Milwaukee City Wire

Hutchings on kidney donation: 'You could be that life-changing, that life-saving person for someone else'

By Karen Kidd | Apr 8, 2022

A woman who donated one of her kidneys to a stranger after seeing a billboard next to a Wisconsin interstate is now urging others to do the same, a Milwaukee-area news outlet reported.

Haywood says his election as minority assistant leader 'reflects the diversity of the people of Wisconsin'

By Karen Kidd | Dec 29, 2021

Born months before the dawn of the 21st Century, Wisconsin Assembly Rep. Kalan Haywood (D-Milwaukee), the new Assembly Democratic Assistant Leader, says he's aware of how his youth fits into the politics and history of the state.

'Milwaukee will add to the work,' mayor says after city joins National Gun Safety Consortium

By Karen Kidd | Nov 15, 2021

Milwaukee has a great deal to contribute to an anti-gun violence consortium that the city joined last week, Mayor Tom Barrett said in a recent social media post

City of Milwaukee offers expanded drive-thru, walk-up COVID testing and vaccines 'available for all'

By Karen Kidd | Aug 6, 2021

The City of Milwaukee's Health Department is ramping up its COVID testing and vaccine clinics as it continues to reach out to those who don't yet have their shots or think they might be sick.