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Former Milwaukee Catcher Hopes His Bats Level the Playing Field

Back in 2013, Buddy Herberg was wrapping up his college baseball career as a catcher with the Cardinal Stritch Wolves, and thinking about life after…

5 Ways To Conserve Water At Home

Quality is perhaps the most important part of any water distribution system. Water utilities process every drop that makes it into our plumbing, which…

Bryan Rindfleisch (center) leads a tour of the Indigenous history of Milwaukee's lakefront with Milwaukee-area teachers. Here, he speaks about Solomon Juneau's wife Josette Vieau Juneau, who played a pivotal role in founding Milwaukee.

MKE Roots gets federal funding after previous cancellation, must 'commemorate' nation's founding

A program that helps Milwaukee-area teachers make social studies more relevant to students has once again received federal funding. But it comes with the stipulation that it focus on commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Metal Scrapping a Not-So Lucrative Living for Some Milwaukeeans

Some Milwaukeeans are trying to eke out a living collecting and selling scrap metal.Milwaukee’s economy is improving slowly, but it’s still one of the…

In the 1950s, the World Bank funded the creation of the world's largest man-made dam, the Kariba Dam, which sits on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. The construction of such dams can have dire consequences for poor people living near a river, an investigation found.

When The World Bank Does More Harm Than Good

Large projects funded by the bank have left millions of poor people worse off, an investigation found. The bank says the vast majority of its projects don't fall into this category.

Mayor Tom Barrett Says Milwaukee Has 'A Long Way To Go' To Improve Policing

Lake Effect's Joy Powers talks with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett about protests, policing, COVID-19 response and the upcoming Democratic National…

How Craig Dickman Used Entrepreneurship To Solve Real Problems

Craig Dickman got his first computer, a Radio Shack TRS-80, in 1977. That purchase, a few coding classes and a lot of self-teaching (combined with two…

Law enforcement agencies are continuing their search in a Sarasota County, Fla., nature reserve for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of Gabby Petito. The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, who have been missing for weeks and months, respectively, are calling for more attention to be brought to those men's cases.

With A Spotlight On Gabby Petito, The Parents Of 2 Missing Black Men Call For Action

The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, both Black men in their 20s, are continuing their push for answers in the weeks and months, respectively, after their disappearances.

An Alaska school district set its year so kids could learn traditional ways of life

A small Alaska school district changed its academic calendar to make space in the curriculum for traditional food gathering and culture.

President Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 24 supporting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

U.S. State Department Issues Permit For Keystone XL Pipeline

The move reverses former President Barack Obama's 2015 decision to reject the controversial pipeline.

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