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News In Your Area
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Federal layoffs mean Milwaukee loses CDC help with school lead crisis
The Milwaukee Health Department is now without the help of federal employees who were assisting the department with the response to the ongoing lead crisis at the city’s school district.
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Rare, land-dwelling crayfish species spotted in Waukesha County
The prairie crayfish is native to six counties in southeastern Wisconsin.
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We Energies says electric rates for data centers should cover infrastructure costs in Wisconsin
We Energies is asking state utility regulators to approve special rates for data centers that would require those users to pay for infrastructure built for their developments.
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MPS moving on from director overseeing facilities during lead crisis
Sean Kane, the man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools, is no longer with the district.
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Wisconsin’s farmers and restaurants are struggling with uncertainty over egg prices
At Franks Diner in Kenosha, customers can go through nearly 1,500 eggs in a single weekend. Those eggs have become precious commodities now that bird flu has caused supply shortages and erratic prices all over the country.
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MPS director overseeing facilities during lead crisis has been reprimanded by the state
The man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools is being reprimanded by the state for misrepresenting himself after he didn’t renew his architect license.
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‘He was the ambassador to baseball’: Brewers fans spend Opening Day reflecting on Bob Uecker
Monday was the first time Bob Uecker wasn’t in the radio broadcast booth on Opening Day since he began broadcasting for the team in 1971.
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3 MPS schools still temporarily closed while lead remediation work is underway
Three schools in Milwaukee are still temporarily closed two weeks after it was announced that “significant lead hazards” were found inside the buildings.
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Canadian government takes anti-tariff message to Wisconsin’s highways
Canadian billboards calling out tariffs from the Trump administration have been spotted in Wisconsin.
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Village of Slinger enforces, then walks back, political yard sign rule
“It is a little disparaging when you’ve got so many people who are willing to rip on their own community publicly, but yet not be part of the solution,” said Scott Stortz, Slinger’s village president.
