Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, Jehovah’s Witnesses Return To Door-To-Door Ministry After 30-Month Pandemic Pause
Jehovah’s Witnesses will resume their trademark door-to-door ministry starting Sept. 1 when a two-and-half-year suspension of the work is formally lifted, simply in time to start a worldwide marketing campaign that includes a brand new interactive Bible research program.
The choice to renew their door-to-door ministry marks the entire restoration of all pre-pandemic in-person actions for the 1.3 million Jehovah’s Witnesses within the 13,000 congregations in america. Homes of worship (known as Kingdom Halls) have been reopened April 1, witnessing in public locations resumed Might 31 and in-person conventions are as soon as once more being deliberate for 2023.
“I missed face-to-face contact with folks, seeing their expressions,” mentioned Julie Yow of Milwaukee. “Having the ability to detect how they’re feeling by seeing them helps us get an concept of learn how to assist them.”
The suspension of the general public ministry was a proactive response by the group to maintain communities and congregants protected. The transfer was additionally unprecedented. Jehovah’s Witnesses had been preaching from home to deal with with out interruption for greater than 100 years by way of an financial melancholy, two world wars and international unrest. However COVID-19 demanded a distinct response.
“We consider that the early determination to close down all in-person actions for greater than two years has saved many lives,” mentioned Robert Hendriks, U.S. spokesperson for Jehovah’s Witnesses. “We’re now prepared and wanting to reconnect with our neighbors as soon as once more – individual to individual, head to head. It’s not the one manner that we preach, however it has traditionally been the simplest method to ship our message of consolation and hope.”
The transfer coincides with a worldwide marketing campaign to distribute a brand new interactive Bible research program obtainable in a whole lot of languages for gratis. This system comes within the type of a guide, on-line publication or as an embedded characteristic inside the group’s free cell utility, JW Library. Launched in late 2020, the interactive research platform combines textual content, video, illustrations and digital worksheets to assist learners of all ages.
“This new research program is designed to match the training wants of the Twenty first-century pupil,” Hendriks mentioned. “We’re excited to start sharing it with our neighbors as we return to creating private visits.”
The pandemic compelled Jehovah’s Witnesses to rapidly pivot to digital conferences and conventions, whereas conducting their ministry solely by way of letters, cellphone calls and digital Bible research. This has led to progress in assembly attendance and the variety of congregants, with greater than 400,000 newly baptized witnesses becoming a member of the ranks of 120,000 congregations globally in simply the primary two years of the pandemic.
A type of baptized through the pandemic is Joe Torres of Milwaukee. Torres, who retired after 25 years with the Milwaukee Police Division, had this to say about becoming a member of the door-to-door ministry for the primary time: “I’ve knocked on doorways earlier than, being a police officer, in search of witnesses to crimes. Now, I’ll be [knocking on doors] as a witness for Jehovah.”
Torres skilled firsthand how crime went from unhealthy to worse and mentioned, “issues aren’t getting any higher, irrespective of how onerous we strive.” As soon as he realized the hope from the Bible relating to our future, he mentioned: “I can’t look forward to the day when anyone is in search of solutions like I used to be. I might be there and train them.”
For extra details about Jehovah’s Witnesses, their historical past, beliefs and actions, go to their official web site, jw.org, with content material obtainable in additional than 1,000 languages.
Milwaukee, WI
Admirals lose to Stars, concluding 5-day road trip Sunday
What we know:
CEDAR PARK, Texas – The Milwaukee Admirals lost to the Texas Stars on Saturday, Jan. 18.
They lost 4-3 at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas. Both teams finished with 25 shots on goal.
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The Admirals fell to 1-3-0-0 on their five-game road trip.
What’s next:
Milwaukee concludes its five-game road trip on Sun., Jan. 19 at Texas.
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The Admirals will then return home to UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 22 to host Rockford.
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Milwaukee, WI
This property manager operating in Wisconsin is being sued by the FTC. What to know.
What is behind the steep increase in rental prices?
A recent antitrust lawsuit accuses software company RealPage for pricing scheme harmful to renters.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against property manager Greystar Thursday, accusing the Charleston, S.C.-based company of charging consumers hidden fees adding up to “hundreds of millions of dollars” since at least 2019.
Greystar manages properties across the U.S. including in the Milwaukee and Madison areas.
“The FTC is suing Greystar for deceptively advertising low monthly rents only to later saddle tenants with hundreds of dollars of hidden junk fees,” said FTC Chair Lina M. Khan in a Jan. 16 press release.
The lawsuit was filed alongside the State of Colorado.
The hidden fees “allegedly range from tens to hundreds of dollars a month,” and include utility fees, “valet trash” fees, package handling fees and more, according to the FTC’s press release.
The agency also alleged that tenants “often have not discovered the fees until after they have signed a lease or moved in.”
“Simply put, consumers cannot lease a Greystar-managed apartment by paying only the advertised price,” the Jan. 16 complaint alleges.
To read the FTC’s full complaint, click here.
The property management company manages more than 800,000 apartments across the U.S., the release said.
The FTC’s lawsuit comes days after the U.S. Department of Justice and several other state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against six of the largest landlords in the U.S., including Greystar. The DOJ complaint accuses the property management companies of sharing non-public rent data in a software system, causing tenants to lose bargaining power.
How many properties does Greystar manage in Wisconsin?
Greystar manages several properties around the Milwaukee area, according to its website, including the The Lydell in Glendale, Deer Run in Brown Deer and Evoni in Milwaukee. It also manages two properties in Madison.
Milwaukee, WI
Area girls basketball takeaways features All-American nominees and history made for Whitnall
Highlights: Arrowhead defeats Pewaukee in girls basketball, 68-65
Arrowhead defeated Pewaukee in a rematch of reigning WIAA girls basketball state champions Saturday afternoon, 68-65. Here’s a few highlights.
