Susan Bence
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WUWM
Milwaukee is home to plenty of trails for biking, kayaking and hiking. But one trail sign had a WUWM listener confused: What is the Water Current Walking Tour? We’re about to find out.
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Sam's Photography LLCBazile Panek is a proud member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. When he was just a few days old, he was given the traditional name Minogiizhigaabo, or Standing in the Good Sky. The 25-year-old says it helps ground his determination to be of good heart and good mind in all the work he does. -
Manfred Olson Planetarium/UW-MilwaukeeThe event takes planetarium guests on a halloween-themed indoor stargazing journey through the spookiest parts of space on Fridays this October.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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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. -
WUWM's auto review columnist Mark Savage reviews the 2025 Mazda CX-5. -
How to do a Wisconsin cheese festival Right? Have a cheesemonger — essentially a cheese expert — lead the way in introducing, pairing and eating cheese in America's dairyland. -
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.
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Habitat loss, climate change and the use of pesticides are to blame for the population decline of monarchs, says Karen Oberhauser, the co-founder and co-director of the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project. -
Wisconsin State Journal's "Beer Baron" columnist Chris Drosner joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to discuss recent brewery closures and what they could mean for the industry. -
Brenda Cárdenas is Wisconsin’s newest poet laureate. As the state’s ambassador for poetry, the Milwaukee native hopes to inspire creativity through workshops, projects and meeting with young people. -
"CYCLE" is a documentary exploring the the 2019 shooting of Ty'Rese West by Mount Pleasant Patrol Sergeant Eric Giese and it's aftermath. -
A report claims that the 2024 Republican National Convention generated a $321 million economic impact for the Milwaukee-area economy. But this report does not account for losses of regular business.
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