Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Center for Self-Sufficiency Quietly Closed Amid a Federal Audit
Milwaukee group helped people reintegrate after prison, faced funding woes.
Mar 8th, 2026 by Meredith Melland and Devin Blake, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceMPS Students Say School Police Are Policing More Than Crimes
Teens describe hall pass checks and discipline by officers as the district moves to tighten rules and oversight.
Mar 5th, 2026 by Devin Blake, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceResidents Explore Development Ideas for Lisbon Avenue
Community members, developers, architects plan for Washington Park neighborhood.
Mar 1st, 2026 by Meredith Melland, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceNew Report Finds North Side Schools Failing Black Students
Students underperforming their peers in every state, City Forward Collective finds.
Mar 1st, 2026 by Alex Klaus, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceYouth Help Transform Vacant 53206 Lot into Community Garden
Children working with We Got This Milwaukee did 7,000 hours of service in 2025.
Feb 25th, 2026 by Chesnie Wardell, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceTwo Years After SDC Shutdown, Contractors Still Seek Payment
'Who knows if they’ll have enough money to pay our balance?'
Feb 22nd, 2026 by Meredith Melland and Devin Blake, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceMetcalfe Park Program Rescues Foreclosed Homes
Reclaim and Restore program helps neighborhood residents become homeowners.
Feb 17th, 2026 by PrincessSafiya Byers, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceFelony Backlog in Milwaukee at Historic High
District Attorney’s Office has more than 10,000 unresolved felony matters.
Feb 16th, 2026 by Devin Blake, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceAre Milwaukee Schools Vulnerable to Measles Outbreak?
Only 11% of 152 schools in city are at herd immunity levels of 95% for MMR vaccine.
Feb 15th, 2026 by Alex Klaus, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceInside Milwaukee’s First Bilingual Art Museum
The Catacombs of Neto Art Museum has left viewers in tears.
Feb 8th, 2026 by Jonathan Aguilar, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceFormer SDC Properties Repossessed by Lender at Auction
Once mighty anti-poverty agency sees five parcels of properties auctioned off.
Jan 28th, 2026 by Meredith Melland, Milwaukee Neighborhood News ServiceA Year of Living Dangerously for SDC
Can the Social Development Commission survive all its travails?
Jan 2nd, 2026 by Meredith Melland, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service























