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Norma Duckworth: Caring for people in need despite fear, apathy, and lack of cooperation

Posted by Staff | Jan 26, 2018 |

As a young girl, Norma Duckworth found America a place of wealth but desperately wanted to return to her home in the poor countryside of Mexico. Food has always been a part of her life, as a bond with family loved ones and a hardship when it was scarce. Those experiences contributed to her drive for volunteerism and support of the local immigrant community, and her mission of faith in Milwaukee to feed the hungry and help anyone in need. © Video© Link Milwaukee Independent Original © copyright the Milwaukee Independent. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel for more video news...

Brewers cut Klement’s from racing sausage tradition after 25 year partnership

Posted by Staff | Jan 24, 2018 |

What began as dancing pixels across the former County Stadium scoreboard in the 1990s, evolved into a popular costumed race at Miller Park that gained fame throughout Major League Baseball. But the Klement’s brand will no longer be displayed on the Polish, Italian, Brats, Chorizo, or Hot Dogs, as they race around the ballpark when the 2018 season begins this spring. Tom Danneker, CEO of the Klement Sausage Company, released a letter to his employees on January 23 saying, “All good things come to an end, and the Brewers have decided to discontinue our partnership with them.” For more...

Statements on Jim Crow era signage photo taken at Franklin school

Posted by Staff | Jan 24, 2018 |

Franklin High School officials took action on January 23 to address an incident that occurred sometime the previous afternoon involving a racist message. Jacob Romanski, a junior at Franklin High School, posted a photo he took on January 22 to social media where it was widely shared and commented on. The image showed handwritten signs reading “white” and “colored” posted above hallway water fountains, depicting the pre-Civil Rights era conditions of the segregated South. It reflected the often violent discrimination faced by African-Americans at that time. “I was disgusted to see that in my place of education. To know...

Audio: Voices of social progress speak at Women’s March in Milwaukee

Posted by Staff | Jan 22, 2018 |

The Wisconsin chapter of the Women’s March held its Second Annual Day of Action on January 20, attracting a crowd of thousands to downtown Milwaukee. The public rally was held next to the Milwaukee County Court House, with a subsequent educational sessions in the Wisconsin Center. The event was organized by Sarah Pearson and Samantha Hana Hentzen, and it coincided with rallies in Green Bay, Eau Claire, and around the world. Many of the demonstrators had participated in the 2017 marches that took place in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood, Madison, and Washington DC. Participants noted in their signs and chants...

Video: Urban living engineered for the elderly by Wisconsin’s youth

Posted by Staff | Jan 17, 2018 |

Highlights from the 26th Annual STEM Forward “Future City” Regional Competition at MSOE’s Kern Center on January 13. More than 250 students on 66 teams from 32 Wisconsin middle schools participated in the event to win an all-expense-paid trip to the February 18 national competition in Washington DC. For the STEM Forward tournament, students were challenged to use recycled materials to construct table-top models of their futuristic city. Each team had to develop an “Age Friendly” urban community design that provided innovative solutions to serve an older population, using their skills from science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies....

Vendors at Milwaukee Public Market set sales records in 2017

Posted by Staff | Jan 17, 2018 |

The Historic Third Ward destination recently announced that the Milwaukee Public Market had a record breaking year in 2017. Total vendor sales increased about 5%, rising from $15,815,436 in 2016 to $16,533,851 in 2017. Customer visits saw an increase of nearly 6%, up from 1,548,581 in 2016 to 1,634,534 in 2017, maintaining its position as one of the top southeastern Wisconsin attractions. In 2016, the public market was third in number of attendees, trailing only Potawatomi Casino and the Milwaukee Brewers. “These numbers reflect the hard work and outstanding offerings by our locally-owned vendors, as well as our tremendously...