North Shore Exponent

Like many Wisconsin residents, Paul C. Prowitz and Randall J. Kurer were social drinkers. Their routine tavern stops cost them their lives in April. In both cases, they were in single-vehicle accidents, which authorities say is a common scenario for alcohol-related deaths.

Osprey and the trumpeter swan officially have been removed from Wisconsin's endangered and threatened species list, the Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday. The decision underscores a dramatic return of the two birds.

A stretch of S. 2nd St. between downtown and Walker's Point will be rebuilt and narrowed to become more friendly to bicyclists and pedestrians under a plan approved Tuesday by the Milwaukee Common Council.