In an interview with NNS, Fire Chief Aaron Lipski talks about fighting his first fire, the impact of budget cuts and the pandemic and his mission to increase diversity within the Milwaukee Fire Department.
Here is a list of resources to help keep our kids safe and engaged this summer
From summer camps to gardening programs to computer programming classes, here’s an extensive list of youth programming that local organizations are offering this summer and most of it’s free.
New online tool helps individuals clean up criminal and eviction records
Legal Tune Up is an online tool that helps people remove certain types of arrests, evictions and other blemishes from their record that could serve as barriers to housing and employment opportunities.
Is weed legal now? Here are 9 things you should know about marijuana law enforcement in Milwaukee
Under Wisconsin law, it is illegal to possess, sell or manufacture marijuana. Some municipalities, including Milwaukee, have enacted local changes related to marijuana law enforcement.
African Americans outpace other groups in drug overdose deaths in Milwaukee County
The number of African Americans who die from drug overdoses in Milwaukee County continues to rise, with 45 percent of this year’s fatalities coming from Black residents, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
Mayor Tom Barrett blasts Senate bill that requires Fire and Police Commission add union-approved members
Mayor Tom Barrett calls bill passed by the Senate that requires the Fire and Police Commission add members selected by the police and fire unions “a vicious attack on local government.”
Leaders, residents work to transform South 13th Street
Organizers hope to invigorate the business corridor along South 13th Street, increase safety and better connect residents and amenities in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Community groups will launch multiple campaigns to reduce reckless driving in Milwaukee
Groups plan to use billboards, bus ads, performance art, educational booths, poster contests and other strategies to help stop reckless driving. The campaigns are being funded by grants from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works.
MPD pilot program takes new approach to tackle prostitution
Officers in Milwaukee Police Department’s District 2 are trying something new to address the street-based sex trade on the South Side: Instead of arresting prostitutes, they are offering help.
Amid surge in drug overdose deaths, City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force fails to meet
Despite a record-breaking year in drug overdose deaths in Milwaukee County
in 2020, the City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force managed to meet only
once last year and hasn’t met at all in 2021.
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