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As of Sept. 2, there were 110 confirmed cases in Wisconsin. All but one of those sickened are unvaccinated.
Here is a guide to help Wisconsinites vote in the Nov. 3 general election.
Here's what to know about what's at stake for the Dairy State during the 2026 midterm election.
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Susan Bence/WUWMMilwaukee residents are urging the Public Service Commission to deny We Energies' proposed residential rate hike. The utility says the increase is necessary to improve reliability and infrastructure. -
Katherine Kokal/WUWMMPS cancelled school on Wednesday, Sept. 2 — the second day of the school year. Most buildings do not have central air conditioning.
This WUWM series focuses on the challenges of food accessibility in Milwaukee and examines solutions.
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Community organizers are bringing together Milwaukeeans affected by flooding to learn what changes they want to see before another historic storm hits. -
In the mid-1900s, a Racine man named Anton Kratochvil built more than 20 round or semi-circular houses and apartments in southeast Wisconsin. But why round?
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Milwaukee librarian Jacki Potratz shares some of MPL's hottest titles from the past six months. -
Rebecca Jabs is a science illustrator and ARTservancy resident drawing, painting and printmaking migratory birds she’s seen at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve at life-size scale. -
“Passionate” doesn’t even come close to describing one Milwaukee resident’s commitment to conserving habitat for monarch butterflies. We visit the Monarch Trail to learn about its nearly 20-year evolution. -
President Trump has ramped up an aggressive immigration policy — one that targets people without criminal records, and even people with pending asylum claims or visa applications. In Milwaukee, there may not be a clearer example than Yessenia Ruano. -
Elon Musk will not face charges for promising to give $1 million to voters in a 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election because no jury would find that constituted election bribery, a state prosecutor said Tuesday.
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