UWM Searches For New Police Chief as LeMire Leaves

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Police Chief Joe LeMire has just ended his career at UWM. It was revealed in a press release that LeMire has officially accepted a job as chief of Campus Safety and Police at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. His last day at UWM was March 12, 2021. While UWM focuses on […]

Judge Denies Request to Arrest Kyle Rittenhouse

A Kenosha judge refused the request to issue a new arrest warrant and to increase the bond for 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse who is accused of killing two people during protests in Kenosha last summer. Judge Bruce Schroeder denied the prosecutors in their attempts to issue an arrest warrant and add $200,000 to his $2 million […]

Election Night Was Full of Many Emotions

It was around 5 a.m. when Kate Harvey woke up her fiancé, Michael Czerwinski. She was nervous and anxious about the election. Harvey then saw that Joe Biden won Wisconsin and that helped alleviate some nerves. Czerwinski also feels more relieved that the election is finally over but stressed that President Trump is making the […]

Milwaukee Public Schools Plans Summer School Amid COVID-19

M.P.S’ summer academy is planned to change the upcoming summer of 2021. Changes include five newprograms that aid in credit recovery, career building and acceleration. The five programs are titled Virtual Summer Program, Skills Boost, Career Exploration Programs, Explore Your Future and Summer Academy-Exploration Camp. “We are prepared to go from a face-to-face or virtual […]

Vilsack USDA Appointment Herds Controversy in The Heartland

President-elect Joe Biden formally announced that Former Iowa Gov. and Obama-era Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been selected to lead his cabinet’s department of agriculture at a Dec. 10 press conference in Wilmington, Del. Among Biden’s cabinet choices, Vilsack’s selection has been among the most controversial. In Vilsack’s home state of Iowa, the pending appointment […]

Joe Biden Elected 46th President of the United States, Media Calls Say

Five days into the 2020 presidential election, the protracted race was called in favor of the Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris by news media outlets. President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris will be inaugurated into office on Jan. 20, 2021. Regardless of this projected outcome, President Donald Trump has yet […]

Was The Mayor’s Order Necessary?

The Wauwatosa Common Council held a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss Mayor Dennis McBride’s Emergency Proclamation for a city-wide curfew held in the city. The debate continued, and questions emerged about the emergency order. McBride signed the order for a city-wide curfew on Sept. 30. This occurred one week before Milwaukee County District Attorney […]

Mount Horeb Tackles Pandemic Without Big-City Resources

A day in the life of Chief Jenny Minter at the Mount Horeb Area Joint Fire Department could not be more different from just a few months ago. With the COVID-19 virus reaching this small town, the department now needs to wear masks, add more cleaning chores to their list and install hand sanitizer stations. […]

A Different Year for Wisconsin High School Seniors

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused businesses to close, sports to suspend activities and schools to transfer online. Because high schools are shut down, seniors will not be able to attend defining high school events. Ryan Pollak reports.