Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Neighborhood Groups Who Target Crime

Neighborhood Groups Who Target Crime

Three community groups win awards for working with police on crime prevention.

City Residents Welcome ShotSpotter

City Residents Welcome ShotSpotter

Milwaukee Police program uses 110 sensors in 11-square mile area to detect gunfire and fight crime. Residents are seeing the impact.

Program Trains Teachers to Handle Urban Schools

Program Trains Teachers to Handle Urban Schools

UW-Milwaukee's Institute for Urban Education, founded in 2007, keeps growing and now trains 50 students per year.

Scholarships Give MATC Apprentices a Boost

Scholarships Give MATC Apprentices a Boost

$200,000 program provides scholarships to help low-income technical school apprentices finish their training.

Latino Leadership Lags

Latino Leadership Lags

Latinos under-represented in local and state government. Change could take 10 years, some project.

Last Rights for the Homeless

Last Rights for the Homeless

County Medical Examiner identifies deceased homeless people and brings closure to their families.

South Side Bowling Alley A Community Fixture

South Side Bowling Alley A Community Fixture

JB's on 41 has 40 bowling alleys, an arcade for kids, and a family-friendly atmosphere.

City Program Could Sell Homes for $1

City Program Could Sell Homes for $1

New RICH program will sell city-owned foreclosed homes at very low prices.

Auto Headlamps Used to Light Boys Football Practice Field

Auto Headlamps Used to Light Boys Football Practice Field

Problem at Johnsons Park may be solved, but situation dramatizes problems with city playgrounds and playing fields.

Burke Supports Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Residents

Burke Supports Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Residents

Measure rejected by legislature would have particular benefit for Hispanics in Milwaukee.

How Teens View Milwaukee

How Teens View Milwaukee

8th grader's book includes boy's devastating poem on crime in Milwaukee.

A Community Organizer at Heart?

A Community Organizer at Heart?

Observers sing praises of Ian Bautista, the new head of the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative