Articles by Jackson Minshall

Troy Reeves, who manages the oral history program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s archives, was manning a table for the 40th history of the Sterling Hall bombing when a man walked up, looking like “he had come right out of the ’60s” or a “Grateful Dead” concert. “He…put his hand on the table and leaned […]

On Aug. 24, 1970, a physics graduate student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Frank Scarpace, was working late into the night, assisting colleague and friend Robert Fassnacht with a research experiment at Sterling Hall: A very precise and time-consuming attempting to reach absolute zero. “I was helping my friend Bob Fassnacht with an […]

In the City Hall public hearing room the night of April 20, the powerful words of grieving mothers were caught in the thick, humid air, leaving the room so quiet that you could hear their tears strike the public comment table.  “If it was your child that was killed, wouldn’t you want answers?” said Jacqueline […]

In Milwaukee’s rich history, its tremendous blizzards and viciously hot summers, its riots and its prosperity, this city has never seen more gun crime than today. According to data from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Milwaukee saw 214 homicides in 2022, a rise from 193 homicides in 2021. Compared to the 97 homicides in 2019, which […]

Ken Schellin, producer and director, and Aaron Johnson, art director and animator, are both members of the team of Milwaukee’s Plum Media production studio. They’ve worked to help the company grow from its infancy to where it is now, moving from an office building in the Third Ward to their new building in the heart […]