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2 months ago | 
wisconsinwatch.org | Bennet Goldstein |Joe Timmerman |Trisha Young
Reading Time: 8 minutes Bennet Goldstein: Water cooler conversations rarely get as quirky as strategizing the best ways to obtain photographs of cute, occasionally destructive rodents. But for nearly a month it was all I could discuss. From equipment purchases to road trip plotting, our team’s preparation to spot a beaver was either a lesson in steadfast resolve or overkill.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
onmilwaukee.com | Molly Snyder |Trisha Young |Courtney Bondar
Recently, I was sharing gory details at a bar with a friend about our perimenopausal symptoms. I told her that I’d had some form of my period – from a splash of rosé to a full-on murder scene – since January of 2023. Then I revealed this summer I got repeat urinary tract infections that survived two rounds of antibiotics and left me with what felt like a few hundred paper cuts in my vag.
My friend was empathetic, but not shocked.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
wisconsinwatch.org | Trisha Young
Reading Time: < 1 minute Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service sat down with Monica Wendel, the new dean of the Zilber College of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to discuss the state of COVID-19 and the continuing health recommendations for the disease. In this video, Wendel discusses why there has been a summer uptick in COVID-19 cases as well as how the community can keep safe as the trend continues.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
milwaukeenns.org | Trisha Young
Video: COVID-19 is on the rise: UW-Milwaukee health expert shares safety tipsAugust 21, 2024 by Trisha Young Leave a Comment Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service sat down with Monica Wendel, the new dean of the Zilber College of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to discuss the state of COVID-19 and the continuing health recommendations for the disease.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
milwaukeenns.org | Trisha Young
For around seven months now, Deanna Branch has had to spend $80 for a round trip visit to her children’s current pediatric clinic, compared to the $16 she used to pay at the nearby Next Door Pediatrics Clinic-Children’s. “People don’t understand how much it affects the community when clinics like this close,” said Branch, a mother and advocate for pediatric care and lead safety. Next Door Pediatrics, which was located in Metcalfe Park, closed in December.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
milwaukeenns.org | Trisha Young
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service met up with Black Space HQ, a mental wellness group hoping to “normalize the conversation” around Black and Brown peoples’ mental health. When NNS visited, the group was hosting a sound healing class by Whitney Bingham at 414LORAL, a Black-owned floral shop locatrd at 1739 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
onmilwaukee.com | Lori Fredrich |Hannah Freireich |Molly Snyder |Trisha Young
The sun is bright and the breeze is sultry. That means it’s almost time for one of the city’s most treasured fundraising traditions: The 13th Annual Fondy Farm Feast.
For over a decade, The Feast has provided a delicious and engaging opportunity to support the Fondy Food Center and its mission to increase access to healthy, local food and economic opportunity across greater Milwaukee.
This year’s Fondy Farm Feast will take place on Sunday, Aug.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
onmilwaukee.com | Hannah Freireich |Molly Snyder |Trisha Young |Devin Blake
Since opening its doors in 2017, Leaders Igniting Transformation, or LIT, has trained young Black and Brown activists throughout Wisconsin to become the next wave of leaders and organizers within the organization and in the community.
Youth are getting exposed to activism this summer through LIT’s summer institute program, Civics Black Hogwarts, a political education and civic action program for young people, ages 14 to 34.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
milwaukeenns.org | Trisha Young
In this video, we speak to Maurice “Moe” Wince, owner of Sherman Park Grocery Store; Milwaukee residents Luz Roque and Gregorio G.; and Tammie Xiong, executive director of the Hmong American Women’s Association. We asked each of them to share what they like about Milwaukee and what they want people to know as thousands of visitors gather here this week for the Republican National Convention, or RNC.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
milwaukeenns.org | Meredith Melland |Trisha Young
With the Republican National Convention in town, we’ve asked local organizations, activists and advocacy groups to share what they are planning and if and how their services will change during the convention. Here’s a list of what they have planned:A network of progressive grassroots organizations, nonprofits, small businesses and community members is hosting The Great Milwaukee Block Party, a collection of events and activities that aim to celebrate Milwaukee, through July 21.
