Watch animals eat their lunch with the Friends of Havenwoods State Forest; listen to music from the Milwaukee Jazz Institute; and more.
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Posted inCommunity, Health and Wellness
My most memorable story of 2025: How Walker Square is reviving its summer farmers market
Reporter Meredith Melland’s favorite story of the year is the return of the Walker Square Farmers Market thanks to dedicated neighbors and vendors.
Posted inCommunity
Spirit of the holidays: NNS readers share their favorite Christmas traditions
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service readers show off their holiday spirit, one porch at a time.
Posted inCommunity
Memorable story of 2025: Your Right to Know: Data center secrecy is unacceptable
Community Ambassador Delicia Morris writes about why Tom Content’s opinion piece about data centers was her most memorable story of 2025.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Community
Here are 5 ways to celebrate Kwanzaa in Milwaukee
To celebrate Kwanzaa, Milwaukee’s Black community is hosting a number of events you can attend.
Posted inCommunity, Criminal justice
My most memorable story of 2025: Telling his story through her eyes
The piece that has stayed with me most is a story about Derek Williams, whose 180-year prison sentence was reduced after he saved a correctional officer’s life, yet his path to parole remains long.
Posted inCommunity, Criminal justice
Background check delay shows crackdown’s strain on immigration system
An immigration judge backed a green card for a Sheboygan Falls mother arrested after accidentally crossing the Canadian border, but a delayed background check prolonged her ICE detention for weeks.
Posted inCommunity, NNS Spotlight
‘Where you come from doesn’t define where you will go’: Former foster child becomes vice president of the Wisconsin Youth Advisory Council
Before aging out of the foster care system, Avenues West resident Angel Shelton never knew her struggles were meant for a greater purpose. She now guides efforts to improve the lives of youths in foster care.
Posted inCommunity
5 things to know and do the week of Dec. 22
Mourn in a safe space; showcase your talents at an open mic; play bingo with other elders; and more.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development
As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants
Obsolete power plants continue to cost ratepayers. Now, the push to generate unprecedented amounts of electricity for data centers risks creating another $1 billion in “stranded assets.”