Voices of Wisconsin Voters During the COVID-19 Pandemic Posted on April 8, 2020April 24, 2020 by Allison Martens, Hannah Borchert, Samuel Dehring, Jasper Appleton, Taylor Wietzke, Alex Thome, Destiny DeVooght, Daniel King, John Quinnies, Jessica Gatzow, Wat Lee, Adrian Hurd, Daniel Valadez-Reyes, Lucas Kovnesky and Luke Zembrowski Across from Riverside High School, one of five polling places in Milwaukee holding in-person voting for the April 7 election, UW-Milwaukee student Abigail Klug watched from her apartment as a line formed near the school. What started as six or eight people became a several-hour wait by the afternoon, the line stretching behind the school […]
Milwaukee Police Release Names of Mass Shooting Victims, Suspect Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 by Alex Thome Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales confirmed the names of the suspect and the five victims of Wednesday’s deadly mass shooting at the Molson Coors brewery, revealing that the gunman, Anthony Ferrill, was an electrician at the plant. According to the Milwaukee Police Department, the five victims were Jesus Valle Jr., a 33-year-old from Milwaukee; Gennady Levshetz, a 51-year-old from Mequon; Trevor Wetselaar, a 33-year-old from […]