Milwaukee was always Chicago Outfit, weren't they? I don't think they were ever their own family like the other midwest cities.
No,under Balistrieri the family was indepedent and owned several casinos in Vegas and for some sources was Balistrieri that ordered to put a bomb under the car of Frank Rosenthal (as seen in casinò) after Frank "Mr. Big" Balistrieri death simply the family members was too old and there was no men for replace them.
