Concordia University Wisconsin will begin offering a physician assistant program in May 2013. The 26-month, full-time, year-round program is designed to prepare students to become physician assistants with an emphasis on primary care and preventative medicine. The program is applying for provisional accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant Inc. (ARC-PA) and anticipates being accredited in March 2013. Accreditation is required prior to starting... ... Read More

MILWAUKEE — 17-year-old Dvarion Beamon is charged with two felonies for allegedly leading police on a four-county high-speed chase that ended in Kenosha County at I-94 and County Hwy. C.

Three other teens have been charged as well. They include Jarmel Gatewood, Darrell Thompson and Fred Gillespie who are being charged with misdemeanors for knowingly riding in a stolen vehicle.

According to the criminal complaint, Kelly Nichols from ABC Daycare told police the 2002 white Chrysler Town and Country minivan used in the high-speed chase was stolen from her business the day before Beamon led police on the multi-county chase. Beamon told police in the complaint, “Vans are easy to steal,” going on to say he used a hammer and screwdriver to peel away the steering column.

MILWAUKEE — Dozens of employers hoped to fill 1,000 job openings at the Manufacturing Career Expo on Thursday, May 10th at State Fair Park.

72 employers looking to fill roughly 1,000 job openings took part in Thursday’s expo. The companies hiring include: Genment,  Generac, Briggs and Stratton, and P & H.

Employers say there are a wide range of jobs available, from general production workers that pay around $10 an hour, to highly skilled positions that pay up to $40 an hour.

Ortez Guzman has 25 years of experience as a maintenance technician but has been unemployed for the past five months. He was one of many looking for the right fit during Thursday’s expo. “It can be confusing and frustrating, but you’ve got to be determined,” Guzman said.