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Milwaukee County sees progress in reducing the number of inmates in youth prisons

February 23, 2021 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

Milwaukee County officials continue to make strides to drastically reduce the number of residents incarcerated in youth prisons.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

2 Milwaukee organizations win grants to address domestic violence, sexual assault

February 18, 2021 by Matt Martinez Leave a Comment

Grants from Advocate Aurora Health will help UMOS and the Asha Project address domestic violence and sexual assault.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety Tagged With: coronavirus, covid-features

Groups, lawmakers push to ease expungement of low-level criminal convictions

February 17, 2021 by Edgar Mendez 2 Comments

A bipartisan group of legislators is launching a new effort to reform Wisconsin’s tougher-than-average expungement laws.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

‘The workload is through the roof’: How the closing of South Side station is affecting the Milwaukee Fire Department

February 5, 2021 by Edgar Mendez 5 Comments

Station 17 on the city’s far South Side is the seventh fire station to close in Milwaukee since 2018. Acting Chief Aaron Lipski says while resources have declined, demands for his department’s services have not.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

NNS on ‘Lake Effect’: NNS reporter Edgar Mendez discusses drug-related deaths in 2020

January 7, 2021 by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Leave a Comment

NNS reporter Edgar Mendez joins Joy Powers of WUWM’s “Lake Effect” to discuss another record-breaking year in Milwaukee County for drug deaths.

Filed Under: Lake Effect Radio, Multimedia, Neighborhoods, Public Safety

Despite reduced traffic, crash fatalities are up sharply in Milwaukee County this year

December 15, 2020 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Milwaukee County has experienced 95 crash-related deaths so far this year, compared to 74 in all of 2019. Speed was a factor in the majority of those crashes.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

COVID-19 killed a thousand Wisconsinites in three weeks. These residents don’t see the danger.

December 12, 2020 by Howard Hardee (Wisconsin Watch) Leave a Comment

Some Wisconsinites downplay the severity of COVID-19, spurning masks and vaccinations and inhibiting efforts to contain the pandemic.

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Neighborhoods, Public Safety Tagged With: coronavirus, covid-19

Aggressive policing escalates violence at protests, research shows. A former Madison police chief touts a better way.

December 12, 2020 by Clara Neupert, Wisconsin Watch 1 Comment

David Couper, Madison’s police chief from 1972 to 1993, says law enforcement should ditch the riot gear and tear gas to keep the peace.

Filed Under: Community, Neighborhoods, Public Safety Tagged With: police, police tensions, protests

The NNS coronavirus update: What Milwaukee residents need to know the week of Oct. 12

October 12, 2020 by Matt Martinez Leave a Comment

New testing centers are opening this week, as the National Guard prepares to end its deployment at the city’s two largest sites.

Filed Under: Community, Health and Wellness, Neighborhoods, Public Safety Tagged With: Ben Weston, coronavirus, covid-19, Custer Stadium, election day, Fiserv Forum, hospitalizations, Miller Park, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Election Commission, Milwaukee Health Department, National Guard, Northwest Health Center, pandemic, Southside Health Center, State Fair Park, testing, testing sites, Tom Barrett, Tony Evers, umos, voting deadlines, voting registration

Evictions damage public health. The CDC aims to curb them — for now.

October 2, 2020 by Bram Sable-Smith (WPR/Wisconsin Watch), Martha Bebinger (WBUR) and Darian Benson (Side Effects Public Media) Leave a Comment

Housing and health are intertwined, experts have long preached. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pausing evictions to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Filed Under: Community, Health and Wellness, Housing, Neighborhoods, Public Safety Tagged With: Evicted, Eviction, housing, Rent

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