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UW-Milwaukee student Ethan Ainley tells why he took some time away from college.

Bill Stauber Soik has a passion for storytelling, and a longtime fan (and critic) in his father.

Cael Byrne, a student at UWM, shares how his mother accidentally started his love of playing cards.

UW-Milwaukee journalism major Jonathan Joseph sits down with Stephen Wielebski to talk about his passion for radio and how Prowl Radio has helped fuel his passion.

UWM Journalism and Political Science major Colton Pemble tells Cael Byrne about his study abroad trip to Europe, and the impromptu backpacking trip that ensued.

As Joelle Bowman prepares for life after college, she talks about the steps that have influenced her career choice.

Stephen Wielebski discovered a love for sports through a tasty curse.

Every one of the approximately 3,000 missing people of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has a story, but so do the officers behind them. An officer who once hated the police and cleaned homes for a living, a sergeant who’s living out the dream from when she was 2-years-old, and a Milwaukee police captain seeking to help those […]

On a late November night in 2005, Tory Lowe was working at a local meat packing plant in Worthington, MN. Lowe was the second Black manager, and the first in the maintenance department. Lowe says he was ordered to go to the back patio. According to Lowe, he went out to the back patio where […]

For Victor Huyke, owner and president of El Conquistador Latino Newspaper, missing people became personal for him. “One of my friends growing up, Richard Guerrero, eventually it was found out that he was” a victim of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Huyke said. “So many years later, Marty Guerrero, Richard’s brother, is missing,” Huyke added. “There […]

In the City of Milwaukee, at any given time there are 500 open missing person cases in Officer Jamie Sromalla’s caseload. Since becoming a police officer seven years ago, Sromalla came into the Sensitive Crime Unit in July of 2024, and ever since than she’s made an effort to help families of missing persons. “This position […]

What began as neighborhood cleanups quickly transformed into a role as an award-winning radio host and “the most requested advocate in the state of Wisconsin.” Tory Lowe magnifies community voices whose loved ones go missing and uses his platform to help find them. The story of the man inside the community and behind the microphone. […]