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A surprise Hamas attack on Oct. 7 surprised the rest of the world, but not Israelis and Palestinians. The attack occurred around 6:30 a.m. local time, and people were advised within minutes of anticipation to hide in their safe rooms. Hamas is an organization governing the Gaza Strip, a geographical location that is fought by […]

Looking for something fun and exciting to do with your kids? The Milwaukee County Zoo is holding its annual yearly event, Boo at the Zoo, from Thursday October 19th to Sunday October 22nd this year. Troy Johnson was there and he has more details. 

They are generations apart. On the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks, a team of UW-Milwaukee journalism students set out to determine whether opinions of Sept. 11, 2001, differ depending on whether you were alive at the time. Most college students today do not have living memories of Sept. 11. For them, it is history, […]

Students have voiced complaints about the food quality in the residential halls at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on social media and in complaints to the university, a Media Milwaukee investigation has found. These complaints range from undercooked food to insufficient options for students with dietary restrictions to finding worms in the food of one student. […]

In this short documentary, Liv Weiss takes us to a Milwaukee underground music venue called The Washroom. Once a basement laundry room, the venue opened up about a year ago and has created a valuable space for the local music scene to thrive.

In the 1800s, northern Wisconsin loggers claimed to see a creature with “spikes all the way down the entire length of its body with a fistful of needle-sharp pointed spears at the end of his tail… fangs that would rival a saber tooth tiger and could rip out the belly of the biggest bear.” As […]

In this short documentary, Madelyn Heimsch introduces us to Dominic Dean, a high school senior who has always been passionate about food and loved trying new cuisines from a young age. Because he is on the autism spectrum, Dominic struggled with reading and writing, and when he entered high school, his parents and teachers came […]

In this short documentary, Joshua Groninger invites us into his house to meet his dad, Craig. During the pandemic, he learned how to brew beer and now his garage is the setting for this hobby that helps him ease his mind.

Carole Dudek is a 76 year old woman who has gone through several medical emergencies (two knee replacements, quadruple bypass, back surgeries, cancer, etc), the death of her husband, and now the loss of sight in her right eye. In this short documentary, Morgan Betchkal shows us the experience of her elderly grandmother losing her […]

Grace Pagel takes us on a trip to Madison, WI, where a local band invites us into their house and stage. Meet Commonwealth.