Author: Correspondent

Believe it or not, we have a bee to thank for every one in three bites of food we eat, so be the solution to help protect bees in crisis. Honey bees perform about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide. A single bee colony can pollinate 300 million flowers each day. Grains are primarily pollinated by the wind, but fruits, nuts and vegetables are pollinated by bees. Seventy out of the top 100 human food crops, which supply about 90 percent of the world’s nutrition, are pollinated by bees. Milwaukee shoppers may notice something unusual about the boxes of...

Packers legend Donald Driver announced the five “Driven to Achieve Award” recipients for 2017. Green Bay Packers Super Bowl champion and all-time leading receiver Donald Driver will present the award at the March 25 black-tie event at Milwaukee’s historic Pfister Hotel. Sister Edna Lonergan, OSF, founder and president of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, is among five Wisconsin residents named by the Donald Driver Foundation to be honored for outstanding community efforts at the fourth annual Driven to Achieve Awards. The other four recipients named in the foundation’s official press release were Growing Power Founder and CEO Will...

Milwaukee was one of three economic development organizations to be awarded a matching grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), to be used to provide seed funding for technology-based startups and early-stage companies. The Milwaukee Development Corporation received a $500,000 grant under WEDC’s Capital Catalyst Program for the creation of a $1 million seed fund to support companies in advanced manufacturing and other technology sectors. The fund will target seed-stage ventures, including graduates of local accelerator programs such as The BREW, WERCBench Labs, FaBCAP and Gener8tor to provide additional capital for activities leading to investment readiness or revenue...

The 2017 Milwaukee Air and Water Show will take place from July 15 to 16 the Milwaukee lakefront. Organizers of the Milwaukee Air and Water Show announced additional acts slated to perform in a press release on March 15. In addition to the US Navy Blue Angels, the other groups to join the line-up include the US Army Golden Knights Parachute Demonstration Team, Team Aerostars, Firebirds Xtreme, Lucas Oil Airshows, and A-4 Skyhawk. The Team Aerostars is a precision aerobatic demo team led by pilots Harvey Meek, David Monroe and Paul Hornick who perform in the Yak 52TW WWII-type...

The County Board’s Parks Committee adopted a resolution on March 14 to allocate $27,000 for repairs and upgrades to the Humboldt Park restroom facilities. The county’s $27,000 grant will match $4,000 from the Humboldt Park Friends group and $23,000 from a private account that is funded by a portion of all beverage sales at the beer garden. “Every pint of beer sold at the beer garden helped made this possible,” said Supervisor Jason Haas. “With the completion of these repairs, for the first time in decades we will have newly remodeled, comfortable and fully accessible restrooms at Humboldt Park.”...

Even if they have a four-leaf clover in their pocket, St. Patrick’s Day revelers shouldn’t push their luck Friday if they’re unsure whether to drive after celebrating the traditional Irish holiday. Customers at approximately 100 restaurants and taverns in Milwaukee County can assure themselves a safe trip home on St. Patrick’s Day – and every day of the year – via the SafeRide program, a free transportation service offered by the Milwaukee County Tavern League. A customer can receive a voucher good for a free ride home just by asking a bartender, server or other wait staff. The participating...