Morning Links for Sept. 9, 2016

Morning Links for Sept. 9, 2016

Milorganite, lead lines and Slender Man.

What we’re reading on Friday morning.

Anissa Weier, one of the girls charged in the Slender Man stabbing case, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. We wrote a long feature about the case.

Republicans are fishing around in Russ Feingold’s time at the State Department.

Local radio host Eric Von died on Thursday.

An inside look at the Milorganite plant, which turns waste into wonderment. (Thanks r/milwaukee.)

Mayor Barrett is concerned about lead contamination in his own home water.

And this is a pug-filled parody trailer for “Stranger Things.”

 

Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.