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Kohl’s and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Team up with Aaron Rodgers to help fight childhood cancer and blood disorders Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) December 03, 2012 Metro Milwaukee: Kohl’s Department Stores will donate 5 percent of every toy purchase made between Dec. 1 and Dec. 12, up to $100,000, to the MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc.) as part of the Aaron Rodgers 12 Days of Christmas program. Giving new meaning to the number on Rodgers’ jersey, the...
PHOENIX, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Arizona Republic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Seattle Times won gold, silver and bronze awards respectively in the fifth annual Barlett & Steele Awards in Investigative Business Journalism, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced today. Named for the renowned investigative team of Don Barlett and Jim Steele, whose numerous awards include two Pulitzer Prizes, these annual awards funded by the...
LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have developed a unique enterprise story collaboration for medical reporting. The editors of MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, whose health and science reporter John Fauber will lead this effort, will produce at least 10 in-depth articles in 2010 examining the news of medicine -- ranging from bench research to the everyday clinical experience with an emphasis on the interface of...
The Humane Society of the United States says it will challenge a federal decision to remove the gray wolf from protections of the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Saturday that the Humane Society and other groups say it is premature to strip the wolves of federal protections. They say the wolf population has only returned to parts of the Great Lakes states. Critics of the planned delisting say the states need to produce sound management plans before the...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is the first news organization to receive an award for Excellence in Health Journalism from the Boston-based Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making. The Foundation, which presented the award yesterday at its Research and Policy Forum in Washington DC, chose the Milwaukee newspaper because of its consistently high ratings by HealthNewsReview.org. That web-based project, funded by the Foundation, is the...
By TIM CUPRISIN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN Milwaukee TV stations are uniting today around 5:10 p.m. for a test of the impending digital transition. Four stations will switch off their analog signals for a minute, while other local stations will air promotional announcements and information on a phone bank that will operate from 5 to 8 p.m. today to answer viewers' questions on the Feb. 17 federal deadline for TV stations to turn off their old analog signals. The test will air on WTMJ-TV...
By SCOTT WILLIAMS Oconomowoc -- Flooding that ravaged southeastern Wisconsin this spring and summer was a symptom of global warming's impact here -- and it could get worse. That was the message Thursday from a scientific researcher whose dire warning marked the opening of a two-day conference aimed at helping people become environmentally friendly. About 200 homeowners, farmers and business owners gathered at the "Going Green" conference to learn how they can conserve energy and protect...
By Tim Cuprisin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug. 7--It's time to stop being surprised about how TV covers things like the endless Brett Favre saga. This is the kind of story that television "news" is all about these days. It's that simple. Of course, that doesn't stop viewers from grousing about it, like the self-described "militant news junkie" and "avid Packers fan" who e-mailed this week after the coverage pre-empted network newscasts on two Milwaukee...
By Thomas Content, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug. 7--After eight years of squabbling and legal battles with utilities, opponents of an Oak Creek power plant reached agreement on a $105 million deal that will provide money to deal with invasive species and other problems in Lake Michigan and expand renewable energy in Wisconsin. The deal also means We Energies won't have to build cooling towers -- which could have cost ratepayers an estimated $300 million to $400 million -- for the...
By Darryl Enriquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug. 7--The state is offering to buy the long-failed recreation resort Rainbow Springs for $10.8 million, making it potentially one of the state's most expensive conservation land purchases in southeastern Wisconsin, a state Department of Natural Resources official said Wednesday. Conservation officials hailed the offer for the 970-acre property as a major boost in preserving the nearly pristine Mukwonago River system, which flows through...
