Articles by Jessica Gatzow

UW-Milwaukee students are helping turn food waste into nutrient-rich soil. A new composting program called Panther Pails brings food scraps to the Sandburg Gardens Hoop House. Jessica Gatzow reports.

Betty Gatzow takes care of the family pet, Honey the Labradoodle, with a daily walk.

Emily Gatzow describes her favorite concerto after nearly 10 years of playing the violin.

Labrador retrievers Ernie and Betty White love their jobs in scent detection. They are excited and focused, ready to zip across prairies and trot through woodlands, always rewarded for finding their target scents with a treat or favorite toy. But Ernie and Betty White aren’t helping law enforcement or search and rescue efforts; they’re locating […]

At the main entrance to Mequon Nature Preserve, wind spins a turbine and sunlight reaches a solar panel array, helping to power an education center. A short trail to the right opens up to a children’s play area, and a winding trail to the left leads to an observation tower. A view from the top […]

In a city where trees seem to line every block and many communities enjoy a public park, the north side of Milwaukee appears to have been left behind. Weeds rise through the cracks of concrete remains, and empty industrial buildings tower like ghosts over the Century City Business Park. Heading down North Avenue through the […]

The pandemic presents unique challenges and changes for band ensembles. UW-Milwaukee musicians are adjusting to safety precautions so they can rehearse together in person.

Going out for Mother’s Day brunch may be out of the question during pandemic conditions, but there are still gift-giving options to show appreciation for mom while maintaining social distancing. Flowers take the crown as the most popular choice, representing 69% of Mother’s Day gifts last year.  Some floral options receive the spotlight (or the […]

Sip & Purr cat cafe on Milwaukee’s East Side isn’t only known as a place to cuddle with cats in the popular cat lounge, but a place to adopt. During Gov. Ever’s Safer at Home order, the cafe has organized over 25 cat adoptions since closing its doors to the public.  Increases in pet adoptions […]

Whether it’s the middle of winter, a pandemic or both, market garden Farm Happy is green and growing. Inside greenhouses, rows of spinach cover the ground, and microgreens under UV light pop out of the soil. Outside, ducks and chickens roam the property, and thousands of tulips and dahlias emerge from the ground. As spring […]

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 […]

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 […]