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The biggest crime spike this year in Milwaukee is car thefts. Milwaukee police data shows the city’s stolen car epidemic centers around two vehicle brands in particular: Kias and Hyundais. Seth Herlinger has the story.

A line of customers overflows into the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union hallway from the Grind Café, as four baristas froth milk and pull espresso in a hurry. A student employee and a manager stand together at the cash register, taking orders behind a plexiglass window. There’s a sign taped to it that reads, “New […]

At around 4:30 on a Friday evening, the staff of Lazy Susan MKE, a casual fine dining restaurant in Bay View, is rushing to get set up for 5 p.m. opening. The servers are setting out menus, glasses and silverware, while the kitchen staff is in the back preparing for a busy night. The hustling […]

About 17 Christian missionaries were kidnapped more than a month ago in Haiti, they are alive, but still in jeopardy. On October 16, 2021, it was reported that a group of missionaries from Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries were kidnapped near the capital of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The missionaries were leaving their visit from an orphanage […]

The Department of Dance faculty meeting revealed on Monday that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Department of Dance is about to embark on a reaccreditation process from the National Associations of Schools of Dance. They have been accredited by the institution for the past 10 years, according to Chair of the department, Maria Gillespie. To be […]

A young prince chases the apparition of his father through a dark and dilapidated forest. The phantom demands that the prince avenges his death by killing his murdered, his dear brother Claudius before he disappears into a giant, rotting tree. Ariana Manghera, 21, plays the character of Hamlet in the first two acts, sharing the […]

The Department of Psychology Diversity Committee at UW-Milwaukee discussed a possible restructuring of the department committees and a desire to infuse activities that have been generated by the diversity committee over recent years.   Bonita Klein-Tasman, professor in the Department of Psychology, said they are trying to figure out how they can be more efficient at the department committee level.   “We want to be […]

Kyle Rittenhouse is found not guilty on November 20 on all his charges, who he had killed two people and injuring a person.  All of his charges were read as not guilty, making Rittenhouse a free man. Rittenhouse was previously charged with 1st degree reckless homicide, 1st degree reckless endangering safety, 1st degree intentional homicide, and attempt 1st-degree intentional homicide, possessing a weapon under eighteen, this count was thrown out, and failing to comply with […]

On Nov. 15 closing arguments from both the prosecution and the defense were made to the jury in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse for shooting three people during the Kenosha protests in Aug. 2020. “This case is not a game, it is my client’s life,” said the defense attorney Mark Richards. “Pretending that Mr. Rosenbaum […]

Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old charged with first-degree intentional homicide after fatally shooting two men in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, made an unexpected move by taking the stand in his own defense Wednesday.   Rittenhouse killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, all of whom were in the thick of a protest against the shooting of Jacob Blake.   The defense is […]

SANTA FE, N.M.- Deadly shooting on Alec Baldwins new movie set ‘Rust’ on Thursday, Oct. 21. Baldwin plays a part as a western outlaw named Harland Rust, where the character finds himself in a small church, cornered by a sheriff and a U.S. Marshal, Rust then decides to shoot his way out. Baldwin was practicing […]

Nudos Rosas is an arts and crafts store that is specialized in macramé, and Isabel Miranda, the daughter of the company owner, said she was excited to work at a Milwaukee Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival. “We were invited here as a Latinx business,” Miranda said. “I was super excited because […]