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Oakwood Mall in Eau Claire, WI, held a Craft and Gift show on Nov. 20-21, right before the holiday season. The fair was filled with booths featuring a variety of local businesses. Some of the booths featured homemade jewelry, crafts, hand crafted cabinets, gourmet popcorn, and other sweet treats centered in the middle of the […]

Ashley Ray Garcia, 25, is a performer and dance major at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a passion for dance that has led her to some of her greatest accomplishments to date. Early in her career, Garcia became a member of a touring dance group at a fine arts summer camp where she was selected […]

In the excitement of the holiday season, Milwaukee residents gather at Discovery World to enjoy the Milwaukee Makers Market.

Debra Breunig has taught English for 25 years. The high school teacher reflects on how teaching has changed, both in the classroom and in what it means to her. Lauren Breunig reports.

The once-empty studio is now filled with people. In one corner there are boxes filled with clothes, with more draped over the furniture that wasn’t there just one month ago. A wall that was once naked concrete is covered in a black- and red-checkered pattern. Camera equipment, tripods and spray paint cans are scattered around […]

The Christmas spirit was in the air as participants braced the cold to run in the 2021 “Santa Hustle 5k” through Veteran’s Park in Milwaukee. Haley Osness has the story.

Milwaukee coffee professional Robert Sanchez Jr. owns Ay Chihuahua, a pop-up cafe. He tells Nicholaus Wiberg how he makes the Ay Chihuahua Latte.

“It was like going in with a blind eye, but I just knew that it was what I wanted to do. So, I just did it.” – Phoua Vang It’s mid-November, and Phoua Vang is snuggled up on her porch as her smiling face beams through the laptop screen over facetime. The 32-year-old, originally from La Crosse of Wisconsin, sat under gloomy daylight somewhere in Minnesota looking comfy in her heather grey sweater.   While the […]

MILWAUKEE, WIS. – Fall season in Wisconsin is incredible. The months of October and November are filled with influences such as decorating pumpkins, satisfying-autumn flavors, the fresh switch to sweater weather, and colorful leaves.   Although the pandemic is still here, going to a pumpkin patch is one of the many opportunities to enjoy with the family. The ambition is twice the excitement after everyone forced to quarantine during the holiday last year. For the […]

Jake Budke, 20, is an up-and-coming Milwaukee artist who did not start singing until high school and now will be releasing his first extended play called “Heart Break Hurts, I Know” on all streaming music platforms January 4, 2022.   Born in Minnesota and lived in London for five years, Budke resides as a third-year student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is studying Biology with a plan to attend physician […]

Rick Krueger knows that, of all the ingredients that make up a good meal, the most valuable is the time he puts into it.

Anna Bromberger had preconceived notions about rodents, but her roommate’s hamster won her heart.