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The auction for the boat ended just after noon Monday, with the winning bid being $2,525. In a surprising turn of the tide, ...
A museum, a fountain, a pop-up restaurant – the possibilities are endless. Well, the boat’s been sold. In a last-minute twist ...
Officials previously said that taxpayers will need to cover whatever remains from the $20,000 the county needed to pay to ...
Milwaukee's famous abandoned boat "Deep Thought" sold for $2,525 after a less-than-stellar two-week bidding process that sought $20,000.
The owner of All City Towing, the business that ultimately removed the boat from the lakefront, placed the winning bid. Here's what he plans to do with it.
Why were Milwaukee taxpayers responsible for the removal of abandoned boat Deep Thought? Owners should have footed the bill.
Deep Thought, a 33-foot Chris-Craft Roamer, became stuck between Milwaukee's McKinley Marina and Bradford Beach on Oct. 13 after its Mississippi-based owners ran out of gas.
Milwaukee County was officially deemed responsible for the boat's removal. There were then renewed attempts to get it out, and a pontoon platform ended up getting stuck with Deep Thought in the ...
Milwaukee’s District 11 Alderman Peter Burgelis stopped by at one point to take a look at the progress. “Getting rid of this boat- although people like to joke about it- frankly, what it’s ...
Milwaukee County is auctioning off the boat abandoned along the Lake Michigan shoreline last year, called "Deep Thought," to recover the $20,000 spent on its removal, but the auction has not ...
WDJT via CNN Newsource The city of Milwaukee witnessed the official removal of the abandoned boat along Bradford Beach on May 6. But the infamous boat did not leave without a fight.