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The city is looking for solutions to the Milwaukee crime problem from a new source: The young. Alderman Michael Murphy developed the newly announced MKE Peace Project, in conjunction with other Common Council members, and he showed up at a May Milwaukee Arts Board Meeting to highlight the effort. Murphy, the Common Council president, stressed that the project is […]

A proposed $12 million over the next two years for bridge repair over the Kinnickinnic River caused dispute at a recent Milwaukee Capital Improvements Committee meeting.  At issue: How much taxpayers should pay so pleasure crafts can get to a local pub and marina. Alderman Bob Bauman immediately had questions once Craig Liberto spoke on […]

This story is part of a series of Milwaukee homicide sentencings being covered this spring by UWM journalism students. You can read other student stories about this sentencing here. At a Milwaukee courthouse hearing Friday afternoon, Melvin Jones, 17, was sentenced to 25 years in prison with 10 years extended supervision after entering a guilty plea […]

This story is part of a series of Milwaukee homicide sentencings being covered this spring by UWM journalism students. You can read another student story on this sentencing here. Melvin Jones, who was charged at age 16 in connection with the homicide of a popular club promoter, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison. After […]

It was emotional as the sounds of crying and sniffling emanated from a crowded courtroom, where every spot in the gallery was full as Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Wagner sent defendant Do Thao to prison for more than four decades in the double homicide of Bee Lee Chang and Jack Yang. The Friday sentencing […]

Dr. William Hammer, a distinguished geology professor from Augustana College in Illinois, shared his team’s discoveries of new dinosaur fossils in Antarctica that they made while researching Jurassic period fossils at the Geosciences colloquium at UWM Friday, April 8. These new dinosaurs were part of the sauropodomorpha clade (sauropods), or, long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs that typically […]

Music can be a creative outlet that allows one to express their inner emotions and feelings in an artistic way. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee junior, William Johnson, otherwise creatively known as Will The Glide, has been a part of Milwaukee’s “low-key” rap scene for a short time now but has been working on building his artistic […]

There are smiles on everyone’s faces as Ryan Olson expertly holds two leashes in his left hand, a hound at the end of one and a rat terrier mix on the end of the other and aims the camera of a smart phone in his right. Opposite of Olson poses Nicole Pierce, with a Pitbull […]

Community and political leaders pledged the continued revival of Cesar Chavez Drive at an 80th birthday celebration for the civil rights leader at the City Hall Rotunda, revealing plans to create a statute of the icon this summer. “He wasn’t just an icon in the Mexican community; I just want to make that clear, he […]

Since graduating from UW-Milwaukee in 2014 with a degree in Human Resource Management, Rachele Voigt has been busy revamping her closet to fit her new career oriented lifestyle. While studying at UWM, Voigt was interning within a financial services firm in the human resources department, where she has since transitioned into a full time associate. […]

The Eighth Note Coffeehouse is located on the ground floor of the Union, right by the Parking and Transit windows. You know, the room that is darkened and filled with loud music or the occasional obscenity. The “nerdy” hang out on campus where students can play video games or Magic the Gathering. The Eighth Note […]

The new UWM Student Union project is going to alter how students’ segregated fees are distributed this fall.  And it means the end of some free parking on campus. In 2012, a referendum to increase segregated fees in order to fund a new union was approved by 72 percent of students. The fee increase was […]