Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the day before Thanksgiving at Milwaukee’s Congress School off the Lincoln Creek parkway on the city's west side, students were ...

MPS said all schools serving elementary students, built before 1950, have been cleared of lead risks. The school district will now focus its attention on schools built between 1950 and 1978. Officials ...

Milwaukee Public Schools is actively working on lead cleanup ahead of the new school year. MPS hired more than 100 contractors to work on lead remediation. A lead testing clinic was held at North ...

A newly painted classroom at Trowbridge School of Great Lakes Studies in Milwaukee. The school was closed temporarily in 2025 while crews removed and sealed damaged lead paint. In 2025, Milwaukee ...

HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN WISCONSIN. AND NEW TONIGHT MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS IT’S WORKING TO OPEN 50 OF ITS SCHOOLS INSPECTED THIS SUMMER FOR LEAD CONCERNS IN TIME FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

A third-party inspector will conduct lead clearance inspections for the city. Around 30 painters quit due to difficult working conditions, but replacements were hired. The final nine schools scheduled ...

MULTI-PRONGED, END QUOTE. AT 605 THIS MORNING, WE’RE JUST ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. TODAY, THERE’S A PUSH TO MAKE SURE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO THE ...

(The Center Square) – Nearly a year after Milwaukee Public Schools began the work to clean lead out of its school buildings, the district says its classrooms are now lead-free. MPS said crews finished ...

As children lined up outside Browning School on the first day of classes for Milwaukee Public Schools on Sept. 2, 7-year-old Caleb Harris danced to the "Macarena" playing over a school speaker. Away ...