Milwaukee, WI
‘We want you gone’; Milwaukee residents voice frustration towards the school board
MILWAUKEE — The auditorium at the Milwaukee Public School Central offices was full on Monday. The MPS board held a special hearing with items addressing approval of the 2025 budget and the Department of Public Instruction’s letter to MPS surrounding possibly suspending funds due to missing financial reports.
“We believed in you, but we no longer believe in you,” said Maria Penager during her public testimony, a parent of two current MPS high school students
TMJ4 spoke to Penager.
“It’s not affecting me personally as a parent,” Penager said. “It’s affecting my children. That’s why I came out.”
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Penager was one of the thousands of people that voted in favor of the $252 Million referendum for MPS earlier this year, she even encouraged her neighbors and friends to do the same. She says if she knew what was going to come out of DPI after the referendum passed, her decision would’ve been different.
“I would have not voted for the referendum, at all,” Penager said.
While Penager was in the majority vote for the referendum, it was a slim margin. 49% of voters voted no to the referendum.
One of those people was Elizabeth Brown, who is the mother of a former MPS student.
“Why would I continue to put money in a system that’s not producing anything,” Brown told TMJ4 when asked why she voted no.
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Brown also gave public testimony. In her speech, she called for the jobs of the entire board, along with Superintendent Keith Posley.
“We want you gone, no more playing games,” Said Elizabeth Brown during her public testimony. She’s a concerned parent of a former MPS Student. “Say bye-bye to the bad guy and this whole damn board cause all of yall failed our children.”
As for Penager, she says there is nothing they can do about the referendum now. But as she said in her public testimony, the future is on the ballot.
“Cause when election time comes, you will not have your job,” Penager said.
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Milwaukee Wave coach Marcio Leite 2025-26 team’s evolution in MASL
See first-year Milwaukee Wave head coach Marcio Leite discuss the roles of younger players and veterans as the 2025-26 MASL season begins.
The Milwaukee Wave had been in the awkward position of trying to sell tickets to the MASL championship series without knowing when it would actually host a game.
The questions were answered late April 19, when the San Diego Sockers beat the St. Louis Ambush in the other semifinal in overtime. Their series didn’t even start until four days after the Wave eliminated the Baltimore Blast with victories in a regulation Game 2 and knockout Game 3 at the UWM Panther Arena.
Now the finals are set for two of the most decorated teams in arena soccer.
The Wave will host Game 1 at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 and then the series will finish at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, with Game 2 at 9:30 p.m. April 24 and a potential Game 3 at 9 p.m. April 27.
Three versions of the Sockers have totaled 16 championships in various indoor league with the latest iteration founded in 2009 owning six of those. The Wave has seven.
First-year Wave head coach Marcio Leite has won titles with both franchises.
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on early Sunday morning on the 4900 block of W. Capitol Drive that left one person injured.
An 18-year-old sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
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The police is currently looking for an unknown suspect at this time.
Those with information regarding the shooting are encouraged to contact the Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or P3 Tips to remain anonymous.
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MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department requested the public’s help to find 11-year-old Sir’Charles Bason, a critically missing boy who was last seen near Teutonia and Kiley at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
Police described Bason as 4 feet, 5 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes and black, low-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with green lines, dark-colored jeans, tan sandals and carrying gray Nike Jordan shoes.
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Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
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