Morning Links for July 27, 2015

Morning Links for July 27, 2015

Police see but can’t contain the Milwaukee lion, a new report on roads, the Baseball Hall of Fame’s new members and the new issue of New York Magazine.

Good morning, and welcome to Monday.

  • Lionwatch continues as police confirmed (!) a sighting of a “lion-like animal” on Sunday. And, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Police saw the animal in a ravine near N. 31st St. and W. Cameron Ave. as late as 7:15 Sunday morning, but by 9:30 they said they had searched the entire four-block containment area and had come up empty.”
  • A new report says 46 percent of roads in the Milwaukee urban area are in poor condition.
  • Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic is stepping down from her position.
  • Craig Biggio, John Smoltz, Randy Johnson, and Pedro Martinez were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Watch their speeches here.

 

Dan Shafer was the digital editor at Milwaukee Magazine. Dan joined the magazine as assistant editor in 2014 and wrote the November 2014 cover story, "Downtown Horizons." He's worked as a reporter at BizTimes Milwaukee and an editor at ThirdCoast Digest. Contact him at daniel.shafer@milwaukeemag.com. He's on Twitter @danshaferMKE.