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Glenn Minnis News

Amani United Founder: 'We are here, we're standing up for ourselves, we just need your assistance'

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 6, 2022

Barbara Smith never pictured her Amani neighborhood deteriorating to what she now sees it as.In the nearly two decades she resided there, homeownership rates have fallen and many of the homes are showing their age.

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Williams on distracted driving: 'I think we need to start tackling things that are causing them to get in the car and drive distracted'

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 3, 2022

Cynthia Williams is determined to do all she can to make sure no other parent has to feel what she has felt.

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Reginald Wilkerson: 'It's sick to know someone's watching you that much': Hate crimes on the rise in Wisconsin

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 3, 2022

The number of hate crimes in Milwaukee appear to be on the rise, with the FBI reporting more than 70 cases being reported this year.

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Commissioner Nowak: 'We have to build these units': State regulators approve power plant near Wausau

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 3, 2022

State regulators have green-lighted plans for a $171 million natural gas plant near Wausau, despite opposition from ratepayers, environmentalists, and renewable energy advocates.

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'The lunches come out unfresh and nasty': MPS students call for improvements to school lunch program

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 3, 2022

A group of Milwaukee Public School (MPS) students have launched a “school lunch justice” campaign, arguing their meal choices are an issue of social justice.

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Grede Park selected as permanent 'Waukesha Christmas Parade' memorial site

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 2, 2022

Grede Park is slated to be home to a permanent memorial site where six people were killed and at least 60 others were injured four months ago at the Waukesha Christmas Parade.

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Brewers' Burnes: 'I've always known I had the stuff to be the top pitcher in the league'

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 1, 2022

As opening day fast approaches, Milwaukee Brewers Cy Young-winner Corbin Burnes finds himself in the place he always thought he deserved to be.

Brewers' Luis Urias: "I see it as an opportunity to be healthy and get ready for the season."

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 24, 2022

Milwaukee Brewers infielder Luis Urias is taking a positive approach to the rehab time he will need to recover from the left quad injury that is expected to sideline him for the start of the season.

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McCutchen inks two-year deal with Brewers, brings veteran leadership

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 16, 2022

Veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen has signed to join the Milwaukee Brewers after the Philadelphia Phillies declined to pick up his option for the 2002 season.

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'It's good for the community': Green Bay Packers help build playground at Metcalfe Park

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 4, 2021

The Green Bay Packers are scoring points with residents across the state given the organization’s generous ways.

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'Largest one-time investment since the '50s': Construction underway on new $35 million Port of Milwaukee export facility

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 21, 2021

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is marking the groundbreaking on a new agricultural export facility on Jones Island that’s being heralded as the largest one-time investment in roughly seven decades.

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Omokunde calls election investigation a 'waste of money'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 12, 2021

Wisconsin Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde argues nothing meaningful or useful can come from the state’s election investigation.