CUDAHY, Wis. – Dignity in death, a Cudahy mother is sharing her story after her daughter died. She suffered from morbid obesity and, because of her weight, getting her the proper funeral arrangements was nearly impossible. Carolyn Alverio’s daughter, Cassandra Ortiz, passed away a week ago. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails […]
Newcomer Rob Haines has defeated incumbent Randy Hollenbeck in a close race for Cudahy’s District 3 aldermanic seat. The vote totals for the April 2 election are 173 (51.64%) for Haines and 159 (47.46%) for Hollenbeck, according to the unofficial results. There were three write-in votes. Haines, a Cudahy resident since 2009, told the Journal […]
A Cudahy woman once accused of embezzling more than $80,000 from a nonprofit organization that raises money to help military veterans visit Washington, D.C. , was sentenced to probation and four months in jail. Joni Nogay, 60, pleaded guilty Friday to theft in a business setting, between $10,000 to $100,000, a Class G felony. She […]
Cudahy resident Morgan Gottschalk sees gas and electric prices only going up, so he’s building a home that will have no gas lines and will generate most of its own electricity. How? Through geothermal heating and cooling and a custom roof to support a network of solar panels. Gottschalk is building his 1,600-square-foot home (with […]