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The Milwaukee Brewers announced Vanilla Ice, Naughty by Nature, and Rob Base will perform in a postgame concert at American Family Field on Saturday, May 21.

During the pandemic it was difficult to find a community or school theater group performing for a crowd of guests, but thankfully that’s changing.

Dr. Gustavo Balderas will take over as superintendent of Beaverton schools effective July 1.

When people rose up a year ago against the murder of George Floyd and other Black Americans  killed by police, it reignited a racial justice movement in Oregon and across the world with calls for change in every corner of our communities.  Schools were specifically challenged for perpetuating racism through whitewashed and incomplete histories and were called on to play a new role: to teach the next generation to be anti-racist.  Many local schools during the protests acknowledged the c...

Heres a look at which southeastern Wisconsin schools are requiring masks and quarantines or making them optional Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Second grade students at Lake Country School in Hartland place their arms out to maintain proper social distancing while heading outside for recess on Sept. 4, 2020. The school is maintaining its COVID-19 health measures through the end of the school year. Is your school district r...

Assembly Republicans ask Tony Evers to prioritize $21 million for in-person schools Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, area schools are reopening in a variety of different formats including in-person learning, virtual or a hybrid of the two. On Monday, Lacey Tomczuk takes a photo of her masked children outside their home in Bayside before they board the bus for their first day of school. The childr...

For some parents, the effort is welcome news.  Justice Rajee has two kids. One of them attends a Beaverton high school. He said Washington County is one of the most diverse counties in the state, and it will likely stay that way. That’s why it’s imperative work be done to not only hire more diverse teachers and staff, but keep them as well. Credit: Justice Rajee Justice Rajee with kids He said more diverse staff would positively affect young people of color and could help them feel more at...

Wisconsin moves closer to finalizing second phase of vaccine rollout, including teachers and prisoners Daphne Chen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Submitted Gina Giacobassi breaks down a box during a shift at Trader Joes. Almost 1.6 million Wisconsinites — including teachers, grocery store workers and prisoners — could be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in the next phase of the rollout, which goes to the state health department for a final decision this week.  The S...