WUWM’s Marti Mikkelson is covering the ongoing story of Governor Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s proposal for the mayor to take control of the Milwaukee Public Schools. There are links to her stories on the ongoing MPS situation at WUWM News.
Jim Lindenberg is the new owner of the Milwaukee Wave professional soccer team. It's the longest continually operating pro soccer team in the country. The Wave starts play this fall in the National Indoor Soccer League, which has teams in five other cities in North America. Lindenberg spoke with Mitch Teich.
Howie Magner writes the Sports Nut column for MilwaukeeMagazine.com, and is associate editor for the magazine. He's also our regular sports contributor - joining us each month to talk about the local sports scene.
Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, and Paul Banwatt are The Rural Alberta Advantage, though they're based in Toronto. They spoke with Lake Effect's Mitch Teich. The group's CD, Hometowns, was recently released on the Saddle Creek label. Edenloff played an acoustic solo track, Barnesyard, in the Lake Effect studio - you can hear that song below.