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Cedarburg is planning to renovate Willowbrook Park and is raising funds for the project with help from Cedarburg Friends of Parks and Recreation and one of Wisconsinites’ favorite activities. Grayson Sewell has the story.

Take a look at the NCAA Tournament contending Milwaukee Panthers and Redshirt Freshman Lesley Kiesling. Kiesling had fun with her teammates during practice while preparing for their Horizon League championship game, proving that they are able to mix business with pleasure.

Community members along with UW-Milwaukee faculty and students stood behind safety bars as they watched the last couple of stones being installed in the new Electa Quinney Institute Fire Circle last Tuesday.   Celeste Clark, the multicultural student success coordinator at UWM, said she was so excited when she saw the first stone being placed that she had to take a picture of it.   “It was a historical event for […]

In 2020, residents in assisted living facilities were visited by loved ones in innovative ways, such as apartment windows, phone calls and other interactive digital means. Now, as the world opens with the accessibility to vaccinations, these facilities are continuing to struggle in both employment and life satisfaction for residents.  UWM Student Alexis Carr, 20, […]

After playing a shortened schedule in 2020-2021 with no fans in attendance for any games, UW-Milwaukee Panthers men’s basketball begins the regular season on Nov. 9 against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks and takes on the Eastern Kentucky Colonels on Nov. 13 to begin their home schedule.   Here are seven items to know heading into this Milwaukee Panthers basketball season:  Fans and Games are Returning to UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena   For the first time since Feb. 29, 2020, the […]

The City of Milwaukee’s Public Health and Safety Committee held a meeting Thursday in which they unanimously voted to approve an agreement that will unite Milwaukee with the Gun Safety Consortium, a group committed to the development and testing of gun safety technology.   The agreement is largely a product of Milwaukee’s ongoing four-year partnership with Common Ground, a Wisconsin-based affiliate of the IAF […]

Patrick Baldwin Jr. is the new face of panther’s basketball. Baldwin has worked toward his dream of in the NBA since he was a child. Baldwin attended Hamilton high school in Sussex, Wi where he averaged 24 points per game. Baldwin is a top-five NBA prospect going into next year’s draft and received offers from […]

Justin Blake, Jacob Blake’s Uncle, came to UWM on Tuesday to speak to UWM students and to protest the dropped charges in the Jacob Blake case.  The UW-Milwaukee chapter of Students for Democratic Society (SDS) organized the rally on Tuesday in Spaights Plaza to promote CPAC and demand justice for Jacob Blake.  In August 2020, a 29-year-old black man, Jacob Blake, was shot several […]

Milwaukee affordable housing contractor Travaux Inc. received $46 million in contracts from the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) on Oct. 13., which secured funding for renovations of the Townhomes at Carver Park, and two construction phases at the Westlawn Gardens community. Westlawn Gardens is an income-driven urban development in Milwaukee near West […]

Student employment at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s main campus has been short staffed since campus returned to in-person operations at the beginning of September and Student Union departments are operating at limited operations.  Chad Boppel is the director of retail services and restaurant operations at UW-Milwaukee and oversees the operation of 650 student employees. For full operation this year, they are 40 percent short staffed compared to pre-pandemic operations of 800 student employees.   “There’s been a struggle all over the entire […]

Students worked diligently, painting their pots as the sound of the mariachi band from the Roberto Hernandez Center began to cue in. The musicians turned to everyone in the crowd and urged them to all count in, “uno, dos, tres!” as the music erupted and the students in the Union at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee joined […]

UWM students, staff and community are taking advantage of mix-and-match booster shots on campus. The Covid-19 vaccine clinic is located in the Student Union’s Wisconsin Room. Audrianna Hutchinson has the story.