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24-03-2025
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MobCraft Walker's Point taproom to reopen under new owners with some of its flagship beers
MobCraft Beer will reopen with new owners, bringing back the Walker's Point brewery about five months after it closed in November. The new owners are Sarah Halstead, who worked at MobCraft for four years, and her husband, Michael. They purchased the brewery for $160,000. "We thought it would be a neat opportunity," Halstead said. They plan to bring back flagship beers like BatSh!t Crazy and Out Of Office. The also plan to serve appetizers, sandwiches and pizzas, including MobCraft's Whitewater mac and cheese pizza. What else might change or stay the same at the taproom at 505 S. Fifth St. is still being decided, Halstead said. They do plan to bring back some festivals, but Halstead wasn't sure which ones. MobCraft was popular for its Stout Fest, Sour Fest and Weird Fest. The Halsteads are only reopening the Milwaukee taproom. When MobCraft closed, it also had a location in Woodstock, Illinois. The couple is waiting for license and health department approvals and is hoping to reopen the brewery in May. MobCraft Beer announced in October that it would be closing after eight years. MobCraft CEO Henry Schwartz said in a news release that the brewery "reached a point where we could no longer operate as a stand-alone operation." MobCraft Beer was founded in Madison in 2013 by Henry Schwartz, Andrew Gierczak and Giotto Troia, who met at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and launched their business in Madison. In 2016 MobCraft moved its business from Madison to Milwaukee when it opened the Walker's Point taproom. In 2021, MobCraft announced it would open three additional taprooms: in Waterford; Woodstock, Illinois; and Denver. MobCraft was looking to raise up to $2.25 million in an equity crowdfunding campaign to fund the ventures. Its investment platform, wefunder, shows it closed fundraising in April 2022 after it raised $845,000 from 488 investors. MobCraft Denver was open from September 2022 until it closed in April 2023. The Waterford location never opened, which the village sued MobCraft for. MobCraft opened the Woodstock location in November 2023 and closed it along with the Milwaukee taproom this past November. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee brewery MobCraft Beer to reopen under new owners
Yahoo
19-02-2025
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Trial date set for man charged with killing UW-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh
ELKHORN – A former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestler will stand trial on Dec. 12 on charges he killed his champion gymnast girlfriend last year, a Walworth County judge ruled. The trial date for Chad T. Richards was set Tuesday during a motion hearing he attended by a video link from the Walworth County Jail. His attorney Gibson D. Hatch, of Middleton, filed a motion on Monday, requesting that his legal team be given access to the view the crime scene – unit no. 203 of the Whitewater Street apartment complex, where police say Richards shot Kara Welsh to death. Prosecutors were previously allowed inside the apartment on the day a search warrant was executed there. In recent weeks, DLK Enterprises, the Whitewater-based rental company that manages the complex, barred the defense from entering the unit without a court order. More: What we know and don't know about the fatal shooting of champion gymnast Kara Welsh Hatch said touring the apartment would be crucial to helping him and his team form a defense for his client. Walworth County District Attorney Zeke S. Wiedenfeld didn't oppose the defense request. He said he spoke with the manager before Tuesday's hearing and was told the unit hadn't been renovated since the warrant was executed. At that time, law enforcement removed a door, some drywall, portions of flooring and other items that could be used as evidence, Wiedenfeld said. Walworth County Circuit Court Judge Estee Scholtz said she would allow Richards' lawyers to go through the apartment, but with limits – for a specific amount of time and for a single day. "I don't want it to be a continued invasion of the space," she said. Members of Welsh's family were in the courtroom gallery and spoke up as discussion during the hearing shifted to discovery. More: Suspect makes court appearance in shooting death of UW-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh Hatch said his office had received discovery in the case, but needed time to go over it. He requested the next status hearing be held within 45 days, which Welsh's family objected to. They requested the hearing be held within 30 days, arguing discovery already had been furnished for Richard's legal team in November and has had ample to examine it. Richards, 23, is scheduled return to court March 20 for a status conference. A final pre-trial hearing also was scheduled for Dec. 3. Police arrested Richards in August in connection with the killing of Welsh, a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student and national gymnastics champion. Welsh was 21 and entering her senior year at the university, when she was found dead Aug. 30 at an off-campus apartment building, police said. Richards, a member of the university's 2020-21 and 2021-22 wrestling teams, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in her death. A report by the Walworth County Medical Examiner's Office determined Welsh had eight gunshot wounds. Detectives have promoted the theory, based on the evidence, the shooter stood over Welsh and fired as she was curled on the floor in a fetal position. Richards has pleaded not guilty. He has been unable to post the $1 million bond needed for his pre-trial release, and remained in custody Tuesday at the Walworth County Jail. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Man charged with killing UW-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh has trial date set
