A Small Business Begins Protest After Governor Ever’s Safer at Home Order Extended Posted on May 9, 2020August 31, 2020 by Taylor Wietzke The newly owned business 6th Gear protested Governor Evers’ extended Safer at Home Order by opening the restaurant and bar in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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 […]
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 […]
3 Ways Peter Weber’s Mom Dissed Madison Prewett Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Taylor Wietzke As the dramatic Bachelor season came to an end Tuesday night, the drama sure did not. A family feud involving Barb Weber and Madison Prewett happened live on stage during the finale. This TV broadcasted event had Bachelor nation on the edge of their seats. Prior to the finale, Madison choose to not forgo the […]
Online Only Classes Will Come to UWM After Extended Spring Break Due to COVID-19 Posted on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 by Taylor Wietzke and Hannah Borchert Chancellor Mark Mone announced that University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be extending spring break from March 15 to March 29 to prepare for online classes after announcing a UWM Foundation employee was tested for COVID-19 this morning. The employee being tested came into contact with someone who recently traveled to a third world country. It’s not […]