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Milwaukee’s historic polish community is still thriving in contemporary cultural hubs across the city. Sophia Stezala tells us more.

Most small town Wisconsinites can say they grew up on a spinning bar stool in a dimly lit dive bar, hearing the clatter of pool balls hitting each other, and their parents laughing with old friends while having a couple of beers. Everybody knew everyone, and sometimes the kind bartender would sneak you a virgin […]

The Tosa Holiday Market, better known as Christkindl, as the mugs say, offers traditional European eats, music, and features local businesses from the Greater Milwaukee area. Ava Ladky has the story. 

Presidential candidates and their surrogates made over 60 campaign visits to Wisconsin in 2024. But what was the exact purpose behind visiting our home state as often as they did? David Go has the story.

Staff and Volunteer Divers in Discovery World’s Aquatics Program opens doors and takes strides for the greater Milwaukee area’s Environmental and Wildlife Education. Ava Carmody has the story.

Young people’s mental health struggles are on the rise along with social media use. In this Media Milwaukee podcast episode, Caleb Rose explores connections between the two, looking at the joy and harm inside that ever-present phone.

Hundreds gathered, geared up in winter-ready outfits, in Catalano Square in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward as the crowd kicked-off holiday celebrations for the 35th Anniversary of “Christmas in the Ward” on Dec. 6. “I saw a lot of smiles in the crowd,” Kerissa Karnopp, a UW-Milwaukee student, said. “It looks like everyone is having a […]

Reproductive rights activists held a rally and march in downtown Milwaukee on Saturday, Nov.9 to fight for abortion rights and safe communities. The rally started at Red Arrow Park at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, and had a few hundred people all geared up in their jackets and hats to protest on the chilly […]

The South Korean feminist 4B movement, which advocates “no marriage, no childbirth, no dating and no sex with men,” gained a new wave of supporters in the U.S., fueled by post-election discourse on gender equality.  The 4B movement originated in South Korea around 2015 in response to deeply rooted societal and policy-driven issues, including the […]

After a smashing Thanksgiving weekend, Universal’s Wicked has become the highest-grossing movie based on a Broadway musical at the domestic box office. The film opened on Nov. 22, and on its second weekend, it reached a peak of $214.3 million domestically, surpassing the 1978 classic Grease’s previous record of $190 million, according to Deadline. As […]

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Physical Environment Committee meeting on Nov. 20, leaders addressed pressing issues related to accessibility and classroom utilization. Held at 8:30 a.m. via Microsoft Teams, the conference revealed that UWM classrooms are falling short of the 67% seat occupancy benchmark set by the UW System, with utilization rates dropping to just […]

Donald Trump selects Russell Vought, co-author of Project 2025, to lead the Office of Management and Budget on Nov. 22.   According to White House archives, Vought joined the OMB when President Trump first took office in 2017. Before his confirmation as director in 2020, Vought served as deputy and acting director for the OMB. […]