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Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) announced that it will receive one-time proceeds of $84,931,314 as a result of its voluntary participation in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadcast incentive auction. The auction was created to free up bandwidth to accommodate the growing capacity needs for wireless technology. MATC’s District Board, the license holder for Milwaukee PBS Channels 10 and 36, submitted a successful bid to vacate the spectrum on which Channel 36 resided and instead combine the transmission of both Milwaukee PBS stations, Channels 10 and 36, on its remaining very high frequency (VHF) channel spectrum. There will be...

The City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works will offer new opportunities for community based organizations (CBOs) and small businesses to participate in contract removal of grass and sidewalk snow from private property. In an effort to create job opportunities for Milwaukee residents to maintain neighborhood properties, the Neighborhood Improvement Jobs Opportunity Program will make it easier for local contractors and community-based organizations to obtain contracts with the city, according to Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II. Local contractors and organizations that are interested in contract work maintaining neighborhood properties must attend an information session at 1:00 p.m. on April...

The second annual Milwaukee César E. Chávez Day celebration will take place March 31 at Chávez Plaza in front of El Rey supermarket, 916 South César E. Chávez Drive. The festivity, which commemorates the birthday of the renowned civil rights leader, will feature speeches from local leaders and project plans for the continued construction of Chávez Plaza. Work on the plaza was launched with the unveiling of a life-size statue of Chávez at the 2016 César E. Chávez celebration. Milwaukee’s César E. Chávez Day celebration and the ongoing Chávez Plaza project are part of the FARM Project, a broader...