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By Abril Preciado and FOX6 News Digital Team Published  May 14, 2025 4:56pm CDT MILWAUKEE - The fire at Milwaukee's Highland Court apartments got so out of control because firefighters said there was no sprinkler system in the building. FOX6 News got an closeup look at the crucial tool – and learned how it can save lives. Life-saving sprinkler systems What we know: Surveillance video showed just how fast smoke took over the hallways of the Highland Court apartments on Sunday, May 11.

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MILWAUKEE - The National Institute of Mental Health estimates more than one in five adults in the U.S. live with a mental illness as of 2022. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and help is available on Milwaukee's south side. What they're saying: For Dan Cross and Francis Perez, mental health is not a taboo. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android "It's OK to not be OK," said Cross.

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By Abril Preciado and FOX6 News Digital Team Published  May 12, 2025 5:08pm CDT MILWAUKEE - Recess at a school on Milwaukee's south side is about to get better with a green space in the works. It will also be open to the public. New playground being built What we know: The new playground will be built at Nativity Jesuit Academy near 29th and Greenfield Avenue. Plans call for the new playground as well as a pedestrian mall. Vanessa Solis is the president of the school.

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Waterford Union High School track MILWAUKEE - A high school track meet turned ugly on Wednesday when Rufus King High School students said they heard racist comments from Waterford students. Milwaukee parent ‘shocked’ What they're saying: It wasn't how Rufus King students or parents expected the track meet at Waterford Union High School to go. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android "She said they were calling them gangsters and the n-word.

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The BriefMilwaukee students said they heard racist comments during a Waterford track meet. A "shocked" Rufus King parent said those comments included the n-word. Waterford school administrators and the WIAA looking into the allegations. MILWAUKEE - A high school track meet turned ugly on Wednesday when Rufus King High School students said they heard racist comments from Waterford students.