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WEB2 days ago · Milwaukee Independent. Sep 4, 2024. 2024 Best Local News Website + 71 awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism from the MILWAUKEE PRESS CLUB. Articles.
Tabulating the Results: An inside look at the official process to …
WEBNov 4, 2020 · A team of 400 workers assembled at Milwaukee’s Central Count facility on November 3 at 7:00 a.m. to begin opening absentee ballot envelops and prepare them for counting along with votes cast throughout Election Day. The entire 4th floor of the building at 501 W. Michigan Street was set up to process boxes of ballots, and designed in pods...
How Milwaukee’s German-Americans faced down fascism eighty …
WEBMar 17, 2017 · During the Depression-ravaged days of the 1930s, Wisconsin’s German-Americans faced a vicious campaign of harassment. One Milwaukee businessman received an anonymous postcard with a picture of an exploding cannon on the front, and on the reverse was written: “When you ask for ads again look this over carefully.”.
Wisconsin DNR Secretary Preston Cole retires after a 35-year …
WEBNov 28, 2022 · Governor Tony Evers announced on November 18 that Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Preston D. Cole would be retiring from the Evers Administration on November 23 after a …
The Lynching of George Marshall Clark in Milwaukee
WEBMar 21, 2018 · James P. Shelton and George Marshall Clark were among the few African-Americans to make Milwaukee their new home in the 1850s. Born in Virginia in 1832, Shelton settled in Milwaukee around 1857 and worked as a carpenter and waiter in Francis Anderson’s confectionary shop. Clark was born in Pennsylvania in …
A Confederate Mount Rushmore: Options for removing Stone …
WEBJul 9, 2020 · These headline links feature the daily news reports published by Milwaukee Independent about the George Floyd protests, the revival of the Black Lives Matter movement that followed, and their impact on the local community in for 8 months from May to December of 2020.
A Blueprint for Peace: Putting Milwaukee’s record year for …
WEBMar 5, 2021 · The year 2020, a year where we faced a deadly pandemic, saw the city reach a grim record surpassing 1991 as the deadliest year in the city’s history with a record 193 homicides.
Inauguration of Cavalier Johnson as city's 45th Mayor opens a new ...
WEBApr 14, 2022 · When City Clerk Jim Owczarski finished administering the Oath of Office at the April 13 inauguration ceremony, Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson officially became the first new Mayor of Milwaukee in almost two decades.
Author: Lee Matz - Milwaukee Independent
WEBJul 26, 2024 · Posted by Lee Matz | Jan 29, 2024. After celebrating its birthday and 178-year history on January 25, the City of Milwaukee began a new chapter of international friendship and cooperation on January 26 with Kragujevac, a city in the heart of Serbia’s Šumadija region. Separated by continents yet united by shared aspirations, both cities ...
Roots of the Easter Bunny: How a mythical figure with Pagan …
WEBApr 17, 2022 · The Easter Bunny is a much celebrated character in American Easter celebrations. On Easter Sunday, children look for hidden special treats, often chocolate Easter eggs, that the Easter Bunny might have left behind.