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Less than one year after the City of Milwaukee implemented a successful restaurant grading system that has been popular with consumers and establishments, the State of Wisconsin program will ban the program. The state Board of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection voted 4-2 to update a series of food rules on November 15, to bring Wisconsin’s food code in line with federal guidelines. Included in the new rules is language prohibiting restaurant grading systems. Milwaukee Alderman Michael Murphy worked with city health department officials for four years before the program was implemented in January. He said the state’s vote...

Milwaukee-based Marcus Theatres recently surveyed moviegoers in Wisconsin and seven other states to find out what traditional holiday films made the top of their list, and which new Hollywood blockbusters were they most excited to see. Those results were released on November 29. As the fourth largest movie theatre circuit in the United States, Marcus Theatres has location in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. More than 4,500 of its Magical Movie Rewards members were surveyed. Survey participants were first asked about how they approached the holiday season. A total of 80% shared that the...

Charter Communications, Inc. recently announced that Digital Bridge, a Milwaukee nonprofit that helps connect underserved individuals with technology and broadband access, was among the winners of its second round of Spectrum Digital Education grants, a philanthropic initiative designed to support nonprofit organizations that educate community members on the benefits of broadband and how to use it to improve their lives. The grants fulfill a $1 million commitment to provide digital education in Charter communities through financial grants to local nonprofit organizations. Digital Bridge will use its $32,500 grant to connect underserved households in Milwaukee with digital resources like computers...

The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is keeping a seat open and placing a red rose on every bus from November 30 through December 2 to honor the life of Rosa Parks and her contribution to equal rights. Parks is considered the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” for her act of defiance against Jim Crow laws on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. Her action helped change the course of history. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true,” said Parks, in her book Rosa Parks: My Story. “I was...

The autographed bat Babe Ruth used to hit the first home run of the 1924 season off Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson is predicted to set a new record for the sale price of a game used bat, with bids anticipated from international collectors. The antique baseball relic’s sale is being brokered by South Milwaukee-based Mears Online Auctions. Anticipated to sell in excess of $3 million, industry experts have said the historic item is the finest Ruth bat to enter the market in over a decade. “With its provenance, autograph, physical dimensions, and photo of Ruth promoting the...