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June 20, 2015 Milwaukee Riverkeeper has filed a lawsuit against the Milwaukee County Board for violating open meeting law during a Committee on Finance, Personnel and Audit meeting held January 29th, 2015, during which certain[...]

Milwaukee Riverkeeper has a long history of working to protect the County Grounds (located off Hwy 45 & Watertown Plank Rd. in Wauwatosa). The organization was originally formed in 1995 as Friends of the Menomonee[...]

June 22, 2012 On June 20th, the Milwaukee Public Works Committee of the Common Council voted to start negotiations with Waukesha to sell them water to meet the city's needs, but they excluded selling water[...]

February 5, 2010 The Journal-Sentinel has reported that Milwaukee County could begin courting a private developer to build a hydroelectric power plant near Estabrook Dam under a plan the County Board's parks committee endorsed this[...]

May 17, 2010 Milwaukee Riverkeeper was recently featured in a FOX 6 news story about the battle for removing the Estabrook Dam. Milwaukee Riverkeeper is in favor of removing the dam, as explained in its[...]