Faces of a new school year: Milwaukee students share their hopes and goals
s Milwaukee families start the new school year, we ask students what they are looking forward to and what they hope to accomplish.
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Economic Development
Microsoft, ratepayer advocates challenge ATC plan for data center transmission costs
The world’s fourth-most-valuable company and Wisconsin ratepayer advocates say a plan to assign infrastructure costs to data centers falls short of protecting Wisconsinites.
Education
Community giveaways help Milwaukee families gear up for school
Milwaukee families gathered at several different community giveaways throughout the weekend to pick up free books, backpacks, bicycles and other supplies ahead of the new school year.
Health & WEllness
A new chapter: South Side family celebrates adoption of four children after closing their foster care license
McKenna and Celia Olson always knew they wanted to have a family after getting married. Through Wellpoint Care Network, the couple adopted four children, bringing their bittersweet journey as foster parents to 10 kids to an end and starting their next life chapter.
Housing
Landlords can run a background check on you. New online tool helps you background check them.
MKEPropertyOwnership.com allows users to search rental properties in the city, identify a landlord’s network of related LLCs (limited liability corporations) and find information including code violations and eviction filings.
Public Safety
ICE arrests in Wisconsin hit a new peak. Follow what happens next.
Federal immigration authorities are ramping up operations nationwide to meet new daily arrest quotas. ICE agents in Wisconsin have turned to prisons, jails and — increasingly — street arrests to make their numbers.
Arts and Recreation
Halyard Park residents gather to preserve their neighborhood’s history, one memory at a time
Residents of Halyard Park brought personal photographs and ephemera to a community photo scan event on Aug. 28 at ThriveOn King.