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MILWAUKEE 鈥?The City of Milwaukee will address its new Christmas tree pickup policy on Monday.The new policy was announced by the city last week, stating that it will not pick up Christmas trees from the curb starting this year.The Public Works Committee will hold a special meeting about the new policy on Monday, at 9 a.m at the Milwaukee City Hall on Water Street and Kilbourn Ave
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stanley uk tatewide landfill ban. According to the DNR, the rule is decades old. In [previously] talking with Milwaukee, we realized that their interpretation and maybe other municipalities in the state, they might have had a different interpretation of what is included in yard waste, said the DNR s Kate Strom Hiorns.With curbside curbed, the City still has two Drop Off Centers and plans to create temporary sites from January 11 to January 15, 2024. All decorations must be removed from trees before they will be accepted.The existing Drop Off Centers are open from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. They are located at:South: 3879 W Lincoln AvenueNorth: 6660 N Industrial Road must enter Industrial Road from Mill Road The temporary locations are yet t
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MILWAUKEE 鈥?Two young people are charting an important path forward for the City of Milwaukee.Simon Thao and
stanley mug Sakura Xiong will be the first Hmong-Americans to go through the Milwaukee Fire Academy and become city firefighters in the history of the Milwaukee Fire Department.Thao graduated from Wauwatosa West High School, while Xiong is an alum of Milwaukee Riverside High School. Theyre close to completing Milwaukees two-year Fire Cadet Program. Knowing how the Hmong people are, and the Hmong background itself, no one would ev
stanley flask er think that youd just go and be a firefighter, especially as a Hmong woman, Xiong said.Xiong wants her son to see her working hard to achieve something important. I want him to know that if you want something, you can work hard for it, she said. Wh
stanley vattenflaska atever makes you happy, you can go out and do it. Thaos family is also his inspiration. My parents are proud of me, Thao said. That means everything. Thao is the youngest of 10 kids. His parents spent most of their life in Thailand. As a kid growing up, I knew that I always wanted to help people, but I never really thought about the fire service until my senior year of high school, when a firefighter came and explained the cadet program, he said. I feel lucky to be here. Milwaukee is home to the fourth-largest Hmong population in the country. Having Hmong representation within the Milwaukee Fire Department is important. During a recent ride-along, I did reach a Hmong family and just by the look on their
