Author: Lee Matz

Milwaukee offers Ukrainian refugee family life-saving treatment for son’s genetic condition

Milwaukee offers Ukrainian refugee family life-saving treatment for son’s genetic condition

Posted by | Jul 28, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine Oleksandr Kutarenko – known as Sasha – was...

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Irpin is not forgotten: Residents thank Milwaukee Independent for reporting on their “Hero City”

Irpin is not forgotten: Residents thank Milwaukee Independent for reporting on their “Hero City”

Posted by | Jul 26, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine Tuesday, June 27 was almost thirteen months to...

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Mayors of Milwaukee and Irpin expand Sister City cooperation after visit by nonprofit delegation

Mayors of Milwaukee and Irpin expand Sister City cooperation after visit by nonprofit delegation

Posted by | Jul 25, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Irpin Mayor Oleksandr...

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Interview with Tom Barrett: U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg reflects on forging ties with Irpin

Interview with Tom Barrett: U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg reflects on forging ties with Irpin

Posted by | Jul 25, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine On March 15, 2018, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett...

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Return to Ukraine: A trauma loop of travel from Milwaukee to a country still at war a year later

Return to Ukraine: A trauma loop of travel from Milwaukee to a country still at war a year later

Posted by | Jul 24, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine “To be a witness does not consist in...

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Historic Milwaukee: What it takes for Pabst Mansion to preserve its 1893 pavilion for future generations

Historic Milwaukee: What it takes for Pabst Mansion to preserve its 1893 pavilion for future generations

Posted by | Apr 14, 2023

The Pabst Mansion announced publicly on March 24 that it plans to submit an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) from the City of Milwaukee’s Historic Preservation Commission. The purpose of the COA was to meticulously deconstruct and preserve salvageable elements of the pavilion structure adjacent to the historic Pabst Mansion. Originally added to the property as a free-standing airing porch, it would be reconstructed and possibly reattached. “With new, advanced technology right here in Milwaukee, we will be able to restore the pavilion as it originally existed on the Pabst property,” said Mame McCully, Interim Executive Director...

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