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Monday on Lake Effect:While serious racial disparities exist in Milwaukee, the situation in Dane County is no better – in fact, in some ways, researchers…

Two candidates are vying for Milwaukee mayor in the upcoming Wisconsin general election: incumbent Mayor Tom Barrett and Democratic state Sen. Lena…

Ahead of the April 7 general election, we’re profiling candidates for state and local races that are important to southeast Wisconsin. That includes the…

This month’s Milwaukee Magazine is billed as the Food Lover’s Guide – or the Epicure’s Guide – to Milwaukee. But if you think that means a list of great…

Near the banks of the Kinnickinnic River in Bayview, there are two Canadian Pacific Railway bridges that cross over Kinnickinnic Avenue. But these bridges are more well known for what fails to make it under, than what goes over.

If you have readers on your holiday shopping lists, it can be a challenge to find something they might like, that they haven’t already read.Fortunately,…

WUWM has been partnering with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee PBS and the Milwaukee Public Library on an initiative called Listen MKE. The…

Although Milwaukee’s central city is a bustling urban center - you can still see a fair share of wild animals. One of the most common culprits is the wild…

Recently, UW-Milwaukee received word that it has once again been recognized as one of the top research universities in America. The Carnegie…

Kenneth Kamler, Md is a surgeon who also climbs mountains. He was team doctor on three expeditions to the top of Mount Everest, including the disastrous 1996 trip during which 6 people died. Kamler is both storyteller and advisor in his book, Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account including the 1996 Disaster. (The Lyons Press) Blackened limbs due to severe frostbite were the least of his troubles. I-V fluids are frozen solid, and abrasions cannot heal at such high altitudes. Kamler's day job is Director of the Hand Treatment Center in Hyde Park, New York, where he is a microsurgeon. He's done research on telemedicine for NASA and Yale Medical School.