Author: Lee Matz

A blanket of snow covered Milwaukee in the first major storm of the season, dumping up to 9 inches by Sunday, December 11. The Department of Public Works salted and plowed roads across Milwaukee since the first flakes fell on the evening of December 10. With the accumulation and continued snowfall, the municipal service worked with organized precision to dig out the city and keep transportation routes open. Rural areas surrounding Milwaukee County are often called winter wonderlands after a snowfall. Their large swatches of land and trees look majestic with nature’s frosting of ice. In downtown Milwaukee, snow...

The 2016 Holiday Train raised 3,100 pounds of food for Milwaukee families. The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train returned to the Amtrak Intermodal Station in an effort to raise money, and collect food for the Hunger Task Force. It has stopped in Milwaukee and supported Hunger Task Force as its charity of choice since 2011. The free event has also helped raise more than $56,000 in the past five years, from CP Railroad and individual donors. The Holiday Train featured 14 rail cars, each aglow with hundreds of thousands of lights in holiday designs, and spanned a total distance...