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Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council: Announces Ryan Young as new LECET director
Wis Business
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June 17, 2025
DeForest, WI – The Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council announced that Ryan Young is the new Director for the Wisconsin Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust (LECET). Mr. Young replaces Gordon Hintz, who was elected and is now the...
Milwaukee teacher's aide self-deports with US-born twin daughters
WISN 12 - Wisconsin
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June 17, 2025
*** Milwaukee teacher's aide facing deportation will get to stay in the country at least for now. ICE now saying it's reviewing Yesenia Ruano's request to stay in the US while her T visa processes. That visa is for victims of human trafficking....
RELIGION HEADLINES TUE 6-17
SRN News
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June 17, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix (SRN NEWS ) The Supreme Court has ordered a New York court to take a new look at whether some religious organizations should be excluded from a state regulation requiring health insurance plans to cover abortions. The justices...
Church Directory for the Week of June 18-26, 2025
Pipestone County Star - Minnesota
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June 17, 2025
Ruthton Country Church, Full Gospel-Non-denominational church; Pastor Frank Vanderbush, 507-658-3917. Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship service. Bible Studies Sundays at 9 a.m. Find us at countrychurch.co on Facebook and Youtube @ Country...
Milwaukee teacher’s aide Yessenia Ruano self-deports to El Salvador
Wisconsin Public Radio
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June 17, 2025
A Milwaukee teacher’s aide left for El Salvador on Tuesday morning after deciding to self-deport, her attorney has confirmed. Yessenia Ruano’s case drew support from protestors who assembled before her Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-ins...
Church expanding, Thiensville pizza restaurant to relocate
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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A beloved handcrafted pizza shop that has called Thiensville home since 2017 is relocating to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, making way for Christ Alone Lutheran School and Church to expand. Downtown Pizza closed its doors at 227 S. Main St. in...
Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously sides with AG on power to settle some lawsuits
Wisconsin Public Radio
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June 17, 2025
In a unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has sided with Wisconsin’s attorney general in a dispute about the power to settle some lawsuits. Specifically, justices concluded that the attorney general should have authority over resolving...
Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously rules against GOP law that weakened state AG powers
The Gazette - Colorado
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously ruled against a law passed by state Republicans that weakened the Wisconsin attorney general's office. In a 7-0 decision, the court sided with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul that requiring the state...
Milwaukee committee backs Harambee affordable housing project
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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A 17.5 million project to bring 59 affordable homes to Milwaukee’s Harambee neighborhood was unanimously recommended to the Common Council for approval by a city committee on June 17. The development would fill vacant lots in an area bordered by...
Wisconsin lawmakers names found on alleged Minnesota shooter’s list, other documents
WTMJ - Wisconsin
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June 16, 2025
MADISON, Wis. – Several Wisconsin lawmakers are reacting to news of their names appearing on either a list of targets compiled by the man alleged to have shot multiple Minnesota lawmakers, or subsequent documents connected to the shooter. WTMJ has...
Fox Valley Technical College inks transfer deals with UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stevens Point
Fox11 News - Wisconsin
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GRAND CHUTE (WLUK) -- A partnership among area colleges and universities is making it easier for students to transfer credits. Fox Valley Technical College formally signed articulation agreements Tuesday with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...
The Milwaukee Police Department has a plan to reduce violent crime. Here’s what that means for your neighborhood.
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service - Wisconsin
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June 17, 2025
The Milwaukee Police Department has released its 2025 Violent Crime Reduction Plan. First created in 2023 and updated this year, the new plan provides data on violent crime trends in Milwaukee, current MPD strategies to reduce violent crime and...
What is the Midwest's role in the great immigration debate?
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
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The Trump administration says Chicago's 40-year-old sanctuary city policy hinders the federal government's enforcement of immigration laws. The administration also is suing Illinois and Cook County. "The Midwest is the least affected region by...
What you need to know about Milwaukee’s Juneteenth Day on Thursday
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service - Wisconsin
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June 17, 2025
Juneteenth is a national holiday that celebrates the freedom of slaves on June 19, 1865. Milwaukee began celebrating Juneteenth in 1971. And this year, the city is doing things a little differently. Here’s what to know about Milwaukee’s 54th...
This ‘Compliment’ Doesn’t Help Immigrants — So Stop Saying It
HuffPost
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June 17, 2025
David McNew via Getty Images Being hardworking and productive are not bad traits, but when people exclusively praise and defend immigrants as hardworking, it is not the full compliment people think it is. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Trump signals changes to immigration crackdown on farms. What does that mean?
Farmers' Advance - Michigan
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News of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on dairy farms in Vermont and Texas, to produce farms in California and a meatpacking plant in Nebraska, where dozens of workers were whisked away in buses, immigrant workers and their...
All roads lead to Croatian Park in Wisconsin for the 91st Croatian Fest
Croatia Week
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June 17, 2025
Croatian Park (Photo: Federation of Croatian Societies of Milwaukee Wisconsin) The Croatian community in Wisconsin is gearing up for one of its most anticipated cultural events of the year – the 91st Annual Croatian Fest, set to take place on...
Supreme Court allows religious groups to challenge New York abortion rule
The Center Square
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June 17, 2025
(The Center Square) – New York religious groups can challenge a state law requiring employers to provide no-cost insurance coverage for abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out a ruling by the state's highest court that upheld the law....
What to know about 2025 Juneteenth celebrations in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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This week, thousands in Milwaukee will gather to celebrate Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States and celebrating the legacy and culture of African Americans. Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration is one of the oldest in...
Labor unions, trade groups clash on bill to expand apprenticeship ratios in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
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June 17, 2025
An effort to bring more Wisconsinites into construction trades by expanding apprenticeship opportunities has the support of business groups. But labor unions say it risks safety and quality of training. A 2018 law required apprenticeship programs...