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Everyone knows, or knows of, the Edmund Fitzgerald. Or more likely, the song. However, it’s likely less known that this was not the greatest shipwreck in the history of the great lakes. In fact, it does not even make the top 10.  “We’re not going to talk about these popular stories tonight,” said Anna Lardinois.  The Milwaukee Historical Society […]

Tenacious Boxing’s doors open up around 4 p.m. Kids rush into the building, holding gym bags that are half their size. When they first walk in, there’s a small front room, and just behind that is where the action takes place: the boxing ring. A few chairs are lined up for viewers, and athletes of all shapes and sizes are scattered […]

The FDA’s recommended pause on the single-dose Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and stagnation in vaccination enthusiasm created challenges in Milwaukee’s vaccine roll out the Commissioner of Health Kirsten Johnson said on Friday.  “What I think we’re seeing is that the initial 30% of people who are really excited and wanted to get vaccinated immediately have done so,” Johnson said. “Now we’re seeing there’s […]

A young Luis de Leon sat eating lunch in the cafeteria of his elementary school watching through the big glass windows as a thunderstorm made its arrival. All the other students listened to the loud thunder and watched the lighting strike in amazement, while fearful 9-year-old Luis, burst into tears.  The school nurse escorted him […]

Customers lined up outside Boswell Book Co., standing six feet apart on turquoise lines spray-painted onto the pavement near the storefront. Others sat in nearby benches as they sipped from coffee cups with either a Starbucks or Stonecreek logo slapped along the side.  The scene has such as sense of normalcy that a person could momentarily forget the pandemic if it weren’t for the masks […]

In his first news conference since taking office, Joe Biden announced his new goal for COVID-19 vaccinations in his first 100 days will be increased to 200 million and that other problems such as immigration are long-term problems that are being put under COVID in importance. The news conference happened on March 25, 2021 at […]

At his first press conference since being in office, President Joe Biden said that he was hired to solve problems and that he plans to prioritize administering 200 million COVID-19 vaccines in his first 100 days. On his 68th day in office, Biden discussed his plans for a new COVID-19 vaccination goal, for immigration and […]

President Joe Biden announced he is assigning Vice President Kamala Harris to learn the root causes of immigration to the U.S.  Biden held his first press conference since taking office and answered questions about immigration, the filibuster, covid-19 vaccinations, China, North Korea, and troops in Afghanistan. Immigration and access to immigration centers were the most […]

In the regional Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, UWM students won eight first-place honors and 17 awards total, among the best in the upper Midwest. The contest honors top collegiate journalists in four states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Winners in their categories go on to the national SPJ competition. […]

The United States discourages unauthorized U.S.-Mexico border crossing and plans to deport migrants, except for unsupervised children, as Border Patrol facilities are overcrowded with detainees according to President Biden’s immigration policy announced during the first press conference of his presidency on March 25.  “They are all the going back,” Biden said. “The only people we’re not going to let sit in there on the […]

President Joe Biden refuted claims that his administration’s policies on immigration and border security were causing the influx of migrants and unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border in the first press conference of his presidency on March 25. Biden was asked questions on voting rights, gun control, and foreign policy, but reporters pressed the President […]

Wisconsin’s rushed wolf harvest season saw hunters blow through the state-set goal, posing potential challenges to the future of the animal in the state, experts said.  Hunters and trappers killed 216 wolves, which is 82% above the state-licensed goal, according to the Department of Natural Resources data released Feb. 25. The represented 20% of Wisconsin’s […]