A Sherman Park kid tapped into a new way to help the homeless in Milwaukee by founding a new youth-led nonprofit that collects aluminum cans for cash.

Three large tents lined a grassy lot on the 2400 block of North 21st Street as community members flocked to the first-ever Milwaukee Sleep Out and Readathon on Sept. 20. Presented by a group of other ...

The Kappa Phi chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity in Milwaukee is organizing a donation drive to collect hats and socks for homeless people, with plans to deliver the items to a local resource center.

Three men from a homeless encampment are missing after a devastating flood in Milwaukee. Families and advocates are critical of the official response, arguing the men's housing status has affected ...

According to DPI data, there were 20,195 students in Wisconsin public schools who identified as homeless during the 2023-24 ...

When you're trying to get to the heart of an issue, it often helps to approach it from multiple angles. Let's start with a question: What would happen if three children were missing and feared to have ...

Tyrone Baldwin is homeless and was in his tent on Milwaukee’s north side in early 2025 when a wet, heavy snow caused his tent poles to break. The tent collapsed, and he no longer had a functional ...

LIVING THERE AND SWEPT AWAY. HERE. ANOTHER THING WE RECOVERED WAS HIS BACKPACK. THIS MUDDY BACKPACK PULLED FROM THE KINNICKINNIC RIVER BELONGED TO ARTURO VASQUEZ’S UNCLE, MIGUEL FLOREZ. HE ACTUALLY ...

On any given night, more than 30,000 U.S. military veterans are sleeping on the streets, said Mark Solomon, of Veterans Community Project. He hopes a project to construct 40 tiny homes on a 7-acre ...