UPAF’s member groups include Bel Canto Chorus, Danceworks, First Stage Children’s Theater, Florentine Opera Company, Ko-Thi Dance Company, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Milwaukee Public Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, Next Act Theatre, Present Music, Renaissance Theaterworks and The Skylight Opera Theatre. Port Washington - A Milwaukee man is facing up to 70 years in prison if convicted of charges of selling heroin and Ecstacy to a police informant last month in Mequon, according to a criminal complaint filed today in Ozaukee County Circuit Court. The federal government’s escalating academic standards snagged a growing number of schools this year, with 156 Wisconsin schools and four school districts unable to meet the progress goals established by the state for the 2007-’08 school year, the state Department of Public Instruction announced today. In addition, 56 schools were “identified for improvement” - a designation that triggers sanctions among schools that receive federal aid for low-income students - for missing the state-set standards for two or more years in a row. Eight schools in the Racine Unified School District also were listed as failing to make enough progress last school year, along with Arrowhead High School, Menomonee Falls High School and Harvey Philip Alternative Charter School in Waukesha County. A joint program for upgrading Bradford includes the Milwaukee County Parks Department, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, the Greater Milwaukee Committee, Miller and other private companies was being announced at a news conference. read more

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