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📩 Sign up for our newsletters: https://milwaukeenns.org/subscribe/ Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS) is an award-winning online source for objective, professional multimedia reporting on urban issues. NNS covers stories that are important to the people who live, work and serve in city neighborhoods, on topics such as education, public safety, economic development, health and wellness, environment, recreation, employment, youth development and housing. Murrow Award for excellence from RTDNA (Radio Television Digital News Association) in March 2012, and journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club in 2013 and 2014. NNS traces its origins to the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative. Funders have included the Zilber Family Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, John S. Knight Foundation, Argosy Foundation, Northwestern Mutual Foundation and Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. Facebook Commenting Policy
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service encourages on-topic comments that promote discussion of community issues. We strongly discourage comments that personally attack or insult other commenters or the author of content written by NNS staff or other news organizations. We will delete comments that we deem to be hate speech, abusive, harassing, threatening or profane. Repeated violators will be banned from commenting.

Wisconsin voters shouldn't have their ballots rejected because of election officials' mistakes, a Dane County judge rule...
10/15/2026

Wisconsin voters shouldn't have their ballots rejected because of election officials' mistakes, a Dane County judge ruled Tuesday.

The decision follows a dispute over 23 Madison ballots that arrived at the city on time in April but didn't reach polling places by the 8 p.m. deadline.

Our friends at Votebeat explain what the ruling means for future elections — and when ballots still must arrive to be counted.

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/10/14/wisconsin-election-officials-can-count-late-ballots-officials-errors-judge-ruling/

Angelique Sharpe writes that a person’s entire humanity cannot be reduced to the moment their life was stolen. It is roo...
10/15/2026

Angelique Sharpe writes that a person’s entire humanity cannot be reduced to the moment their life was stolen. It is rooted in their full story, which deserves to be known and remembered.

“Remembrance is not simply looking backward. It is an act of dignity. It says that a person existed before their final moments and had stories, personalities, dreams, flaws, relationships and communities, just like you and me. Their entire humanity cannot be reduced to the moment their life was STOLEN.”

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/10/14/opinion-remembrance-is-not-simply-looking-backward-it-is-an-act-of-dignity-for-stolen-lives/

Meet Lillie! Lillie Martin is joining NNS as a reporting intern, working with PrincessSafiya Byers to focus on youth hom...
10/14/2026

Meet Lillie! Lillie Martin is joining NNS as a reporting intern, working with PrincessSafiya Byers to focus on youth homelessness in Milwaukee as part of Marquette University’s O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism.

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Lillie is a senior at Marquette studying journalism, public relations and advertising.

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/10/13/inside-the-nns-newsroom-meet-our-obrien-intern-lillie-martin/

Two board members resigned from the Social Development Commission Tuesday afternoon due to governance and management con...
10/14/2026

Two board members resigned from the Social Development Commission Tuesday afternoon due to governance and management concerns shared by their appointing agencies.

This change-up happened before SDC’s executive leadership held a press conference to talk about efforts to reopen despite major challenges.

After stopping services two years ago, the anti-poverty agency has just $2,770 in cash, an estimated $3.5 million net deficit and is actively considering bankruptcy options and alternatives.

The SDC leaders at the press conference said they support SDC trying to gradually restore services to Milwaukee County’s low-income residents while addressing its other obligations and highlighted an opportunity to apply to revive its tax assistance program.

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/10/14/sdc-faces-new-board-resignations-and-3-5-million-deficit-amid-push-to-restart-services/

On the sidewalks, on the lawn and on the front steps, parents, staff and students at Milwaukee French Immersion School p...
10/14/2026

On the sidewalks, on the lawn and on the front steps, parents, staff and students at Milwaukee French Immersion School protested plans to cut staff and consolidate classes at MPS Central Office.

One of the teachers who could lose their job at the school is Alexandre Sablonniere, who was born and raised in France and moved to Milwaukee eight years ago. He said he found his place at the school.

After working as a paraprofessional at Milwaukee French Immersion School for several years, he’s been a third-grade teacher there for the last four years.

“Every day I’m teaching about the difference between my country,” Sablonniere said. “My class is actually writing through [a] class in France back and forth.”

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/10/12/milwaukee-french-immersion-school-parents-push-against-staff-cuts-class-consolidations/

10/13/2026

South Division High School gym turned into a BMX skate park on Oct. 8, for an assembly full of flips, tricks and an anti-bullying message.

The No Hate Tour made its way to two Milwaukee high schools last week to spread awareness about mental health and bullying.

Zack “Catfish” Yankush, veteran professional BMX rider and emcee of the event, said the goal was to engage students with the thrill of bicycle motocross while slipping in positive messages about mental health and anti-bullying.

Read the full story here: https://milwaukeenns.org/2026/10/11/you-are-enough-bmx-riders-roll-into-south-division-with-mental-health-and-anti-bullying-message/

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