Great Lakes News and The Alpena News
Courtesy Image
This screen grab from the episode “The Battle Over Line 5” from Great Lakes Now shows a diver inspecting Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. The News has partnered with GLN to share coverage of the big lakes.
With regular coverage of marine sanctuary research, Lake Huron’s fishing, and other recreational activity and watchdog journalism, The Alpena News daily newspaper brings readers the latest about a four-county Great Lakes community.
Through a new partnership with Great Lakes Now, those stories will reach a larger audience as they will be regularly published on the GreatLakesNow.org website. And Alpena News readers will see Great Lakes Now stories and be able to view segments from GLN’s monthly TV program on the paper’s website.
Milwaukee s Food Fairy delivers food to those in need
SAM WOODS of Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
May 7, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
MILWAUKEE (AP) When Laura Manriquez was 9 years old, her dad asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her answer? A teacher, a nurse or a nun.
“In some way I’ve done a little bit of all of that,” Manriquez said, laughing.
She’s been a nurse for almost 25 years. She’s helped persuade politicians to offer treatment alternatives instead of incarceration for people suffering from substance abuse. She’s ran unsuccessfully for state Assembly five times. She’s survived COVID-19. And she continues to keep her neighbors and Texans fed during the pandemic.
MILWAUKEE (AP) â When Laura Manriquez was 9 years old, her dad asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her answer? A teacher, a nurse or a nun.
âIn some way Iâve done a little bit of all of that,â Manriquez said, laughing.
Sheâs been a nurse for almost 25 years. Sheâs helped persuade politicians to offer treatment alternatives instead of incarceration for people suffering from substance abuse. Sheâs ran unsuccessfully for state Assembly five times. Sheâs survived COVID-19. And she continues to keep her neighbors â and Texans â fed during the pandemic.
For these efforts, many know her as âMilwaukeeâs Food Fairy,â âThe Urban Angel of Mercyâ or simply âthe helpful neighbor that surprises me.â But Manriquez, 55, said she does not do all of this for personal recognition, but rather because someone needs to do it.
Wisconsin residents combat water contamination aftereffects
JOHN McCRACKEN of Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
May 6, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) Craig Koller grew up splashing through backyard creeks and biking gravel trails, sometimes through the Johnson Control Industries Fire Technology Center. Black smoke wafted overhead as it conducted controlled burns to test firefighting foam, producing a dangerous “forever chemical” known as PFAS.
As a kid growing up in the northern Wisconsin port city of Marinette, Koller didn’t think much of being around the facility or drinking the city’s water.
“How would you have known? There’s no signs (at that time) saying, ‘Stay out: contamination,’” Koller, 32, said.
Grid congestion caps Minnesotan s rooftop solar ambitions
FRANK JOSSIE of Energy News Network
May 6, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) The explosive growth of community solar projects to meet demand from Twin Cities customers is curtailing clean energy options in a southern Minnesota college town.
Northfield, about 40 miles south of Minneapolis, is home to Carleton and St. Olaf colleges and around 20,000 residents, whose strong interest in clean energy is reflected in a solar adoption rate three times the state average. The city passed a climate action plan in 2019 that calls for eliminating carbon emissions by 2040, in part through the expansion of rooftop solar.