In fall of 2020, U.S. colleges and universities saw a 13% drop in freshman enrollment, likely due to the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, they’re worried it might happen again.

On Monday afternoon dozens of activists gathered outside the Milwaukee County Safety Building in Milwaukee downtown for a rally. They are seeking a conviction in the case of former Milwaukee police officer Michael Mattioli, who is accused in the death of Joel Acevedo last spring.

The criminal case concerning Mathew Mattioli, a former Milwaukee police officer who is charged with reckless homicide in the death of Joel Acevedo, for now will take place in Milwaukee County. A motion to move the trial was made by Mattioli’s lawyers who argued that because of media coverage and public attention, it would be impossible to have a fair trial in Milwaukee. That motion was denied Monday by Circuit Court Judge Michelle Havas who argued it’s too early to make that call. “It would be

A top state health official is urging business leaders to get ready to help their workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The call comes as many more people will soon become eligible for a shot, and supply of the vaccine continues to ramp up.

Community members spoke out at a New Berlin school board meeting Monday night, two weeks after school board member Jeffrey Kurth said he “disagrees” with Black History Month.

Many small minority-owned businesses are struggling right now. While COVID-19 has touched just about every business one way or another, studies have shown minority businesses, which even in pre-pandemic times found it more difficult to access capital, are closing at much higher rates than white-owned businesses.

The city of Milwaukee's mobile vaccination effort for COVID-19 focuses on school employees this week at a half-dozen sites.

There will be a hearing Monday in the homicide case against former Milwaukee Police Officer Michael Mattioli. Mattioli is charged with reckless homicide in the death of Joel Acevedo — who he allegedly choked to death after the two were partying with others at Mattioli’s house. Mattioli has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Milwaukee County is reaching out to senior citizens in two Milwaukee zip codes with large numbers of low-income Black and Latino residents, in hopes of getting more of those older individuals their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The outreach is going to the 53206 zip code on Milwaukee's north side, and 53204 zip code on the near south side.

An art exhibit exploring what it means to be Latinx in the United States, opened Friday at Latino Arts, Inc. on Milwaukee’s south side. It’s called "Hyphenated Americans," and it features the works of 17 Latinx artists from Milwaukee.