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Every year, the Milwaukee Film Festival kicks off with a rocking party sponsored by local businesses that showcases the upcoming festival and brings together Milwaukee’s movie lovers. Since the renovation of the Peck School of the Arts building, the annual film festival party has taken place in the effortlessly cool renovated building which serves as […]

A Columbus police officer will receive psychological support counseling and time off after fatally shooting and killing 13-year-old Tyre King, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Following a report of an armed robbery, officer Brian Mason, a nine-year veteran, shot King after he “pulled a gun from his waistband”, Columbus police say. The weapon […]

Available on Android and IOS. Released July 6th, 2016. Price: free. Pokémon has a big franchise when it comes to card games, video games and products in general. The popular Japanese cartoon has made billions of dollars in a worldwide scenario. The first Pokémon game was made in 1996 as a role playing video game […]

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Growing up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is never easy. Like most developing countries, people struggle with poverty, malnutrition, and every tragic and unfortunate event you can think of everyday. Dr. Annie Kinwa-Muzinga, a professor in Agribusiness, grew up in Kinshasa, DR Congo. As the fourth child of 10, she is familiar with […]

Pfc. Gerold Schaeffer died in combat at the young age of 21 in 1966. The story of Gerold’s life is shaped by siblings’ memories, which often revolve around stories about Gerold and his identical twin brother, George, who also served in Vietnam. In many aspects, the twins from West Bend were quite inseparable. The two […]

Alderman Nik Kovac moved to hold the decision of repaving, replacing curb and adding additional green space and sidewalk on E. Nash Street to N. Fratney Street after hearing Milwaukee jobs would be affected along with the committee voting to agree his decision. “There’s a lot of good things going on in this city,” said […]

Comedian and host of the Daily Show Trevor Noah headlined the Campus Activity Board’s Comedy show at the Milwaukee Theatre on April 16. The event was available for free to all UW-Milwaukee students, and it drew more than 1,100 people. Two weeks prior to the event, UWM and CAB announced the free event to students […]

Milwaukee – Reyna’s Events located on 6th and National was once again the site of yet another exciting dance night for the Latino population of Milwaukee’s south side; as it hosted the Mexican regional band known as Los Originales de San Juan on the night of May 27. This is the second time the Originales […]

On an unseasonably mild, rainy, Sunday December afternoon, Nancy Wichert revisits her hometown and stops by the former corner drug store she would frequent as a kid, which is now the Coffee Corner Bistro. She reminisces about her brother Jim’s upbeat personality and his passions in life, like the outdoors, athletics and flying. Wichert was […]

More than 200 Milwaukee residents came to the Turner Hall downtown on Cinco de Mayo to express their thoughts and concerns about the new  Milwaukee Bucks arena in front of a live panel sponsored by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The concerns focused on the effect on neighboring areas and buildings, energy efficiency, the design, weather […]

Nearly 300 faculty members filled the room and halls on May 10 for UW-Milwaukee’s first-ever full faculty meeting, which had just one order of business: a symbolic  “no confidence” resolution in University of Wisconsin System leadership. Faculty voted unanimously in favor of the motion, joining four other UW schools. “It finally makes sense to say […]