Wisconsin Stories

Emilie Lewis picks at the plant she is growing in her apartment. On her bookshelf are books for beginner gardeners. In her dining room are pots nursing basil, chives and tomatoes.  The budding herbs and vegetables sit under a violet grow light, a technique she learned from her grandma.  She picks off basil leaves meticulously, […]

Carmella D’Acquisto and her partner had been searching for their first home to purchase since 2019, and they were struggling to find the perfect house. “My partner and I did not have the greatest jobs and I still had a lot of student debt to pay, so the first place I reached out to was […]

Housing near campus is an essential aspect of student life for any university. As students often are unable to be fully employed, they benefit greatly from affordable housing. From Craigslist to Zillow to Apartments.com, rental listings for properties on Milwaukee’s Upper East Side are published regularly. However, a percentage of that housing is not plausible […]

Alexandra and her partner pay $1,200 per month for their daughter’s child care. That is more than the average cost of rent, mortgage, or in-state tuition in Milwaukee. “I would just hope that at some point changes get made where parents can get additional help, whether it’s from the government or assistance programs,” said Alexandra. […]

The youth vote could be what decides the outcome of the Wisconsin 2022 midterm elections.  In the 2020 election, the voting rate at UWM was 58.1%, According to the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) campus report, the last couple of elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than 50,000 votes. Panther’s […]

Patrice Demeyer, a stay-at-home mother who came with her husband to tour the Fiserv Forum during Doors Open Milwaukee. The family loves to watch the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks Bobby Portis. Troy Johnson: Why did you take the time to come here today? Patrice Demeyer: My husband likes sports, and we don’t really, […]

Brain Hatzung was born and raised in the Milwaukee area and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1999 with a degree in architecture before going on to getting his Master’s at Cardinal Stritch University. He is now a principle, vice president and director of Zimmerman Architectural Studios Inc., which welcomed visitors for Doors Open […]

Ken Schellin, producer and director, and Aaron Johnson, art director and animator, are both members of the team of Milwaukee’s Plum Media production studio. They’ve worked to help the company grow from its infancy to where it is now, moving from an office building in the Third Ward to their new building in the heart […]

In a bustling city like Milwaukee, it’s hard to step away from the city atmosphere while staying local, so places like the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center help people escape from urban life for a few hours. With six miles of trails and 185 acres to explore, there is plenty to see. After taking a hike […]

On a beautiful Sunday morning after a fresh rainfall, Abigail Krier, a UW-Milwaukee information science and technology student, decided to visit the Sanger House Gardens located on N Palmer Street in Milwaukee. The Sanger House Gardens have been a historic stop for many visitors near and far for decades. Before becoming a highly popular bed-and-breakfast, […]

Caroline Dannecker, 24, is a graduate of UW-Milwaukee who now works as the marketing and media specialist for the Charles Allis Art Museum. Before this, she had done a few internships in communications, marketed with non-profits and tried freelancing. She’s passionate about Open Doors Milwaukee as a venue to show off the museum’s uniqueness and […]

Every school has a fire escape plan and fire drills once a month, but many people don’t have escape plans at home. Not only has Fire Lt. Carlos Velázquez Sánchez been serving as a firefighter for Milwaukee the last 15 years, but he’s also director of the Survive Alive House. Sánchez believes that learning fire […]