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While many people here in Milwaukee watch the invasion in Ukraine from television screens and cell phones, they may be wondering what they can do to help. A local coffee shop put on an event to help raise money for those who have escaped Ukraine… and for those still stuck. Callie Donavan has the story.

You might have noticed that going to the grocery store costs more than ever. With inflation at its highest in decades, Wisconsinites are finding they have to cut back on spending. The pandemic seems to be the biggest factor in this change. Cece Stocker has the story.

“I reject the idea of ‘making it,’” said Willem Dafoe, prolific multi-award-winning American actor to a room of eager Peck School of the Arts students. Dafoe, a UW-Milwaukee alumnus, was visiting Milwaukee to receive his honorary doctorate of art and serve as the 2022 commencement speaker. On Saturday, May 22, UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone hosted […]

Former UWM student Willem Dafoe, best known as Green Goblin in the 2002 Spider-Man movie, spoke to current students about his time at the university, his career, and life. The four-time Oscar nominee returned to Milwaukee to give commencement speeches for the 2022 graduating classes and receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree. On Saturday, […]

Wisconsin’s prospective Democratic candidates looking for an edge in the upcoming state elections may have gotten just that on May 2 when a leaked draft revealed the Supreme Court is considering overturning Roe v. Wade, which guarantees a constitutional right to an abortion.  While the leaked draft is not official until the court publishes it, […]

Theodore Edgecomb, 31, was charged with first-degree reckless homicide for shooting an immigration attorney after a road rage incident on the bridge by Brady St. and Holton St. in Milwaukee on Sept. 22, 2021. “This case is part of the insanity that goes on in Milwaukee County with guns,” Judge David Borowski said. “A justice […]

Today was the court hearing for defendant Darrell Brooks, who was identified as the driver in the Waukesha parade run on Nov. 21st, 2021. Waukesha County District Attorney Sue Opper called Police Detective Thomas Casey to the stand to testify the information he had on what the Waukesha Police Department has investigated. Thomas Casey was […]

As hundreds of abortion rights protesters marched past Zilber Hall on the Marquette University campus, students smiled, waved and blew kisses from the third floor. “Do you need to get your steps in?” a young woman from the crowd shouted to a young man waiting to cross Wisconsin Ave. at 13th Street. “Hell yeah,” the […]

During the 2020 presidential campaign, student-loan forgiveness was a hot topic. But what is student-loan forgiveness? “From my understanding the state is going to wipe away all my student debt or reduce it by 10 or 15%,” said Chris Michalski, a junior who is majoring in linguistics. “I think the total amount I’d receive would […]

Seventy-year-old small business owner Charlie Davis drives down a scenic backroad every morning to his boat repair shop, Fountain of Youth in North Prairie, Wis. Davis has owned his business for over 34 years and it was deemed essential during the pandemic. However, finding qualified staff to work on the machines in his shop has […]

Ava Lonnebotn, a 20-year-old UW-Milwaukee student spent her Saturday afternoon surrounded by a sea of angry people holding signs, and chanting. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the energy on Wisconsin Avenue was high. People gathered around on the sidewalks creating signs and conversing with one another. There was a table lined with snacks […]

Milwaukee Mayoral candidates Cavalier Johnson and Bob Donovan faced off at Turner Hall’s Mayoral Forum on March 16.  After opening remarks from Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Columnist James E. Causey, who acted as master of ceremonies for the forum, the floor was opened to questions from the panel.  The opening question focused on how each candidate would […]