Madonna High School yearbook
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Courtesy Kathy McEwen
An all-girls Catholic High School opened on Milwaukee's northwest side in 1965. Six years later, it shut down. What happened?
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Courtesy of American Printing House for the Blind and Nerissa SparkmanLouisville-based GoodMaps, hatched at the American Printing House for the Blind, provides turn-by-turn directions in train stations, airports and other indoor spaces. -
Archives & Special Collections/Milwaukee Public LibraryMPL's Archives & Special Collections department is home to a wide range of primary documents that highlight the spooky side of Milwaukee history.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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Dr. Jim Conway gives an overview of vaccine availability in Wisconsin as we head into the flu season. -
Yemeni coffee houses are popping up all over the Milwaukee area. WUWM drinks its way through some of them. Up next: Al Wadi Coffee House. -
Groundwork Collaborative's Lindsay Owens says the impact of the cancelled health care subsidies may be even worse in Wisconsin than in other parts of the country. -
Can you find a coffee shop in Milwaukee that’s livelier than a dance club? If you’re visiting Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. in Greenfield, Wisconsin, anytime after 8 p.m. on a Friday or Saturday night, the answer is yes.
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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. -
Milwaukee Public Schools will not hire new international teachers after the Trump administration made changes to the H-1B visa program. -
With incumbent Gov. Tony Evers not running for reelection, it's a wide open field. -
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.
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