Referee Shortage Hits Local Sports Games

Sports are finally returning to a more normal season after the pandemic, but the lack of a key figure in local games is having a huge effect on sports across the nation. Jamie Winsted has the story.

“I just didn’t care enough about me to try and figure it out.”

Jordan Arteman is a junior at UW-La Crosse who is taking the semester off. She lived on campus last year and struggled mentally with not getting to see people and her professors. (Jamie Winsted) Why did you take the semester off? (Jordan Arteman) Well, honestly, I wasn’t planning to until about a week before the […]

Jim Paschke Will Be Retiring From the Milwaukee Bucks

Jim Paschke announced his retirement from the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night in an interview before the game with Giannis Antetokounmpo. “This decision is mine alone,” said Paschke. “It comes as I have had the privilege of broadcasting Bucks basketball for precisely half of my life.” Jim Paschke has been the award-winning television play-by-play announcer for […]

Students are Excited UWM Will Return to In Person

UWM will be returning to in-person classes in the fall of 2021. According to Scott Gronert, the dean of the college of letters and science, the fall will consist of 77% in-person classes. We are not far from the usual 85% in-person said Gronert. One year ago, the UWM union would be constantly busy. From […]

The Hidden Gem That Is College Club Sports

At midnight, the UWM campus is quiet but in the Klotsche Center college club sports are just getting done with practice. Women’s basketball, men’s basketball, women’s volleyball and men’s volleyball take up the four courts in the pavilion. On court one, we see the women’s basketball team lining up on the baseline to run laps. […]

Biden Holds First News Conference

In his first news conference since taking office, Joe Biden announced his new goal for COVID-19 vaccinations in his first 100 days will be increased to 200 million and that other problems such as immigration are long-term problems that are being put under COVID in importance. The news conference happened on March 25, 2021 at […]

UWM Women’s Basketball Team Wins Horizon League Title but Falls Short in Tournament

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women’s basketball team won a share of the horizon league regular-season title but lost in their second game of the Horizon League tournament. The UWM Women’s basketball team went 15-5 in the Horizon League conference play and 19-7 overall. Along with Wright State, they won a share of the Horizon League […]

Judge Denies Request to Arrest Kyle Rittenhouse

A Kenosha judge refused the request to issue a new arrest warrant and to increase the bond for 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse who is accused of killing two people during protests in Kenosha last summer. Judge Bruce Schroeder denied the prosecutors in their attempts to issue an arrest warrant and add $200,000 to his $2 million […]