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Branch Out Milwaukee is planting 250 new trees in Sherman Park
Branch Out Milwaukee is bringing the Sherman Park neighborhood together through trees. Milwaukee Water Commons, an environmental organization focused on the bodies of water in Milwaukee, launched Branch Out Milwaukee in 2022, as a pilot program in Sherman Park to improve the tree canopy and build community stewardship. Through the...
Wisconsin Workforce Reels as Companies Announce Mass Layoffs
Wave of Job Cuts Hits Wisconsin, Thousands Brace for Layoffs. The mass layoffs continue in Wisconsin. Under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, an employer with more than 100 full-time workers must give 60 days' notice before laying off 50 or more people at a single site.
Annual Ride for Veterans set for next month
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – A local Army Veteran is going the distance again. In 2021, James Greer founded Ride for Veterans after reading an article that said 22 Veterans commit suicide everyday in the United States. In 2022, Greer drove to the Artic Circle and back to Kansas on a motorcycle in 22 days. Every year […]
Washington County chapter of Guitars 4 Vets helps veterans cope with PTSD through music
When West Bend veteran Kevin Watter saw how learning and playing the guitar helped save the life of a fellow Marine who was suicidal, Watter thought that Guitars 4 Vets, which helps veterans cope with PTSD through music, could help him, too. Watter's "Marine brother," as Watter calls him, was...
The history of Milwaukee's distinctive black-and-white address tiles
They adorn duplexes, businesses, bungalows and City Hall. They have borne witness to children playing on porches, families moving in and out, and shops opening and closing. They tell people where to go and when they’ve arrived. Milwaukee’s black-and-white address tiles are distinctive and ubiquitous, the result of an...
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