Lauren Sigfusson

The Story Behind That Iconic, Little Food Stand On Milwaukee's East Side

On one of the busiest intersections of Milwaukee's east side, sits a tiny food stand on the corner of a parking lot. The sign simply reads " The Drive-Thru ."

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Mark Savage

If you’re looking for a sporty family sedan, one that looks stylish, rides sweetly and generates plenty of V6 power, well, you’re among a shrinking minority.

Still, a few automakers continue courting this formerly mainstream market. Nissan is trying to woo you with its near-luxury Maxima sedan that offers refreshed styling and equipment tweaks for 2019 that may entice you to offer it a rose as you move toward amiable companionship.

John Horvath

Photography has always been a combination of art and science, even as the techniques of making a photograph have evolved. An exhibition in Madison called Un/Seen wants viewers to think about the history of photography as not only about art and image making, but also how it’s connected to the histories of science, alchemy, and magic. According to Sarah Anne Carter of the Chipstone Foundation it’s the processes we don't see that give us the final images we do.

Chuck Quirmbach

Wisconsin Gov., and cancer survivor, Tony Evers defended his $2.5 billion capital budget proposal during a visit Friday to the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa. 

Evers drew criticism from Republican leaders in the state Legislature after unveiling this week his two-year borrowing plan for state building projects. One lawmaker calls Evers' plan to roughly triple the last capital budget proposed by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker, "alarming."

But Evers maintains that the projects he wants built would help Wisconsin residents.

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Plenty of TV shows and movies over the years have been the subject of fan fiction. Many of those adaptations take the characters as they are and place them in plotlines their original creators never dreamed of. James Boice’s new novel is not exactly that kind of fan fiction.

Joy Powers

Milwaukee band Saebra & Carlyle sees itself as an outlier in a music scene that is often dominated by men. But lead-singer Saebra Laken hopes to change that with more women-led shows like the group's upcoming "Celebration!" event at Club Garibaldi. The March 9 event honors heroines in the arts and donations will benefit Planned Parenthood. 

Joelle Underwood / Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Loads of snow in northern Wisconsin has been great for cross-country skiers and snowmobile enthusiasts, but what about for fish? Thick ice coupled with deep snow cover can drive down oxygen levels in lakes.

Mike Vogelsang is based in the heart of the snowy winter scene. He’s North District Fisheries Supervisor with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Updated at 10:35 a.m. ET

The U.S. economy added only 20,000 jobs — far fewer than expected — last month, the Labor Department said Friday. But the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent from January's 4 percent, and earnings growth picked up.

The increase in jobs was below the 180,000 projected by private analysts and the smallest gain since September 2017. February's increase was dramatically smaller than January's revised gain of 311,000 and December's revised 227,000.

Chuck Quirmbach

A top state official says Gov. Tony Evers' administration still plans to meet financial commitments to Foxconn, as needed. The official adds that a key agency is about to have someone work with the Taiwan-based technology firm every day, as the company presumably moves ahead with projects in Racine County, Milwaukee and elsewhere.

Updated at 9:06 p.m. ET

President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to just under four years in prison on Thursday after being convicted last year of tax and bank fraud.

The 47-month sentence from federal Judge T.S. Ellis III was the culmination of the only case brought to trial so far by the office of Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.

The judge also ordered Manafort to pay $24.8 million in restitution and a $50,000 fine.

Bonnie North

The instruments are found in your basic bluegrass band lineup: banjo, mandolin, guitar, bass. But the sound they produce in the hands of the members of Pay The Devil is far grittier than most bluegrass outfits make.

Percussionist Jeremy Ault says he tends to think of the group as getting some of its energy from early punk rock: "It’s not flashy, it just goes. You kind of hit the gas and go forward. I think that’s part of our appeal."

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