The man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools is being reprimanded by the state for misrepresenting himself after he didn't renew his architect license.

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Three schools in Milwaukee are still temporarily closed two weeks after it was announced that “significant lead hazards” were found inside the buildings. 

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Congress provided billions of dollars to help communities remove lead pipes under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. The funding will help water systems pay for those projects. Almost all of them can apply for forgivable loans. But Superior’s water utility is barred from doing so.

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"MPS allowed children back into the work areas at Fernwood to attend class on March 11, 2025, while paint chip dust and debris from the previous night’s work was present," the letter states.

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Three more schools in Milwaukee are closing after staff with the city health department identified "significant lead hazards" when inspecting the properties this week.

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Health officials in Milwaukee are holding a free lead poisoning screening clinic for school children who may have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead at four Milwaukee Public Schools.

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For Alyssa Schade and the volunteers she works with, it’s about more than providing a place to sleep—it’s about giving kids a place to dream.

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With Wisconsin’s low measles vaccination rate, public health experts worry the state might soon see its own outbreak. "It's really all hands on deck for our small department if a case were to come to Wisconsin," said Melissa Geach, Iron County health officer.

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Lawmakers say the “Help Not Harm Act" will protect minors from “making life-altering, irreversible decisions that cause mental and bodily harm.”

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