Hunter Turpin — Multiplatform Journalist

BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News • 23rd October 2023

Big vision, big plans for downtown Kenosha

It’s a story not unlike many cities in the upper Midwest. A series of manufacturing plant closures left Kenosha’s downtown mostly empty for many years. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the once-bustling manufacturing town saw companies like American Motor Corp., Anaconda American Brass and MacWhyte Co. shut down or reduce their operations in the city, eliminating thousands of jobs.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • 4th April 2023

With high voter mobilization and record-breaking spending on Supreme Court race, high turnout is predicted in Wisconsin spring 2023 election

There’s an election Tuesday and Wisconsin loves to vote.

BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News • 24th July 2023

Real Estate Spotlight: Several publicly owned properties in the Menomonee Valley have been redeveloped, more could be

Right now, it’s the City of Milwaukee Traffic Sign Shop, a yard at 1540 W. Canal St. filled with concrete anchor bases for streetlights, a warehouse and lots of metal poles for street signs. In the future, the 6.8-acre site, situated on the banks of the Menomonee River, could instead be occupied by a business

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • 17th May 2023

MSOE president John Walz works to make 'hidden gem' not so hidden.

John Walz makes a list every day. It’s the first thing he does in the morning.
The list might include a schedule, ideas, and, most important, to-dos. The things that Walz, the president of Milwaukee School of Engineering, can start on that day.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • 20th March 2023

April welfare referendum: What's on the ballot, what is existing policy, and what would it actually do?

Voters statewide will see a non-binding advisory referendum on the April 4 ballot asking if welfare recipients should be required to look for employment to receive benefits.

The Republicans backing the referendum say the question is necessary to address worker shortages across the state, but Democrats call it a political stunt to influence turnout in the critical Supreme Court race on the sa

Media Milwaukee • 29th December 2022

Soaring Mental Health, Academic Needs Overwhelm UWM Students and Staff

After graduating high school at the beginning of the pandemic, UW-Milwaukee student Theresa Jackson faced obstacle after obstacle in college. First her grandma died, then she struggled financially, then her other grandma died. She felt guilty, depressed and anxious.

“I felt like I was drowning, and I couldn’t come back up or like someone had tied an anchor to my feet and it was just constantly weighing me down,” said Jackson, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy.

As a result, she

BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News • 13th November 2023

What’s the deal? Metro Milwaukee resilient amidst office and industrial market divergence

There’s an interesting redevelopment project underway in Menomonee Falls. Dynamic Tool Corp., a plastic injection molder based in the village, is converting a former office building into a manufacturing facility. The 110,000-square-foot building was used by Kohl’s Corp. until 2021, when the company vacated the space as

BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News • 11th September 2023

Real Estate Spotlight: Development booming in Oconomowoc

There are currently 2,121 housing units in the development pipeline in Oconomowoc. There are also tens of thousands of square feet of commercial space, more than 100,000 square feet of industrial space, dozens of new businesses and downtown revitalization underway, all in a city of about 12