Morning Links for Feb. 11, 2015

Morning Links for Feb. 11, 2015

Streetcars, Jon Stewart and a giant turtle named Onassis.

Enjoy a dose of Morning Links with your morning coffee.

  • After much debate, the plan for Milwaukee’s streetcar system has been approved. Construction is expected late 2015, full operation anticipated mid-2018.
  • A former tannery building at 1775 N. Water St. is getting a facelift. The project will bring four new buildings and 450 apartments.
  • Jon Stewart has announced he will step down from Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”
  • The measles outbreak is a deadly matter, and “it costs taxpayers bigtime,” says Forbes.
  • It’s a big day for Onassis, a giant South American river turtle. And the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Aimee has a degree in journalism from Oklahoma State University and joined Milwaukee Magazine as an editorial assistant and event manager in the frosty month of January, 2014.