Milwaukee Mayor Barrett calls for more sewer work 

Published: September 27, 2011
Tags: Department of Public Works, flooding, Flooding Task Force, infrastructure, Joe Dudzik, Milwaukee, sewer, Sewer Maintenance Fund, storm sewer, Tom Barrett, Willie Hines, Willie Wade

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wants to increase spending on the city’s ailing sewer lines, which have come under scrutiny because of massive flooding in recent years.

Dig it

Published: June 7, 2011
Tags: Brock Sampson, Harnack, Madison, R.G. Huston, Ryan Mc Nett, storm sewer, William Street

Goin’ deep

Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: Florida Street, Milwaukee, O&M Excavating & Grading, Second Street, storm sewer, Union Grove

Road to retailer

Published: July 16, 2010
Tags: drainage, Ill., Rockford, Rubloff Excavation, storm sewer, Walmart, Waukesha, West Avenue

West Allis to beef up storm-water system

Published: August 27, 2009
Tags: flooding, Joseph Burtch, rainwater, storm sewer, storm water, West Allis

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com A lot of people in West Allis get nervous when it starts to rain. Sam Tourloukis is one of them. His brother, Kostas, owns a house on 82nd Street that has been flooded twice over the past two years by summer storms. “It hurts,” he said. “It hurts because you have tenants [...]