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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.
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Sarah Rose Nelson/Milwaukee RecordThe Milwaukee Comedy Festival runs Oct. 7–12, featuring stand-up shows across the city with headliners like Patton Oswalt and other national and local comics. -
Mark SavageWUWM's auto review columnist Mark Savage reviews the 2025 Mazda CX-5.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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A historical marker used to recognize one of the last remaining Native American burial mounds in Milwaukee County. For "Bubbler Talk," we learn why it was removed and what's next for the sacred burial site. -
Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted into Wisconsin this summer, triggering multiple air quality advisories and raising health concerns statewide. -
Bad Bunny wanted to share the history of Puerto Rico on his latest album. So his team made a call to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. That’s where a professor was ready to share the island’s history of colonization and radical politics. -
As SNAP cuts and grocery closures worsen Milwaukee’s food insecurity, Nourish MKE expands services and builds coalitions to fight hunger and offer hope.
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Circus World's new executive director shares what's next for the historic Baraboo site. -
MATC fired four employees of its multicultural center citing the Department of Education's threat to pull funding from colleges that use race-conscious hiring for positions. -
Only one death has been attributed to Milwaukee’s historic flooding earlier this month. But people from a local homeless encampment might disagree. -
The logging history and culture of northern Wisconsin are remembered differently in Hayward, WI and on the neighboring Lac Courte Oreilles reservation. -
Did you know Milwaukee is a city for the birds? Bird City is a conservation program that brings folks together to create healthier communities for birds and people. And Milwaukee is just one of 82 official Bird Cities in Wisconsin.
Your connection to the community. Lake Effect brings you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
