Oak Creek's Lake Vista Park could get final approvals en route to 2018 opening

OAK CREEK -- Work could begin before year's end on Oak Creek's lakefront, to create a new park.The Lake Vista project has been in the works for years, and will cover about 50 acres between 5th Avenue and Lake Michigan.The space would feature athletic fields, pavilions and nature trails leading to a beach.Oak Creek's Plan Commission will consider rezoning 50 acres of city-owned land Tuesday, October 25th.PHOTO GALLERYCLICK HERE for more on this story via the Milwaukee Business Journal.

"Some of the best people we lost:" Members of Sikh Temple remember 6 gunned down in 2012

OAK CREEK -- Six people were shot and killed at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on August 5th, 2012, and families who lost loved ones remembered that tragedy Sunday, August 7th.Wade Page, a white supremacist shot one woman: Paramjit Kaur, 41; and five men: Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65, the founder of the gurdwara; Prakash Singh, 39, a Granthi; Sita Singh, 41; Ranjit Singh, 49; and Suveg Singh, 84.

Police pursuit from Oak Creek to Milwaukee ends in crash

MILWAUKEE -- One person is in custody after a police pursuit that ended in a crash near 15th and Hayes in Milwaukee early Monday, July 4th.Initially, Oak Creek police responded to a 911 call for an intruder in a residence.