Mallory Cheng

Janet Alexander Davis and her cousin Michael on Lake Ivanhoe. She said her and her family went to Lake Ivanhoe in the 1950s on fishing trips.

The history of the first doctor in Wisconsin and the founding of Lake Ivanhoe

Mallory Cheng

Mary Ann Labuche was born into enslavement. Until Fort Crawford was built in 1816, she held the title of the only doctor in Wisconsin.

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federally protected constitutional right to an abortion, physicians like Dr. Sarah Goetz scrambled to determine how to provide life-saving procedures without risking a felony. Goetz, an obstetrician and gynecologist pictured in her clinic office in Marshfield, cares for patients all across rural northeast Wisconsin.

Wisconsin’s ban allows only life-saving ‘therapeutic abortions.’ No one knows what that means

Wisconsin Watch

Physicians criticize the law as outdated, vague and severe. Health systems are scrambling to guide them on how to stay out of criminal trouble.

Shannon Mingalone, left, and Eve Mingalone are seen in their hoop house at their business Ramshackle Farm in Harvard, Illinois, on Oct. 19, 2022. The couple started their small growing operation in 2021, after moving to the area from Colorado. They grow lettuce and Asian greens over the winter using hydroponic farming techniques. They also have 50 raised beds outside, and a hoop house for growing vegetables indoors during the winter. Shannon said she found the local queer community surprisingly amazing. The farm is named after one of Shannon’s favorite bands, Ramshackle Glory. The couple has two children, Adelaide, 5, and Klein, 3.

Arts & Culture

Queering the family farm: Despite obstacles, LGBTQ farmers find fertile ground in Midwest

Mallory Cheng

Although they go largely unrecognized and face barriers, Midwestern LGBTQ farmers persist as they reframe the image of the family farm.

Arts & Culture

Some of the must-see stops in Door County this summer

Mallory Cheng

Travel author Kevin Revolinski shares some places to visit in Door County this summer.

This year's Women's Entrepreneurship Week activities return to an in-person format

Mallory Cheng

Stephanie Melnick, owner of She Stands Tall, speaks on this year's events returning to an in-person setting.

Asian American, Pacific Islanders Heritage month

Race & Ethnicity

Events for AAPI Heritage Month happening around Milwaukee

Mallory Cheng

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by going to one of these events happening in Milwaukee.

Members of the African American Round Table

The African American Roundtable invests $40,000 to launch a participatory budgeting process

Mallory Cheng

After years of fighting for a participatory budgeting process on the city-level, the African-American Roundtable decided to start it themselves. This is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. Devin Anderson, the campaign and membership director at the African American Roundtable, shares more about the organization's plans to enrich the city.

Health & Science

Canndigenous founder creates nonprofit for Indigenous cannabis entrepreneurs

Mallory Cheng

Rob Pero, founder of the first independent Native American owned Native American-owned hemp farm and CBD retailer, talks about the organization.

MPL Librarian Dan Lee with Chinese Milwaukee, Hmong in Wisconsin and Asian American Histories of the United States

Race & Ethnicity

Diving into AAPI history with May's Book of the Month picks

Mallory Cheng

May is AAPI Heritage Month. Dan Lee, a local history librarian at the Milwaukee Public Library, shares his picks to learn about local and national AAPI history reads this month.

Government & Politics

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson to serve on Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety

Mallory Cheng

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson talks about being a part of the first-ever Mayors Institute on Pedestrian Safety and his plans to keep Milwaukee streets safe.