ACLU report on Wisconsin sheriffs departments and ICE, Milwaukee debates ways to combat rise in downtown violence

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Wisconsin Today: Morning News

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Six more sheriffs in Wisconsin have signed contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The contracts are aimed at helping the agency identify and deport undocumented people who are being held in local jails. Milwaukee Police offer plans to address a jump in gun violence in a downtown entertainment district, but city council members are skeptical. And a community health clinic has opened in a Racine elementary school.

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ACLU report on Wisconsin sheriffs departments and ICE, Milwaukee debates ways to combat rise in downtown violence

Wisconsin Today: Morning News

Fler avsnitt från "Wisconsin Today: Morning News"

Wisconsin congressman gets an earful, WPR reporter takes a surfing lesson in Sheboygan

ACLU report on Wisconsin sheriffs departments and ICE, Milwaukee debates ways to combat rise in downtown violence

Scientists blast EPA greenhouse gas rule changes, Madison singles seek love IRL

More people give up their pets to shelters, How Wisconsin communities are spending opioid settlement funds

Insurance company buys Wisconsin dental practice, Residents back wake boat petition

Tony Evers won’t seek reelection, Democrats and Republicans lining up to run for governor

Body of missing college student found, GOP moves to repeal “400-year veto”

Whitefish harvest lowest in decades, Wisconsin Senate battle shaping up

Bald eagle saved by fish skin graft, Tariffs affect Wisconsin businesses

Public Media funding reduced at the federal level, EAA Fly-In begins in Oshkosh