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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student journalists with Media Milwaukee took home 12 awards in a statewide excellence in journalism contest, including first-place honors for public affairs reporting, freedom of information, breaking news reporting, feature writing, feature photography, and multimedia reporting. Media Milwaukee student journalists swept the multimedia category in the contest with two out-of-state immersion projects […]

The 2020 NFL Draft concluded on Saturday night as each team looked to add talent to their rosters for the upcoming NFL season and 254 men accomplished their dreams of getting drafted by an NFL franchise. However, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the draft took place inside the basement of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Goodell […]

About 1,500 people formed a crowd on the Madison Capitol lawn Friday to protest Gov. Tony Evers’ extended Stay-at-Home order, according to the Wisconsin Capitol Police.   On the day the order was initially supposed to be lifted, small business owners and people from small towns rallied together to express their concerns about the extended order which is now […]

Whether it’s the middle of winter, a pandemic or both, market garden Farm Happy is green and growing. Inside greenhouses, rows of spinach cover the ground, and microgreens under UV light pop out of the soil. Outside, ducks and chickens roam the property, and thousands of tulips and dahlias emerge from the ground. As spring […]

Walking into Dorsia on a Friday night, the open sign is on, but the tables and chairs are empty. The Italian restaurant on Brady Street was forced to close except for take-out and delivery service when Gov. Tony Evers announced the Safer-at-Home order, which is now in effect until May 26. Many service industry workers […]

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 […]