Alliance for the Great Lakes
A new report from the Alliance for the Great Lakes finds agricultural runoff is driving nitrate contamination in Wisconsin’s drinking water.
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Courtesy of Sarah ChojnackiFat Body Hotties is a Milwaukee collective that regularly hosts free clothing swaps for fat folks. Since 2023, the group has built a welcoming community through its inclusive and accessible events. -
Courtesy of Ty MorseThe documentary 'No Packers, No Life' comes to Wisconsin theaters in mid October. WUWM talks to a filmmaker and some of the Japanese Packers fans.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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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.
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Planned Parenthood clinics in Wisconsin will halt abortions Oct. 1. Trump’s tax and spending law includes a provision barring abortion providers from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. -
Doors Open Milwaukee celebrates 15 years since its first event in 2011. Learn how the event got started, and what keeps people coming back. -
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.
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