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'Unusual symptoms' in overdoses suggests new drug laced into fentanyl has reached Wisconsin
Health officials in Milwaukee and Dane counties are raising alarms that a powerful chemical sedative could complicate and worsen the opioid crisis. Health officials say medetomidine, an animal tranquilizer, is being mixed with fentanyl and other street drugs in cities around the country. ...
‘They’re still human beings:’ Milwaukee mother on a mission to combat fatal drug overdose stigma with the Purple Chair Project
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- On any given day, there’s a pretty good chance that you can find Sumia Masoud in her backyard with a can of purple spray paint in her hand. “You gotta cover all the angles because I don’t know how they’re going to be displaying it,” Masoud explains as she quickly coats a small wooden chair.
The Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County awards a record amount of grants
The Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County recently awarded $236,000 to 17 nonprofit organizations. The amount is their record for awarded grants aimed to promote the well-being of women and girls in multiple aspects of their lives. According to a WGF news release, the organization has distributed more than...
Wisconsin Democratic delegates have advice for President Biden in his race against Donald Trump
As expected, President Joe Biden was praised highly at the Wisconsin Democratic Party Convention in Milwaukee over the weekend, and much criticism of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. A convention keynote speaker, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker was one of several who mentioned Trump recently being found guilty on 34 felony...
Tammy Baldwin, in tour of Milwaukee's PrideFest, urges vigilance on LGBTQ rights
So far in her quest for a third term in the U.S. Senate, Democrat Tammy Baldwin has focused her television advertising on issues like manufacturing jobs, pensions, the opioid epidemic and health care costs. But Baldwin's weekend in Milwaukee during which she walked the grounds of the city's PrideFest brought into focus the...
Thousands attend Pride Parade in Walker's Point neighborhood
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- It's been a weekend of celebration for Milwaukee's LGBTQ+ community. Pride Fest wrapped up on the Summerfest grounds on Saturday, June 8. The parade concluded the festivities on Sunday, June 9. The parade was nonstop cheering, dancing, and singing. The parade officially ended around 5:00 p.m.,...
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