Milwaukee pushes rehousing County Jail and Juvenile Justice Center overflow in Racine

Efforts to address overflow issues come as the Milwaukee County Jail, wrestling with dire staffing shortages, is in the grips of a retention and hiring crisis.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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New this year, Wisconsin teachers must talk about the Holocaust. Here’s what’s happening in classrooms.

Hundreds of Wisconsin teachers are starting, or expanding, curriculum about the Holocaust.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Milwaukee Thursday, talk to voters ahead of midterm elections

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to speak with young Americans and Latino leaders during her Milwaukee visit.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Evers wants to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin; challenger Michels wants it to stay banned

Many Wisconsin residents and even some Republican lawmakers support legalizing marijuana, especially for medicinal use.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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A Kenosha homeowner kills an intruder during a struggle, police say

Kenosha police responded to the area for reports of a suspicious person who was damaging vehicles at random and trying to enter homes.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Milwaukee police need help locating ‘critical missing’ 75-year-old man, last seen on the north side

Dennis Pastorius was last seen Friday around 5 a.m. in the 4100 block of North 22nd Street, in the Rufus King neighborhood.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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What is Foxconn making at its taxpayer-supported Mount Pleasant facility? An employee says workers are bored, encouraged to go home early

Foxconn employee says company manufacturing computer parts for Google, but little work actually being done        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Milwaukee’s domestic violence commission struggles to focus on mission while controversy over new director continues

The commission’s chairman resigned last month after Mayor Cavalier Johnson appointed Ashanti Hamilton to lead the Office of Violence Prevention.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Five people were injured in a mass shooting on Milwaukee’s north side, police say; a suspect is in custody

Milwaukee Police early Saturday, Sept. 17 said they had taken a suspect into custody in the shooting.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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The U.S. pours money into health care, then holds back on social services. But those services often can do more to improve health.

Access to hospitals and doctors alone will not improve the overall health of people who face the challenge of being poor.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Should Brady Street be closed to cars? A neighborhood business group is pursuing that idea after a man was killed by a hit-and-run driver.

The Brady Street Business Improvement District board has voted to pursue the study for “pedestrianizing” the street, known for its bars and eateries.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Joan Kessler resigns from Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission

Joan Kessler has resigned from Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, the chair of the oversight board announced Thursday.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Downtown’s Park East Freeway was replaced with a boulevard and new development. Some now want to take down I-794 as DOT considers repairs.

Development sprouted in place of Milwaukee’s former Park East Freeway. Urbanists and environmentalists hope to see the same thing happen with I-794.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Neighbors have complained for years about noise levels at The Rock in Franklin. A new sound study seeks to provide answers.

Milwaukee County has contracted with RSC to conduct a six-month sound study to learn more about the noise coming from The Rock Sports Complex.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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A West Allis man and Waukesha woman have died from injuries received in a head-on crash in West Allis

A third person, a 68-year-old Waukesha man, remains hospitalized following the Sept. 9 crash.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Wisconsin Republican governor candidate Tim Michels signals he would increase police funding, but won’t increase taxes

Tim Michels blamed Milwaukee’s rising homicide rate on opponent Gov. Tony Evers’ refusal to hold criminals accountable.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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With the end of universal free lunch in most Wisconsin school districts, what options remain?

As some communities look to continue free meals for all, many families must fill out applications to get free meals based on income.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Four people were injured, one of them gravely, following an overnight shooting near Brady Street, Milwaukee police say

Police said the shooting happened about 1:41 a.m. in the 1300 block of East Hamilton Street, about a block north of Brady Street.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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‘The Earth is healing’: What a prairie restoration project on the Oneida Reservation can teach us about partnerships and the land

Restored habitat at the headwaters of Trout Creek is bringing back birds and building a bridge between Western science and traditional knowledge.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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If you had to evacuate your home due to rain/flooding, American Red Cross has opened a shelter at Brookfield’s Elmbrook Church

People who had to evacuate due to flooding are welcome at a shelter the American Red Cross has opened at Brookfield’s Elmbrook Church.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Milwaukee residents asked to use less water after heavy rains cause sewer overflow

Some areas of Milwaukee got nearly 7.5 inches of rain over the weekend, putting stress on Milwaukee’s combined sewer system.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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Milwaukee police officer’s holstered gun accidentally fires, strikes another officer in leg

While a 35-year-old officer was searching a damaged car, his holstered gun “inadvertently” fired once and struck a 41-year-old officer standing nearby.        Top Featured Tags: – Wisconsin News Press Release Distribution Service

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