Articles by Isabella Van Lanen

EAST SANDWICH, Massachusetts — Ken Perry has been a tugboat captain for over 30 years. Throughout the decades, Ken has experienced the other side of the world, ‘The Perfect Storm’ and the loss of a fellow fisherman. He says, if he has learned one thing at sea, it is that family matters most. So, when […]

There is just something so special about the Wisconsin Northwoods. Snow blizzards blanket the land in winter months, birds beep and tweet during the springtime, fish wiggle and whirl down summer streams and fall foliage christens the cool autumn air. The pure beauty of the land makes time stop and busy brains quiet. However, that […]

In the last two election cycles, young voters have cast their ballots at rates never seen before. However, despite a razor-thin race in our swing state, experts predict Generation Z turnout in Wisconsin’s general election will drop come November 8th. Bella Van Lanen has the story.

Mother and daughter duo Judy and Bella Van Lanen have always shared a love of music. Naturally, one of Judy’s favorite songs relates to that close-knit relationship.

Aliyah Anderson and her high school best friend, Cora Night-Hamm, live across the country from one another now that they’re adults, but a song reminds them that their bond is everlasting.

Angelika Ytuarte made her online friendships a reality.

One of Hollywood’s most well-known non-binary actors, Ezra Miller was arrested for second-degree assault in Pāhoa, Hawaii on the morning of April 19, 2022, just four weeks after they were arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment.  According to the Hawaii Police Department, a little after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19, officers responded to a […]

With a furrow in her eyebrows and a quiver in her voice, she quickly pans the courtroom back and forth. “If I can’t find a seat, I have to leave?” She is there for the victim’s family, but a woman from the defendant’s party offers her a seat: on her lap. She takes it. Over […]

“I thought I was going to collapse.” Anna Welter, a 19-year-old Film and Creative Writing double major and on-campus student worker, said she was the last student to leave the UW-Milwaukee Cambridge Commons dormitory following a carbon monoxide leak evacuation of 400 students at 10 p.m. Feb. 28. Seventeen students, including Welter, were taken to […]