Milwaukee County's beaches will have no lifeguards this summer. "The reason we don't have lifeguards at our beaches this year is because we don't have any returning guards that have open water experience. Lake Michigan takes very specific skill sets that's very different from pools," Milwaukee County Parks Director Guy Smith said. Parks officials said the county is working to recruit and train new lifeguards. Currently four Milwaukee County.
A small plot of woods with a mountain biking trail in Whitnall Park has led to a potentially big change for how Milwaukee County manages trails in county parks.
A new ordinance before the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors would require Milwaukee County Parks to get approval from the board to establish new bike trails or alter 20% or more of an existing trail.
“This is not an anti-mountain-biking resolution. … All we’re saying is the parks committee and the board should have oversight, especially when there’s such a new change,” said County Supervisor Anthony Staskunas, one of the co-sponsors of the ordinance that passed the board s Parks, Energy and Environment Committee Tuesday and will now go before the full board.