesday morning, March 21st.It began shortly after 12:30 a.m. when Oak Creek police attempted to conduct a field interrogation on a white Nissan Altima that may have been involved in illegal drug activity near the Red Roof lnn on 13th Street.Prior to making contact, the vehicle fled northbound on 1-94 from W.