With the final couple of weeks of January to come, it feels like the girls basketball season is starting to hit that next gear as conference title races tighten and contenders truly start to separate themselves from the rest of the field.
We’ll take a look at the week that was around the greater Milwaukee area, including a pair of superstars who could join an exclusive group soon.
Pair of area stars named to McDonald’s All-American Game nominee list
Wisconsin has three McDonald’s All-American Game nominees this year, with two from the greater Milwaukee area. Hartford forward Makena Christian (Minnesota) and Pewaukee guard Amy Terrian (Michigan State) were both named to the nominee list, along with Hortonville star Rainey Welson (Maryland).
If one or both are selected to the game, which will be played April 1 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, they would join current Connecticut guard KK Arnold (Germantown, 2023), current Women’s Chinese Basketball Association player Sidney Cooks (Kenosha St. Joseph, 2017), current Dallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale (DSHA, 2015) and current Oregon assistant coach Samantha Logic (Racine Case, 2011) as the only girls players from the area to participate in the game.
Christian has the Orioles flying as the leaders of the North Shore Conference with a 13-1 mark this season. She’s averaging 24.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.9 steals this season. The Minnesota recruit also became the 40th player in state history to eclipse 2,000 career points earlier this season.
One-half of the Terrian twins also has Pewaukee where it usually is, atop the Woodland West standings at 13-2 this season. Through 14 games played this season, Amy Terrian is averaging 13.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.7 steals and is shooting 47.7% from deep. She also became the program’s all-time leading scorer earlier in the season.
Whitnall caps perfect week after not playing at home for 56 days
The last time Whitnall played a home game, the Green Bay Packers still had seven regular-season games to play.
For the first time since Nov. 19, the Falcons hosted an opponent and extended their winning streak to seven games with a 69-24 rout of Racine Horlick on Tuesday night. The win streak now sits at nine games following a victory over Shorewood on Thursday (93-70) and a 71-21 drubbing of Cudahy on Friday night to improve to 13-1 on the season. The nine-game winning streak is the longest since the 2019-20 season for the Falcons when they won eight straight from Jan. 10 to Feb. 11, 2020. It’s only the second streak of that length since the 2012-13 season in program history.
Along with the perfect week, Riley Ward had a 30-point outing earlier in the week against Shorewood and then scored her 1,000th career point during a 21-point first-half performance in the rout of Cudahy. The Falcons will likely be favored against Brown Deer and Cudahy again next week to extend the win streak before a massive showdown next Friday against Pewaukee.
Wauwatosa East stays unbeaten, only two area undefeated teams left
There’s only two Milwaukee-area teams with zeros in the loss column as the three-day weekend arrives for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday: Wauwatosa East and Bradley Tech/Arts.
The Red Raiders improved to 15-0 with dominant performances against DSHA (69-36) and Brookfield Central (84-49) this week to stay unbeaten, while the Trojans improved to 12-0 with a 59-15 victory over Carmen Northwest on Thursday. Tech raced out to an eye-popping 48-6 halftime advantage and put it in cruise control to remain undefeated.
Tuesday’s win over DSHA marked the seventh time this season the Red Raiders have held an opponent to 40 points or fewer. Emma Close scored a game-high 24 points for Tosa East, while Mikaia Litza flirted with a quadruple-double. Despite a 3-for-11 shooting performance with eight turnovers, Litza still had 8 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 8 steals for the home side.
Other gatherings including some tight title races and a statistical title chase
- As the regular season enters the home stretch, you can expect some title races to heat up. The Classic 8 Conference has four teams with a 5-2 mark or better in C8 play this season. Muskego still paces the field with an 8-0 mark after a 55-38 victory over Waukesha West on Friday. Kettle Moraine Lutheran remains the lone unbeaten (6-0) in the East Central Conference title chase with Winneconne on its heels at 5-1. Tosa East sits atop the Greater Metro Conference at 9-0 with Brookfield East (8-1) lurking just behind with one more meeting to go between the two.
- Salam sits perfect atop the Lake City Conference at 9-0 with Faith Christian not far behind at 8-2. The Prairie School leads the field in the Metro Classic Conference with Dominican (5-1) and Racine St. Catherine’s (4-2) in hot pursuit. The three-horse race in the Midwest Classic Conference is madness so far, as Lake Country Lutheran (7-0), Watertown Luther Prep (7-1) and Living Word Lutheran (6-1) all still have title hopes. Hartford leads the North Shore Conference, but don’t count out Whitefish Bay (8-1) and Homestead (7-2).
- The top of the Southeast Conference has a pair of unbeatens with Oak Creek (6-0) and Kenosha Bradford (5-0). Union Grove leads everyone in the Southern Lakes Conference at 7-0, but Westosha Central lurks with a 6-1 mark. Whitnall (6-0) leads the Woodland East with Greenfield (6-1) right behind, while Pewaukee (7-0) handed Pius XI (5-1) its first loss in Woodland West play this week.
- There’s another race around the area and that’s the statewide scoring title chase between Shorewood’s Serinity Metcalfe and Brown Deer’s Ameerah Grant. Both players are averaging at least 38 points per game this season with Metcalfe having a slight 0.3 average advantage (38.3) over Grant. Lakeland wing Kristina Ouimette is the only other player averaging at least 30 points per game this season across the state. Metcalfe has just one game below 30 points this season and four 40-point games, including a 52-point outing against Milwaukee Juneau on Dec. 10. Grant has been just as ridiculous with five 40-point games, including a 50-point performance this past Tuesday on 19-for-30 shooting in a win over St. Augustine Prep.
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