Madison365 Week in Review for September 19

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    Here are this week’s most popular stories, brought to you by Milwaukee Film, presenting the Minority Health Film Festival, now through September 24.

    The spread of coronavirus continued to intensify this week, culminating in a record 2,533 new cases confirmed Friday.

     

     

    The Public Health Madison & Dane County data snapshot shows 76 percent of new cases from Sept. 1-14 were UW students or staff.

     

     

    Public Health Madison & Dane County said it would step up enforcement of its public health orders amid rapidly increasing cases.

     

     

    Several private schools opened this week after the State Supreme Court halted the order closing them.

     

     

    Wisconsin Mujer will present a virtual Latino art showcase in October

     

     

     

    Our David Dahmer spoke with Andrea Irwin about the heartbreaking loss of her daughter Kyla in a car accident, five years after her son Tony was killed by Madison police.

     

    Kyle Rittenhouse was listed in a homework assignment on “heroes” in a Texas high school.

     

     

    Centro Hispano was forced to cancel its annual Hispanic Heritage Month Gala, but initiated a major fundraising campaign in its place.

     

     

    The YWCA’s 19th annual Racial Justice Summit will take place all online, Sept. 29 – Oct 1.

     

     

    The art of Lilada Gee is featured on the “selfie wall” at the State Historical Museum in downtown Madison.

     

     

    Mt. Zion Baptist Church held a mortgage-burning ceremony and set their sights on a new project: a Community Life Center.

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