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Moss crawls up the decaying walls to reach cracks of light through the broken windows. Shadows accompany a silence that yearns to be broken. Tools, notepads and remnants of a factory blanket the floor where feet once did… a different side of Milwaukee than most people see. Milwaukee resident and photographer Jackie Nytes stumbled upon […]

As controversy swirls around a proposed statewide restroom bill for K-12 students, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee guarantees students and the public have the right to use any restroom that they prefer, whether it is a matter of transitional status or non-binary identity. This includes locker room facilities at the Klotsche Center, campus officials said. Reaction […]

UW-Milwaukee expansion projects have been tabled, and tuition hikes may come in the school’s future, according to school officials during Friday’s budget update meeting. Capital projects at UWM have all been brought to a halt in response to last year’s $250 million budget cut to the UW-System. It has been estimated that 90 percent of […]

They are the survivors of the survivors of one of the greatest horrors in the world’s history: The Holocaust. And they live among us. These are stories the Nazis never wanted told. These are people the Nazis wanted to forever silence. But the stories of these men and women, who age from 87 into their […]

  Originally built in 1914 as a Model T Ford plant, UWM’s Kenilworth Square East building now houses classes in the Peck School of the Arts. These programs within the school came together on Dec. 16 for Arts & Tech Night. The long, stretching hallways of studio, gallery and performance space on four floors were […]

Milwaukee is known for its beer, brats and sports, and soon the city will also be recognized as the bobblehead capital of the world. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is proud to call Milwaukee home and co-founders Phil Sklar and Brad Novak can’t wait to see the impact it has on the […]

The Open Records Law in Wisconsin was at the center of a big controversy when members of the State Legislature announced and then withdrew plans to modify the law. However, a three-month Media Milwaukee investigation found that there were relatively few Open Records Law and Open Meetings Law complaints filed with District Attorneys and Corporation […]

Media Milwaukee reporter Montel Allen was at the opening of Star Wars. He found quite a spectacle.

The streets of Milwaukee are the skateboarder’s urban playground. Stairs and handrails are normally seen as a necessary piece of architecture but to skateboarders doing a trick down it can be the final banger for a video part. The rough ground can gash the palms of any innocent skateboarder mistakenly hitting a single pebble. It […]

For a map of Milwaukee’s best skateboarding spots, click here. The blaring punk music of Riverwest’s Fuel Café reverberated in patrons’ eardrums as they walked through the door. Rob Owens, a veteran of the skateboard industry, sits in line like any other normal customer. Once outside, the brisk October wind blows the smoke of his […]

Customers all over the Milwaukee area and the country, including teenagers, are turning to spray tans thinking they are a safe alternative to UV tanning beds, but a Media Milwaukee investigation unearthed a pattern of consumers and employees who had no idea that some research has found potential health risks, including possible genetic alterations. The […]

It was a couple weeks before final exams began, and the weeping and screaming of college students lingered through the UW-Milwaukee area. Luckily for some individuals, they had the chance to sneak away from the books and make delicious cream puffs and éclairs Dec. 3 in the Sandburg Cafeteria. The event was hosted in a […]