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WESTERN WISCONSIN
Sep 2024 19

Wisconsin daycares could serve 33,000 more kids

By | MONEY AND JOBS, POLITICS, Salina Heller

The short answer to how Wisconsin daycares could serve 33,000 more kids? Hire more people to take care of those children. It’s a seemingly obvious answer to a problem that many family advocates in recent years have reached crisis level.

Almost 60% of child care providers across the state have unused capacity—closed classrooms—because of staff shortages. Providers report that if they were able to operate at full capacity, they could serve up to 33,000 more kids.

WESTERN WISCONSIN - Up North News
Sep 2024 4

90 Years of Mr. Baseball: 5 things you (probably) don’t know about Bob Uecker

By | LOCAL PEOPLE, COMMUNITY, Christina Lorey

Most major leaguers are lucky to spend a decade with a team. Bob Uecker has earned 54 (and counting.) 

The Brewers broadcasting legend’s Milwaukee roots go back as far as he does: Uecker was the first Milwaukeean to play for the city’s first baseball team, the Braves, from 1962-63. After retiring from playing the game, Uecker returned to Cream City to call it. And the rest, as they say, is history. 

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