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At midnight, the UWM campus is quiet but in the Klotsche Center college club sports are just getting done with practice. Women’s basketball, men’s basketball, women’s volleyball and men’s volleyball take up the four courts in the pavilion. On court one, we see the women’s basketball team lining up on the baseline to run laps. […]

US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the Justice Department will conduct investigations into patterns and practices of the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department in a press conference on Wednesday. According to the Justice Department’s corresponding press release, the investigation will be conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and […]

Chloe Zhao became the first Asian woman to win best director at the Oscars, and the second woman ever to do so. The 93rd Oscars were held April 25 and with Zhao and her work already winning a combined two Golden Globes, four Critics Choice Awards, and two BAFTAs, this year it was not a […]

Former officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty by a Minnesota jury on April 20 for the murder of George Floyd. After 10 hours of deliberation, the 12 jurors delivered their verdict in front of not only Judge Peter Cahill, but an entire nation who have been watching the events of this incident closely since it […]

There have been 31,848,068 cumulative cases of coronavirus reported in the United States with 568,969 resulting in death. The 83% of data available for race/ethnicity shows that Black Americans are 13.65% of the population that died due to COVID-19. Only 8.4 % of Black Americans are fully vaccinated with 8.6% receiving one of two doses. […]

TEDxUWMilwaukee hosted their first of three events in their 2021 Virtual Conference Series on Saturday, April 24, the speakers using the art of storytelling to share the importance of education and leaving the fear behind. The 2021 Virtual Conference Series, with the theme “Our City, Our Story,” was originally scheduled to be an in-person conference […]

The first time Jacob Stahl watched the Oprah Winfrey Show, he knew he wanted to pursue a career in reporting. Stahl was born in Iowa City, IA but grew up in Wausau, WI, a smaller town in central Wisconsin. Growing up in Wausau, the city is one of the best places on earth, from rural […]

The basement of Ian McDonald is a treasure trove. Filled with memorabilia galore and as many obscure 80s references as you could imagine, it is just the place for friends to watch a fight. The tv screen is not of substantial size, but its perfect for the 12 or so people gathered to watch Israel […]

Medical Professionals Testify George Floyd’s Death Caused by Interacting with Law Enforcement Three medical professionals rule George Floyd’s cause of death as a “low level of oxygen”. Physician and pulmonologist Dr. Martin Tobin testified on April 8 that to a degree of medical certainty George Floyd died from a low level of oxygen also known […]

A Brookyln Center, Minnesota police officer shot and killed an African-American man after mistaking her gun for her taser. On April 11 around 2 p.m. an unidentified police officer made a lethal mistake when she accidentally discharged her firearm during the arrest of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old African American man, according to Brookyln Center Police […]

Wausau is a town in central Wisconsin with a population of about 38,500 and amid the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, their biggest hospital, Aspirus, struggled. On Nov. 15, 2020 there were 279 new cases in Marathon County alone. Decreased Access to Materials Aspirus Wausau Hospital was one of many hospitals in the state of […]

Everyone knows, or knows of, the Edmund Fitzgerald. Or more likely, the song. However, it’s likely less known that this was not the greatest shipwreck in the history of the great lakes. In fact, it does not even make the top 10. “We’re not going to talk about these popular stories tonight,” said Anna Lardinois. […]