First floor of Milwaukee Co. Courthouse to open Wednesday

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Public services on the first floor of the Milwaukee County Courthouse will reopen on Wednesday, July 16th.

The County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Treasurer and Child Support Services will open their offices at 10 a.m. During the Courthouse closure they have been providing their services off-site.

People coming to the Courthouse for these services should enter the building through the Wells Street entrance. The 9th and 10th Street entrances remain closed. Anyone requiring handicap accessibility should enter through the Criminal Justice Facility and will be directed from there. The second and third floors of the building are still closed.

The Courthouse and Safety Building are running on generators. While we are able to keep the power and air conditioning running, the system is being strained during this heat wave. To help avoid a power shutdown we are asking employees to only use the electrical appliances they need and turn off their computers at the end of the night. We are also requesting that only people who need to be in the building show up.

Milwaukee County Emergency Management is setting up cooling stations in the Courthouse and Safety Building with water and ice. Employees and anyone coming to the building should dress appropriately for the heat.