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We’re persevering with our Storycorps-inspired collection that includes MATC college students speaking about how they’ve persevered of their pursuit of a level. Liana Howard, 29, is a hospital important care technician, school pupil and mom. She took lessons at MATC over the previous couple years with the aim of enrolling within the nursing program. She … Read more

UW-Green Bay is on the trail to host the nation’s thirty first NERR, or National Estuarine Research Reserve, which brings with it federal {dollars} to guard and research estuaries and adjoining wetlands. Most NERRs are situated on the east and west coasts. Inexperienced Bay holds the excellence of being the world’s largest freshwater estuary. >>UW-Green … Read more

Wednesday morning, shareholders of Kohl’s shops are assembly and will get behind board of administrators nominees backed by the massive Menomonee Falls-based retailer. Or the shareholders may select nominees supported by activist traders. It might be a significant crossroads for Kohl’s and its 4,000 native staff, because the agency additionally considers varied buyout provides introduced … Read more

Courtesy of Jeff Rusinow / Former Kohl’s government Jeff Rusinow This week may very well be one other main chapter within the 60-year historical past of Kohl’s malls. At a gathering on Wednesday, shareholders are anticipated to vote on whether or not to approve a board of administrators endorsed by the Menomonee Falls-based retailer or … Read more

Police in Madison Monday afternoon are anticipated to offer extra particulars on what authorities are saying was arson early Sunday on the workplaces of an anti-abortion group. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes says it seems the group Wisconsin Family Action was focused. Group President Julaine Appling claims the assault was immediately provoked by final week’s … Read more

Final August, about 150 college students from the Asian College for Ladies were evacuated from Afghanistan because the Taliban took over. After a couple of months at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, the ladies have been despatched to universities across the U.S. to proceed their schooling. Eight of the ladies are right here in Milwaukee, learning … Read more

Wisconsin tribal members and officers gathered to honor the lives of lacking and murdered Indigenous ladies and ladies Thursday. The somber occasion on the steps of the state Capitol began with drumming and singing as individuals gathered to commemorate the nationwide day of consciousness. A somber musical tribute to misplaced and lacking ladies and ladies … Read more

Milwaukee-area residents are talking out in assist of abortion rights. On Wednesday, lots of of protestors gathered for a rally and march in downtown Milwaukee in response to a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court docket that will overturn Roe v. Wade — a case that legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. If the … Read more

A brief spur of freeway that has jutted into the guts of Milwaukee for many years would possibly, with time, be reworked. Metropolis and county officers in addition to the Wisconsin Division of Transportation are reevaluating Wisconsin Highway 175, between West Wisconsin and Lisbon avenues, to change into extra pleasant to individuals than heavy visitors. … Read more

What challenges are at this time’s school college students going through, and what motivates them to earn their diploma? Impressed by the long-running StoryCorps collection, WUWM invited Milwaukee Space Technical Faculty college students to speak about these questions with somebody who has helped them on their schooling journeys. First up is Troy Muns, who’s going … Read more