A recently introduced Wisconsin bill would require kindergarten through sixth-grade students to get at least 60 minutes of recess every day. 

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The city of Milwaukee is cracking down on habitual parking violators this year.

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Homicides increased by 8 percent in Milwaukee last year after the city experienced two straight years of declines.

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A growing number of Yemeni coffee shops have opened up in the Milwaukee area over the past several months.

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The Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee is hosting the 2026 U.S. Olympic Team long track speed skating trials this weekend.

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The Milwaukee Admirals, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, will take on the Iowa Wild at an outdoor hockey rink in Hastings, Minnesota, on Jan. 23.

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The Milwaukee Brewers will play the Atlanta Braves in the MLB Little League Classic in Pennsylvania on Aug. 23, 2026.

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A Waukesha County judge has granted a petition to revoke Morgan Geyser's conditional release after the woman fled from a Madison group home last month. 

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More than 100 patients received whole blood transfusions before even getting to the hospital in the past year as part of new initiatives in Madison and Milwaukee to help prevent deaths from severe blood loss.

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The program recently moved to a new location at the Milwaukee County Research Park, which is more than triple the size of its former facility in Greenfield.

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The Wisconsin State Public Defenders Office is calling for an investigation into the conditions at Racine County’s juvenile detention center after a 15-year-old was allegedly assaulted by staff there earlier this year. 

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A string of small restaurants in Milwaukee are sounding the alarm about rising costs and a decline in sales.

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Three Wisconsin Department of Corrections staff members are on administrative leave as the department investigates Morgan Geyser's escape from a group home.

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Community leaders in Milwaukee are raising concerns about the proposed use of facial recognition technology by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.

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A new state grant program will hand out $10 million for violence prevention work across Wisconsin.

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Snow storms around the Thanksgiving holiday have led to an early start to the winter season, which is encouraging for winter weather enthusiasts and businesses that rely on big snowfall totals.

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Wisconsin residents are continuing to push back against proposed data center developments throughout the state.

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Before the system was used, dispatchers would often have to place someone who called the non-emergency line on hold to take a call for someone who called 911 with an actual emergency.

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During a time when more people are streaming movies at home, the owner said they were no longer able to make the business profitable.

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Winter farmers markets are not new in Wisconsin, but a few communities have started them up recently.

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