Articles by Cael Byrne

On Easter night in 2005, Bobby Curry stopped by his girlfriend Patricia Wade’s house to drop something off for their two kids, who were only 1 year old at the time. Then Curry and three family members went to Erv’s Lounge, a small local bar in Kenosha. Later that night, Curry got into an argument […]

On a late November night in 2005, Tory Lowe was working at a local meat packing plant in Worthington, MN. Lowe was the second Black manager, and the first in the maintenance department. Lowe says he was ordered to go to the back patio. According to Lowe, he went out to the back patio where […]

In Media Milwaukee’s attempts to get in contact with the Johnnie Patterson family, a student journalist called over 100 phone numbers without an answer. Soon after Carrie Davis, Patterson’s daughter, called back and agreed to do an interview.  When the team of student journalists arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Golda Meir Library on the […]

To celebrate May the 4th be with you, or National Star Wars Day, American Science and Surplus held a Star Wars themed spelling bee with Star Wars themed activities and prizes. “My dad took me to the original premiere in 1977 when I was six years old,” said AS&S Employee John Kadolph. “I remember being […]

The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has recently awarded a grant to Northrop Grumman to develop concepts for a lunar railway as part of the LunA-10 program. DARPA’s LunA-10 program is a 10-year plan to create a framework for integrated lunar infrastructure that minimizes lunar footprint and provides commercial services for peaceful U.S. […]

Milwaukee’s Pfister Hotel is entering the second stage of a $20 million renovation that began in the summer of 2023 meant to elevate guest experience while respecting the building’s long history, according to President of Marcus Hotels & Resorts Michael Evans. After completing the renovation of the restrooms and the seventh floor meeting and event […]

The Hilton City Center, formerly known as Hotel Schroeder, has been nominated by its owner, Marcus Corporation, to join the National Register of Historic Places. The more than 25-story, 275 foot-tall Milwaukee landmark was first opened in 1928 by Walter Schroeder, and was acquired by Marcus Corporation in 1995.  Milwaukee’s Historic Preservation Commission is responsible […]

Bay View Printing Company is a local letterpress printing company that has been around for 106 years.Their building was originally a church, and they started out as a newspaper printing company. Nowadays, they do design and letterpress printing for many local companies. All of their printing is done on antique, century-old printing presses and that’s […]