Quinn Clark

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Milwaukee-area couples who have weddings scheduled as soon as next month are scrambling after the sudden shutdown of a local wedding company. Wedding planner Veronica Brend contacted Public Investigator after hearing rumors that Black Swan MKE had been evicted from its Third Ward wedding venue building, without informing customers. Brend feared the fallout could be "catastrophic," she said.

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This story was produced as part of Sunshine Week, a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government. Sunshine Week runs through March 22, 2025. From arrest reports to meeting minutes, the public has a general right under state and federal law to access records created by government officials by filing something called a records request. .

1 month ago | jsonline.com | Quinn Clark

When Pete Sparks joined a protest in October 2020, he didn't think he'd become one of the dozens arrested during the Wauwatosa mayor's citywide curfew. On a whim, Sparks, 55, joined the hundreds who protested to demand justice for 17-year-old Alvin Cole, who was fatally shot months earlier by then-Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah. During his attempt to return home, Sparks said he was subject to a violent arrest, involving a group of people who he couldn't tell were police officers.

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During Milwaukee's frigid temperatures in early February, Steve Paradowski found himself facing a familiar problem in the apartment he moved into over 10 years ago — his heater wouldn't turn on. Paradowski, 68, told Public Investigator he couldn't remember the last time both heaters in his Seaway Terrace apartment at 4601 S. First St. had worked. As soon as one was repaired, it didn't take long before it broke again or the other one stopped working, he said.

1 month ago | jsonline.com | Quinn Clark

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Public Investigator team chases tips, finds answers, and gets results. No story is too big or too small. Got a tip or a question? Email [email protected]. It's not unusual for cold Milwaukee winters to chill Steve Paradowski's one-bedroom apartment so much that he can see his own breath. Paradowski, 68, has lived in the Seaway Terrace Apartments at 4601 South 1st St. for over 10 years. He can't remember the last time both of his heaters have worked.