WTMJ Channel 4 is reporting on its Web site that there's a monkey on the loose in Pewaukee. It doesn't get any more live, local or late-breaking, folks.
Here's their description:
"PEWAUKEE - There's a monkey on the loose in the City of Pewaukee. The animal was spotted Monday by a woman living near Pewaukee Road and Highway M. She saw the animal after she heard screeching behind her condo. Police were called, but the monkey escaped into a nearby marsh. Police believe it may be someone's pet."
And of course, there's video. Here's the link to this silliness:
http://www.todaystmj4.com/_content/news/topstories/story_3542.asp
I like a good monkey story as much -- or perhaps more so -- than the next guy, but watching Susan Kim report on this subject, and listening to Vinny Vitrano banter about it -- is among the more insane definitions of local news.
Perhaps "Today's TMJ 4" should stick to stories about sex predators on MySpace.
And yes, I hope the monkey makes it to freedom.
Here's their description:
"PEWAUKEE - There's a monkey on the loose in the City of Pewaukee. The animal was spotted Monday by a woman living near Pewaukee Road and Highway M. She saw the animal after she heard screeching behind her condo. Police were called, but the monkey escaped into a nearby marsh. Police believe it may be someone's pet."
And of course, there's video. Here's the link to this silliness:
http://www.todaystmj4.com/_content/news/topstories/story_3542.asp
I like a good monkey story as much -- or perhaps more so -- than the next guy, but watching Susan Kim report on this subject, and listening to Vinny Vitrano banter about it -- is among the more insane definitions of local news.
Perhaps "Today's TMJ 4" should stick to stories about sex predators on MySpace.
And yes, I hope the monkey makes it to freedom.
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
