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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A Bubbler Talk listener sent us a question asking why Wisconsin's only urban state forest, Havenwoods, was created. -
This month's Milwaukee Magazine features State Rep. Ryan Clancy. He joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to discuss the growing Socialist Caucus in the Wisconsin State Assembly. -
Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and what scientific discoveries they hold. -
A quartet made up of world-renowned musicians will be performing on the UWM campus this weekend. The two violinists, a violist and a cellist, known as the Fine Arts Quartet, tour the globe and always include Milwaukee as part of their circuit. -
Milwaukee Film has partnered with the Milwaukee Women's Fund for a new series highlighting women filmmakers with film screenings, panel discussions and networking opportunities.
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