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The renaissance of Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley – once a hub of machine tooling and leather tanning – not to mention tens of thousands of jobs - could be…

WUWM environmental reporter Susan Bence brings us the story of attempts to quantify how the fish population is doing on the Milwaukee River in Ozaukee…

Styles of music rise and fall in popularity. Remember disco? Or if you’re too young, do you remember “Reggaeton”? Or "Emo?"Fortunately for fans – and…

Back in February, Lake Effect celebrated Primate week with a series of stories and features about our close cousins. One of those features considered the…

Saved papers, posters, and pictures found in one family’s basement became another man’s treasures.As Dean Jensen was visiting friend Arthur Pelikan, the…

For more than three decades, whenever a pop song has reached the status of iconic, Weird Al Yankovic has been there to parody it.The top selling comedy…

We're just two short days away from July 4th - which means, Independence Day fireworks, cookouts, and big sales at retailers. Lake Effect essayist Avi…

September's the time to brush up your resume, says Career Directors International. The organization has declared it the official "Update Your Resume"…

A news network launched on television and the Internet in recent weeks, making its debut in Milwaukee.When CNN went on the air in 1980, it marked the…

The Wisconsin Economic Scorecard asked hundreds of Wisconsin residents how feel about the state's economy.More than half believe Wisconsin is headed in…