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When facing a pandemic like the one at hand, schools have been forced to navigate a situation unlike anything they’ve experienced before. As a result of the COVID-19 virus, many students have been forced out of their dorms and back into their parents’ homes. Others have been stuck inside to quarantine in their college towns. […]

Media Milwaukee reporters interviewed food service workers, nurses, teachers, students and health care aides to learn how Wisconsinites are coping with Covid-19.

COVID-19 has been hitting the city of Milwaukee for over a month now closing businesses, canceling events and shutting down universities and schools. Many students at UWM that work on campus and off campus have been laid off due to the pandemic. And many don’t know how they’re going to be paying their bills without […]

University of Wisconsin physician Dr. Beth Potter and her husband Robin Carre were murdered by their daughter’s boyfriend after being kicked out for not social distancing, prosecutors say.  A runner discovered Potter and Carre around 6 a.m. on March 31, lying in a ditch in the UW Arboretum near the intersection of Arboretum Drive and […]

A small rectangular slot in the wall revealed a masked face with eyes that meandered in and out of the frame periodically throughout the court hearing held over Zoom. The hearing covered a criminal complaint filed by the state of Wisconsin for the person behind the mask, Khari Sanford, 18, who supposedly murdered a UW […]

The UWM baseball team’s season was canceled one week before its first opening day at a new stadium, and now the team looks to next season. Because of the cancelation the NCAA has offered an extra year of eligibility to all athletes who had their seasons cut short because of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, some […]

Khari Sanford’s bail was set to $1 million for the murders of Beth Potter and Robin Carre during his preliminary court hearing via Zoom. Sanford, 18, and Ali’jah Larrue, 18, were charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide for the execution-style murder of UW-Madison Doctor Beth Potter and her husband Robin Carre. Their bodies […]

Asian-American shoppers are stockpiling rice amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while other shoppers are hoarding and stockpiling on tissues and toilet paper. “It feels like people were preparing for an apocalypse,” said Dustin Her, an employee at Hmong Town Market in Milwaukee. “They keep coming and buying all the rice. We’re only left with the unpopular […]

On March 12, the NCAA released a statement from President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors to cancel Men’s and Women’s Division I basketball tournaments as well as winter and spring NCAA championships. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball team was just getting their season started as everything comes to a complete stop due to […]

Milwaukee food banks are playing a vital role in relieving hunger in struggling communities. In the wake of Gov. Tony Evers’ extended safer-at-home order, organizations such as the Riverwest Food Pantry, Feeding America, and the Hunger Task Force, which typically rely greatly on in-person volunteerism to run day-to-day operations, have needed to make adjustments in […]

The impacts of colorism, toxic masculinity, and racial profiling on the black community were only a few of the topics that were discussed at the well-attended ‘How Black is Black enough?’ panel hosted by the African Student Association.  The Wisconsin room was packed with a diverse crowd of students, alumni community members, and Senator Lena […]

The water of the Milwaukee River cascading over the Kletzsch Park Dam in Glendale is first heard before it can be seen. One could mistake the dam for a natural waterfall rather than a man-made installation. Oak trees estimated to be more than one hundred years old stand on the west bank of the river, indicating the area’s rich history. Built […]