Articles by Royce Podeszwa

Attorney General Barr’s summary of the finished Mueller report certainly seems to help the president get out of some hot water. The investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election has hung over Trump’s head and rained on his parade for over two whole years. It’s pretty understandable he would express some relief at the […]

The 12-year-old epic saga of Marvel superhero movies has finally ended with the spectacular crescendo that is Avengers:Endgame. The over three-hour film takes us through the highs and lows of the franchise and delivers an acceptable sendoff for the heroes an entire generation grew up loving. The film itself carries a much different tone than […]

Cuisine type: BRUNCH Price per entrée: $$ Attire: CASUAL Reservations: YES Payment: CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED On the top of the review, write: Thunder Bay Grille N14W24130 Tower Pl, Pewaukee, WI 53072 262-523-4244 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Every Easter for the past five or so years, my family decided they didn’t want to bother cooking […]

The recent decision by the Cook County District Attorney’s Office to not press charges against Jussie Smollett is wrong and should never have happened. The DA office themselves admitted they believe he’s guilty. And instead of dealing out justice, they claimed his case isn’t worth prosecuting and they’d rather focus on more “serious” issues. What […]

When you think of Milwaukee, what are some of the first things that come to mind? Is it the lake? We do have a good one. Maybe you think of our many festivals. We are known for a lot of those. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s the beer. We do have the nickname “Brew City,” […]

The hometown people of Pluto’s discoverer still think it is a planet; 3 UW-Milwaukee students drive to Streator, Illinois to find out why.

Nestled in the winding valleys of the Driftless Area, you might pass right by Steuben, Wisconsin, a little village of less than 140 people, if you aren’t paying attention. The roads twist and turn through its heavily forested terrain, a result of being untouched by the glaciers that pushed across Wisconsin during the last Ice […]

Early in the morning just as the sun began to crest over the eastern horizon of Lake Michigan, two black minivans marked with the UW-Milwaukee logo and laden with surf boards parked on the street next to Milwaukee’s Bradford Beach. Nearly a dozen people dressed head-to-toe in wetsuit gear jumped out of the vans, began […]

Media Milwaukee’s Derek Grant talks to voters about the specific issues that drove them to get out and vote, including in the Wisconsin marijuana referendum.

Senator Tammy Baldwin and her Republican opponent Leah Vukmir clashed on everything from healthcare and #metoo to gun control and abortions all in front of a raucous audience at their first debate before the midterm elections for U.S. Senate. Members of the crowd cheered, booed, hooted, hollered, scoffed and sneered at the candidates and didn’t […]

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders took the stage before an enthusiastic crowd of college students and other supporters at a boisterous early vote rally at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, telling the audience, “It doesn’t mean anything if you don’t go out and vote.” Sanders and Wisconsin’s top Democrats encouraged the cheering crowd to re-elect Democratic […]