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.
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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.
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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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We Are Here MKE campaign seeks to raise awareness of domestic and sexual violence programs for communities of color, LGBTQ residents
A new campaign is amplifying the work of seven local programs that offer culturally specific services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
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Milwaukee County sees progress in reducing the number of inmates in youth prisons
Milwaukee County officials continue to make strides to drastically reduce the number of residents incarcerated in youth prisons.
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2 Milwaukee organizations win grants to address domestic violence, sexual assault
Grants from Advocate Aurora Health will help UMOS and the Asha Project address domestic violence and sexual assault.
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Groups, lawmakers push to ease expungement of low-level criminal convictions
A bipartisan group of legislators is launching a new effort to reform Wisconsin’s tougher-than-average expungement laws.
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‘The workload is through the roof’: How the closing of South Side station is affecting the Milwaukee Fire Department
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.
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NNS on ‘Lake Effect’: NNS reporter Edgar Mendez discusses drug-related deaths in 2020
NNS reporter Edgar Mendez joins Joy Powers of WUWM’s “Lake Effect” to discuss another record-breaking year in Milwaukee County for drug deaths.
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Despite reduced traffic, crash fatalities are up sharply in Milwaukee County this year
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.