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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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. -
Sam Woods/WUWMWUWM is exploring how the economy is impacting Wisconsinites with different financial concerns. We visit a dairy farmer who sells pumpkins to supplement his business.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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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. -
Dewey Schanandore is one of thousands of Indigenous people who attended a residential school in the United States. He shares his story and how he has overcome its lasting challenges.
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Elizabeth Ai's new documentary, "New Wave," explores how Vietnamese immigrants influenced new wave music. -
New reporting from "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" eulogizes the lives of the 23 Milwaukee Public Schools students killed by gun violence between June 2024 and June 2025. -
Since Pick ’n Save closed in Milwaukee’s Metcalfe Park neighborhood this summer, community partners have been working to bridge the food access gap for residents. -
MMSD senior project manager Bridget Henk calls the removal of contaminated sediments from Milwaukee's rivers and estuary a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do right by our waterways. -
The High Road Strategy Center's "State of Working: Wisconsin" report explores what the economy is like for workers across our state and what the future could hold.
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