After Flooding Hits Milwaukee’s South Side, Business Owner and Community Group Push Cleanup Efforts

Milwaukee city, county task force created to address recent flooding

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Milwaukee Ald. Bauman calls city's 'botched leaf pickup' a factor in recent flooding

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Milwaukee alderman continues criticism of City's leaf cleanup following widespread flooding

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – As Milwaukee floodwaters recede amid what is already a record-setting April, one alderman is reiterating his belief that the City’s problems didn’t begin with last week’s storms, but with leaves left behind during fall cleanup. Bob Bauman says he spent the weekend helping to clean catch basins across his district, which covers much of downtown Milwaukee and near west side neighborhoods, finding them filled with wet bunched-up l…

After flooding hits Milwaukee’s south side, business owner and community group push cleanup efforts

Recent flooding on Milwaukees south side left more than just high water behind. For some local businesses, it also brought piles of trash and debris.Near 20th and Mitchell, Saira Vargas, owner of Carniceria Vargas, says flooding has been an ongoing issuenot just during major storms.Every time it rains, it floods all the garbage comes together like a lake, Vargas said. Shes been at her current location for 12 years and says the problem has gotten…