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Get money saving tips from Wisconsin Energy Conservation staff

Get money saving tips from Wisconsin Energy Conservation staff

Over a free lunch at noon the Energy Exchange - 4121 S 6th Street - you will receive money saving tips from Wisconsin Energy Conservation staff, learn about low-cost financing programs through Milwaukee's Energy Efficiency programs and gain knowledge about "green energy efficiency" for your business or property.

Event takes place on January 26th, just e-mail jessica@gatewaytomilwaukee.com or click here to register.

Home energy efficiency seminar planned for Tuesday

 

Beat the heat with these simple tips

Beat the heat with these simple tips

Just a few short weeks ago, many Wisconsinites had enough cold weather and dreamed of the warm, lazy day's of Summer. Now that the radiant warmth is upon us, many FOX 6 viewers may be scrambling to “beat the heat.”

FOX6 Meterologist Brittney Sager said, “Heat advisories are effective all across the FOX6 viewing area for today and tomorrow.” Sager explains that high temperatures factored in with high humidity levels may put the heat index around 100 degrees.

Heat exhaustion warning signs

  • Heavy sweating

Prescription medicine collection day at Miller Park

Prescription medicine collection day at Miller Park

There's an easy way to get rid of unused or expired medication all year long. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) is working with more than a dozen police departments in Milwaukee County to provide medicine collections all year long.

NEVER flush or pour unused meds down the drain. Water reclamation facilities are not designed to remove all of them and trace amounts of pharmaceuticals are showing up in rivers and lakes around the world.

 Please keep medication in the original package or bottle. You CAN cross off your name and address, but DO NOT cover up or remove the name of the medicine.

You CAN Bring: Prescription and over-the-counter medications, ointments, sprays, inhalers, creams, vials and pet medications.

Milwaukee Water Council wins Clean Water American Alliance Award

The Clean Water America Alliance announced winners today of the 2011 U.S. Water Prize for watershed-based approaches toward water sustainability. "These five water champions reflect the diversity of America and set a shiny example for innovating, integrating, and collaborating from coast to coast to sustain America's most precious liquid asset," explained Alliance President Ben Grumbles. U.S. Water Prize winners by alphabetical order are the City of Los Angeles, Milwaukee Water Council, National Great Rivers Research & Education Center, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and the Pacific Institute.