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Elizabeth Maier is a freshman from outside Madison, WI. She lives on a farm with her family, seven cats, and one dog. Being away from home for school makes her miss one specific cat from home. His name is Chester and he’s a small black and white colored outdoor cat. He’s very unbothered by the […]

On Friday, Oct. 4 the UW- Milwaukee Neighborhood Housing Office helped make the campus and surrounding neighborhoods a prettier place. The department held a Neighborhood Clean-Up event recruiting over 40 enthusiastic student volunteers who set out on a mission to pick up trash. In the weeks prior, it was hard to miss the 11 x […]

Jacob Gennrich, a beer in his free hand, looked down at the Marine Corps scrapbooks spread out on his coffee table. His wife Melissa made them for him so he could remember his ten years in the Marine Corps Reserves. The infantry platoon sergeant discharged in 2012. His hands gently grazed over the shiny plastic […]

Sip and Purr Cat Cafe is the dream business come true by Katy McHugh. Sip and Purr Cafe is Milwaukee’s first cat cafe. McHugh says she owes the idea of her now very successful business to a cat that bonded with her at a cafe in Amsterdam. The cat nuzzled up on her lap and […]

As kids growing up on an Iowa farm, Karla Frede and her sister shared a favorite song.

Colin Scannell is the lead singer of the Milwaukee band, It Bleeds. The band has performed at many local bars and small venues for the past several years and has gathered a small but dedicated following. They recently released their new album, “Open Wounds.”