Susan Bence
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WUWM
Milwaukee is home to plenty of trails for biking, kayaking and hiking. But one trail sign had a WUWM listener confused: What is the Water Current Walking Tour? We’re about to find out.
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Sam's Photography LLCBazile Panek is a proud member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. When he was just a few days old, he was given the traditional name Minogiizhigaabo, or Standing in the Good Sky. The 25-year-old says it helps ground his determination to be of good heart and good mind in all the work he does. -
Manfred Olson Planetarium/UW-MilwaukeeThe event takes planetarium guests on a halloween-themed indoor stargazing journey through the spookiest parts of space on Fridays this October.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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Over 800 people have removed themselves from the Wisconsin organ donor registry this year. A transplant surgeon and the president of organ donation at Versiti Wisconsin weigh in. -
WUWM's auto review columnist Mark Savage reviews the 2025 Mazda CX-5. -
How to do a Wisconsin cheese festival Right? Have a cheesemonger — essentially a cheese expert — lead the way in introducing, pairing and eating cheese in America's dairyland. -
Jeremy Novy is the artist behind Milwaukee's iconic koi fish. He also designed a new rainbow crosswalk installation that is set to be unveiled in Walker's Point on Oct. 6.
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Summer means warmer days, longer nights and summer vacation. For young people in Milwaukee it also means a new season of Milwaukee Recreation programming. -
MPS educator and JustUs and Books creator Janette Justus joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to discuss how she's reaching students with the power of reading. -
As hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community rise across the nation, local groups in Milwaukee are doing something about it. They're teaching self-defense skills. -
The Clean Boats, Clean Waters program trains volunteers to perform boat checks and educate people about preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species. It’s become one of the most successful boat inspection programs in the country, and it all started as a middle school science project in northern Wisconsin. -
Melissa Buford was appointed to lead Milwaukee’s Office of African American Affairs. She says her personal and professional community experiences will inform her work.
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