Alison Dirr
City and County Government Reporter at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
City government reporter, sometimes county gov, @journalsentinel | via @PostCrescent @WausauHerald & @WisWatch
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Sarah Volpenhein |Alison Dirr
Despite reports that a team of lead poisoning experts has been reinstated at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the City of Milwaukee has yet to get word of any renewed assistance with the ongoing lead crisis in the city's school buildings. "The City of Milwaukee Health Department has informally heard that members of the CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program may have recently been rehired," Health Department spokesperson Caroline Reinwald said in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
jsonline.com | Sarah Volpenhein |Alison Dirr
Hundreds of workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reportedly been reinstated. That includes lead poisoning experts who, before mass layoffs in April, had been working with Milwaukee on its ongoing lead crisis. City health officials don't know yet if the federal workers will resume their help.
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1 month ago |
jsonline.com | Alison Dirr
A 78-year-old man was found dead on a lake in northern Wisconsin's Langlade County the afternoon of May 24. The man was found after Langlade County sheriff's deputies were dispatched for a report of a possible drowning in the Town of Upham, according to a statement from the sheriff's office. The possible drowning on Pence Lake, located in the area between Antigo and Rhinelander, was reported to the Langlade County dispatch center about 1:44 p.m.The man's name and hometown were not released.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Alison Dirr
A 13-year-old was injured in a shooting the morning of May 24, according to Milwaukee police. The shooting happened just before 9 a.m. on the 5300 block of North 39th Street, according to a police statement. The child was taken to a hospital for treatment. Police are seeking an unknown suspect or suspects. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 414-935-7360. Those wishing to remain anonymous may contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-Tips or P3 Tips.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Alison Dirr
The state Department of Workforce Development is suing the Social Development Commission, claiming the anti-poverty organization has failed to pay its employees nearly $360,000 in wages and benefits. The civil lawsuit filed May 23 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court seeks twice that amount, the second half "as penalty for the defendant's wrongful withholding of the wages," according to a five-page complaint.
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