Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Cause Heartbreaking Losses Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 by Hannah Borchert and Destiny DeVooght Grey clouds loomed over Washington High School’s now bleak campus that was once filled with lively children. A musky smell overtook the air just before rainfall as a crisp breeze swept through the holes of a black chain link fence that sat in front of the basketball and track field. The paint was worn and […]
UW-Madison Physician and Husband Found Dead by a Jogger Posted on April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 by Destiny DeVooght University of Wisconsin physician Dr. Beth Potter and her husband Robin Carre were murdered by their daughter’s boyfriend after being kicked out for not social distancing, prosecutors say. A runner discovered Potter and Carre around 6 a.m. on March 31, lying in a ditch in the UW Arboretum near the intersection of Arboretum Drive and […]
Wisconsin’s Mid-Pandemic Election: What Officials Said the Day After Posted on April 10, 2020April 24, 2020 by Taylor Wietzke, Destiny DeVooght, Adrian Hurd, Jessica Gatzow, Hannah Borchert, Daniel Valadez-Reyes, Lexi Schroeder, Samuel Dehring and James Trefry The scenes at the polls during Wisconsin’s unprecedented mid-pandemic election were very different depending on where you were. That’s what a team of student journalists learned when they spanned out to interview election officials – including county and city clerks and poll workers – throughout the state on the day after the election. In the […]
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 […]
Missing UWM Student Sean Baek Found in River; Mother Recalls His Love of Life Posted on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by Destiny DeVooght The body that Milwaukee Police pulled from the Milwaukee River last night has been identified by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner as University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Sean Baek, 18, who had been missing for 45 days. Milwaukee Police said yesterday that they responded to a report of a body in the river near a pier […]
Body of Young Male Found in Milwaukee River; UWM Police Respond to Scene Posted on March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 by Destiny DeVooght Milwaukee police say a body was found in the Milwaukee River today near Fratney and Commerce in Riverwest. According to Milwaukee police, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Police Department also responded to the call. (Update: on March 31, 2020, it was confirmed that the body was that of missing UWM student Sean Baek. You can read […]
Into the Night: The Search for UW-Milwaukee Student Sean Baek Posted on March 28, 2020March 31, 2020 by John Quinnies, Destiny DeVooght, Matthew Hollendonner, Hannah Borchert and Taylor Wietzke In a conference room on the first floor of Cambridge Commons residence hall, just down the hall from the main entrance where University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Sean Baek was last seen almost three weeks earlier, a vigil was held for him. The standard refreshments sat on a table on one side of the room. Flanking […]