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Coming up on their tenth year, Milwaukee alt country band The Championship celebrated their new album this fall with a party. Matt TerBeek checked it out.

Mother Teresa has always been a symbol of true love and compassion for the less fortunate. But when a Madison woman got the chance to work for Mother Teresa at an orphanage in Calcutta, she experienced that deep compassion first hand. Marin Gilbert has the story.

Jeffrey Thornton, a principal planner for the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, said Waukesha’s Great Lakes water diversion plan is not a good idea at the “All Things Water” seminar at UW-Milwaukee’s Union Wednesday. The seminar brought together water experts from government, academia and advocacy organizations. The audience watched a lecture and slide show focused […]

A young girl watches her great-grandmother work in the garden.  Heather Owen is amazed when the older woman pulls up a green plant to reveal a carrot on the end. “I used to get in trouble, but I’d pull everything up, thinking there would be carrots on the end,” Owen said. The experience with her […]

Kristen Weiss is the new assistant coach for the UWM Women’s Soccer team. Not only does she have a deep love of soccer, she was one of the youngest players selected to participate with the US National Team in 2001 at age 16. She played at the University of Virginia from 2002-2006 and started coaching […]

Will Allen’s Growing Power is opening a market on King Drive, bringing fresh produce to an area that doesn’t have access to many wholesome foods. Welford Sanders of the King Drive Economic Development Corporation says local farming and community gardening in urban areas will become essential as transportation prices increase.

The short documentary, “Would You Like Some Free Pens?” premiered in April at UWM’s Union Theater. Nearly fifty curious students attended the screening to learn about the pen guy, a mysterious man with many pens and lots of faith. Colton Dunham reports.

When UWM junior Paul Hoenecke was five-years-old, he was asked at a family member’s funeral what he wanted to do with his life. “I want to play in the Major Leagues,” he declared. Paul’s Michigan relatives told him he would have to think of a real job someday. Twelve years later, Michigan’s MLB team, the […]

Complete coverage: multimedia project Using one myth to dispel another How the mythic character Penelope brought UWM students and Luther Manor residents together in a battle against Alzheimer’s disease and dementia When University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student and acting major Maggie McGwin first set foot on the Luther Manor campus to begin her work for the […]