Dear Shepherd Express readers,

As you know, in March we had to make the difficult decision to stop printing the weekly Shepherd Express for the first time in its 38-year history. During this time, our readership stayed strong and our readers gravitated to the Shepherd website. We received close to three hundred appreciative calls and emails of support from our readers with their suggestions for the Shepherd’s future, and the main messages was “we want you back in print.”

Shepherd Express will be back in print as a monthly, glossy publication debuting in early August. Our coverage of News & Politics, Music, Arts & Entertainment, Dining, LGBTQ, Cannabis and, most importantly, what’s happening in the Milwaukee area will still be at the forefront of who we are.

The new monthly, in combination with the Shepherd Express website and our daily e-newsletters, will continue to provide our 185,000+ readers with the same honest, intelligent and courageous “call it the way it is” journalism, but now in a much-improved format for both our readers and advertisers. Thank you for being a part of Milwaukee’s effort to support honest local journalism. The Shepherd plans to continue to serve the Milwaukee area for another 38 years.

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