Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Lake Effect ContributorMilwaukee Neighborhood News Service, or NNS, is an online source for objective, professional multimedia reporting on issues in 18 central city Milwaukee communities.
NNS covers stories that are important to the people who live, work and serve in city neighborhoods, on topics such as education, public safety, economic development, health and wellness, environment, recreation, employment, youth development and housing.
NNS has won several prestigious awards, including a 2014 gold award for best news or feature website from the Milwaukee Press Club and a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence from RTDNA (Radio Television Digital News Association) in March 2012.
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Jackie Burrell is looking forward to living in a new apartment after the entire western section of Westlawn, the state’s largest public housing… -
All LismariMontes, 15, had to do was find the bottle of prescribed sleeping pills that were hidden in her parent’s room. “I’m done” was all she could… -
In a two-part series on the ongoing risk of lead poisoning in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reports on how diminished federal funding for… -
The commercial sex trade industry works like any other market, with supply and demand. Experts say that a stronger emphasis on deterring people from… -
When Shiredon Roper and her children fled their home two months ago to escape a violent situation, they took shelter in abandoned buildings. Roper dared… -
One day last May, Latoya S. was walking her 6-year-old pit bull, Gucci, when he began to snarl excitedly at a strange man standing on the front porch of… -
Last year, the Milwaukee Common Council adopted an ordinance regulating where convicted sex offenders are and are not allowed to live within the city… -
The Milwaukee City Council paved the way yesterday for the Milwaukee Bucks to construct a new basketball arena.Some in the community, such as Common… -
Eight years ago, Marquette University’s College of Nursing bought out a private medical practice on Milwaukee’s near north side and turned it into a… -
The effort to create the so-called Milwaukee Excellence Charter School took a hit this past spring when the proposal was tabled after a split vote by the…
