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The city of Milwaukee is well known for its famous breweries, historic buildings, cultural fests, and sports teams, unfortunately sex trafficking can now be added to that list. Statistics across a multitude of agencies and organizations are showing a worrying trend with statewide reported cases up by a factor of 5 between 2012 and 2018, […]

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales confirmed the names of the suspect and the five victims of Wednesday’s deadly mass shooting at the Molson Coors brewery, revealing that the gunman, Anthony Ferrill, was an electrician at the plant. According to the Milwaukee Police Department, the five victims were Jesus Valle Jr., a 33-year-old from Milwaukee; Gennady Levshetz, a 51-year-old from Mequon; Trevor Wetselaar, a 33-year-old from […]

Conversations about potential employment filled the Wisconsin Room at UW-Milwaukee between employers and potential employees at the Diversity Career Fair Thursday morning to late afternoon. Hair: clean cut. Dress code: on point. Attitude: confident and full of initiative. Vanaro Thorn is a senior at DePaul University in Chicago and sophomore at UWM. He is father […]

Hmong advocates and leaders in Wisconsin and throughout the nation are concerned over the Trump’s administration deportation plan of 4,500 Hmong, Lao, Khmu, Mien, Lahu, Thai Lue and Thai Dam residents who served their full sentences in American courts. Advocates learned that the U.S. Agency of International Development is funding an integration program in Laos […]

Sean Baek, an insulin dependent UW-Milwaukee student who went missing from Cambridge Commons Friday morning, was under the influence of LSD when he fled the dorms and is believed to still be in the Milwaukee area, but foul play is not suspected, UWM Police Chief Joseph LeMire said in a Monday press conference. LeMire also […]

While the sudden death last Sunday of basketball star Kobe Bryant has left many mourning, it has also left a hole burning in many pockets. Nike’s online store has sold out of all Kobe Bryant related material, according to an article from CNN. This phenomena of heightened product sales after a celebrity death is nothing […]

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant was first reported dead by TMZ at 1:24 p.m. CT on Sunday.  Nearly an hour after police received reports of the crash, TMZ released the story before authorities could notify family members, CNN reported. In the hours following the TMZ report, the media released countless updates on the tragedy, many of […]

Since his fatal helicopter crash, players across the NBA, including LeBron James, Isaiah Thomas, Jamal Crawford and many others, have talked about the impact that Kobe Bryant had on and off the court through interviews and social media. Crawford tweeted an idea that has gotten some immediate fan support: Making Kobe the new NBA logo. […]

Crista Dawson tells the story of a traumatic event in 1993 and how she has found a way to move on.

The Graduate Program Review Committee passed a motion for the School of Architecture and Urban Planning to merge their MA and Ph.D. programs together due to administrative issues. The Graduate Representative from the Biology department Peter Dunn said, “There’s only five Ph.D. holding faculty and we would like our Ph.D. students supervised by Ph.D. holding […]

The annual Pet Parade on Brady Street brings together pets from the Milwaukee area for a costume parade, tail wagging contest, and much more puppy cuteness. Here is Jaylyn Fahey with the story.