Jimmy Gutierrez
/
WUWM
Amid immigration fears, Milwaukee’s Latine leaders are creating spaces of hope, resilience and culture through art, community, coffee and connection.
-
Ben Tyjeski"Birds and Blooms’" is local artist Ben Tyjeski’s first-ever art exhibition. His tile art is on display at the Grove Gallery in Walker’s Point until Oct. 18. -
Joy Powers/WUWMIt’s the height of the growing season with many plants in full abundance, including leafy greens. We head to Alice's Garden Urban Farm to learn how to make the most of autumn greens.
Want trusted stories from WUWM to appear near the top in Google search?
_
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
-
The Marcus Performing Arts Center recently hosted an inaugural Native Heritage Celebration to expose the community to Indigenous cultures. -
Engravings on bullet casings. Manifestos. Online profiles filled with hate. How deep does the rabbit hole go for mass shooters? Extremism experts warn that politicians and media outlets are getting the motivations of these young, isolated shooters all wrong. -
An administrative law judge is weighing a proposal by Canadian company Enbridge to reroute its Line 5 pipeline through northern Wisconsin, as the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and environmental experts warn of lasting damage to wetlands and waterways that flow into Lake Superior. -
For almost two years, Gaza has been in the headlines. The bombings and destruction have all been livestreamed digitally nonstop. So it might be easy for some people to put it to the side and not pay attention. But for three people from Milwaukee, it meant moving closer and helping where they could.
-
We know the winners. But what did the fans at the 2025 Lumberjack World Championships wear to watch the competition and meet other timber sports enthusiasts? -
Ryan Faurie is a business owner and mother living in Greendale, Wisconsin. Along with her husband Will, she’s raising a 12-year-old daughter and looking toward the future. Ryan joins Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to talk about how the economy is impacting her right now and how she’s preparing for the future. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
Twenty-two-year-old Racine native, Willow Newell, is the first Black woman to be named Miss Wisconsin. In September, she'll compete for Miss America in Florida. -
Yerkes Observatory near Lake Geneva is more than 125 years old, is the site of numerous scientific discoveries, is home the world's largest refracting telescope and has been visited by the likes of Edwin Hubble, Carl Sagan and Albert Einstein.
Your connection to the community. Lake Effect brings you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
