RACINE – President Biden returns to Wisconsin next week. The president will campaign in Racine on Wednesday, May 8th. Following the visit, he will travel to Chicago, Illinois, the White House announced Friday. No other details were shared. The president’s visit comes a week after former President Donald Trump stumped in Waukesha.  TOP HEADLINES FROM THE 620 WTMJ NEWS TEAM: First peregrine falcon chick of the 2024 season hatched in Milwaukee Actor Alan Ruck of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Succession visiting Milwaukee Brewers 360: Matt Arnold says he’s proud of Pat Murphy and his ‘feisty’ te ..read more

It’s another cultural holiday. Break out the sombreros. Something to remember, though, it may not be the celebration you thought it was! In reality, Cinco de Mayo has significance to a relatively small section of the Mexican population. According to Marquette Department of History Professor Sergio Gonzalez, it actually has to do with a battle, “Cinco de Mayo is a celebration that goes back to the defeat of the French army in 1862 in the city of Puebla, Mexico.” Think of it as one of those battles where the home team, (Mexico), totally outnumbered, emerges victorious against the huge aggr ..read more

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state’s attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on gunshots that sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown of local schools. Authorities had previously said an active shooter who never got inside the building was “neutralized” outside Mount Horeb Middle School. State Attorney General Josh Kaul told reporters Wednesday evening no one else was harmed and that an investigation is ongoing. “This incident took ..read more

How did the political climate in the U.S. shape our public health care response? What mistakes did medical professionals make at the beginning of the pandemic? Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Mary Beth Graham joined Scaffidiology Podcast Host Steve Scaffidi for an honest conversation about the early days of the pandemic and how our country’s leaders, medical professionals and the public dealt with the biggest health crisis in over a hundred years. Steve Scaffidi is the host of the Political Power Hour on 620 WTMJ, airing 9-10 a.m. Monday through Friday. The post Scaffidiology: Politics and ..read more

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — The community of Mount Horeb is still reeling from a tragedy: a student from their own school district attempting to enter the Mount Horeb Middle School with a gun. Police shot and killed the student before they could enter the building on Wednesday. Classes are canceled again Friday and will resume on Monday. Several buildings will be open for support services on Friday and events scheduled for the evening will go on. Superintendent Dr. Steve Salerno credits the community’s support for preventing a larger tragedy. Nonetheless, he says more safety measures will be added whe ..read more

Obi Toppin scored 21 points, T.J. McConnell had 20 points and nine assists and the Indiana Pacers won a playoff series for the first time in a decade, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 120-98 in Game 6 on Thursday night. The Pacers will face the winner of the Philadelphia-New York series in the Eastern Conference semifinals. New York took a 3-2 lead into Game 6 later Thursday. Indiana’s milestone victory came exactly 30 years after it swept Orlando 3-0 to advance in the NBA playoffs for the first time in franchise history, and it came on a night the Bucks again we ..read more

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Anthony Cruz of Miami Dade College will take over as the next president of Milwaukee Area Technical College. The MATC District Board of Directors made its selection during a special meeting Thursday afternoon following a national search that involved more than 150 students, faculty, staff, administrators and community partners. Dr. Cruz currently serves as president of the Kendall Campus at Miami Dade College. He brings 28 years of experience in higher education with leadership roles including campus president, vice chancellor, vice president and dean at several community colle ..read more

MILWAUKEE — Former Milwaukee election official Kimberly Zapata receives her sentence: one year of probation and a $3,000 fine. Zapata was convicted in March of felony misconduct in public office and 3 misdemeanors for ordering absentee military ballots under fake names ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The felony charge carried a maximum sentence of 3 1/2 years in the state prison system. Each misdemeanor count carried a maximum six-month sentence. Zapata was serving as deputy director at the Milwaukee Election Commission in October 2022 when she used her work-issued laptop to obtain three ..read more

This weekend at Wrigley Field will have plenty of headlines about a certain manager matchup – which now has a funny twist with Rickie Weeks managing game one before Pat Murphy returns from suspension in game two.  This notebook is not about that, but rather, about some of the notable stats and performances I’m tracking one month into the season. We’ve got notes coming about Bryan Hudson, Colin Rea, Willy Adames, and the team’s elite speed this season. I’ll be with you for the weekend on the North Side with Brewers Extra Innings after the games on Saturday and Sunday. Let’s jump into the ..read more

MILWAUKEE – Seven episodes of Top Chef Wisconsin are in the books. This season of the Bravo! series was filmed in Wisconsin and last night’s show celebrated our sausages — the kind you eat and the kind who race at American Family Field! The Milwaukee Brewers Famous Racing Sausages were stars of the Top Chef as the Elimination Competition challenged the cheftestants to serve specially-created sausage dishes. The meaty mascots also appeared and posed for many photos with fans at OnMilwaukee’s Top Chef Watch Party at Zocalo Tavern, an establishment owned by one of the episode’s celebrity judges ..read more