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Earlier this year, the Port Washington Common Council announced its controversial partnership with Vantage Data Centers, based out of Denver, to build a new AI data center for OpenAI, north of the town. This announcement was met with uproar from residents in Port Washington and the surrounding communities with fear about how this data center […]

The City of Racine is being sued by Midwest Environmental Advocates on behalf of Milwaukee Riverkeeper after the city allegedly failed to deliver a document describing the estimated water usage at the then-proposed data center in Mount Pleasant under open records laws. Wisconsin law states that a response to a record request must be made […]

Milwaukee is struggling handling its lead crisis, with it devastating its most vulnerable residents and having long-lasting impacts on children. In recent studies, lead has been linked to criminal activity in Milwaukee. According to Amy Kalkbrenner, a professor of public health at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Zilber College, lead primarily affects children’s brain cognitive abilities and […]

The first thing Daran Wiley wanted to be was an astrophysicist, according to his mother Rashawn McKenzie. He even dressed as one for a school event one year. “He came home and he was like, ‘Mom, I want to be an astrophysicist and if you don’t know what it means, it’s okay, I can tell […]

Madison, Wis- Morgan Geyser also known as the Slender-man attacker has been found in  Posen, Illinois after cutting off her ankle monitor and fleeing from her group home in Madison, Wisconsin. Geyser was expected to appear in a hearing in Cook County after her arrest on Monday. A 42-year- old friend of Geyer’s who declined […]

MILWAUKEE-The 2025 Annual Security Report shows the effects of major crimes that occurred on the UW-Milwaukee campus. Burglaries, rape, domestic violence and car thefts have been shown as some of the most superior crimes around campus area, which were alarming to the UWM community. From 2022- 2024, the Milwaukee Police Department reported seven crimes were […]

Everywhere you look, there seems to be a trail of chaos, the yarn of life tangled, and there are too many complicated things to focus on, but in every small snag, an unsung hero is waiting.  Despite the public’s fondness for cats growing, the animal stray count seems to be constantly rising. Volunteers at Humane […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – On Oct. 26, at the 47th ASEAN Summit, Malaysia, Thailand, and Cambodia’s prime ministers shook hands with U.S. President Donald Trump after they agreed to a peaceful ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia’s escalating tension around their border. Just this week, Thailand and Cambodia’s century-old dispute erupted again, two weeks after they signed the […]

The excitement surrounding the proposed accessible splashpad for Milwaukee County, a project championed as a test of fairness and speed, appeared to hit a major slowdown at a recent Commission for Persons with Disabilities meeting, held virtually Dec. 8. Despite being touted as a potential moment to move from Information to Action, the virtual meeting […]

Eileen Higgins, a former Miami-Dade Commissioner, won the Miami mayoral race as the first woman and Democrat to be elected. The first time it’s been done from the Democrats in 30 years.  Before becoming mayor, Higgins’ journey began in 2006, starting her role as a Peace Corps director in Belize, according to The Hill. The […]

On Tuesday, Kentucky State University had an active aggressor on campus, leaving one KSU student, 19-year-old De’Jon Darrell Fox Jr., of Indianapolis, Indiana, and another in critical condition. The suspect has been identified as 48-year-old Jacob Lee Bard of Evansville, Indiana, who has been charged with murder and first-degree assault. Bard is not a student […]

A town hall hosted by Milwaukee’s common council featured Riverwest residents sharing their concerns about a proposed new business, Metro Pantry and Food, which will take the place of the old Dollar General on Locust St. On a chilly November night, nearly 40 residents of Milwaukee’s East Side, mainly Riverwest, gathered to voice their thoughts […]