We learn what the Milwaukee County Board does. A food pantry teaches us how centering community helps address systemic issues. We explore why the ice on Lake Michigan is so unusual.

The City of Milwaukee’s “ICE Out” legislative package. Proposed guardrails for AI Chatbots could cause harm. Learn about the Barred Owl Monitoring Project in a new Chirp Chat.

Today's Lake Effect show is all about local food and drink.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ decision to retire and the impact it could have on the future of state politics. Research on how Milwaukee winters are warming and growing shorter. The Underground Railroad’s connections in Wisconsin.

We learn about the origins of Black History Month as we celebrate its 100th anniversary in the U.S. We meet a former Birkebeiner baby. We plan a trip to Wisconsin’s first skating ribbon.

What's changed for immigrants without social security numbers when filing taxes this year. What Milwaukee can learn from Minneapolis' response to ICE. The documentary American Reckoning investigates the unsolved murder of a civil rights activist.

Learn about the origins of Black History Month as we celebrate it for the 100th time in the United States. Learn about different sanctuary movements throughout U.S. history. Plus, we talk with a former Birkie baby.

A library program working to help the community with early literacy skills. Plan a trip to Wisconsin’s first skating ribbon. How to celebrate Black History Month by combining poetry and stargazing.

Proposals that would change how elections are run in the U.S. How a Wisconsin native's passion for history led him to the White House Historical Association. Meet this year’s artist-in-residence at Milwaukee's Betty Brinn Children’s Museum.

A new resource from WUWM covering the basics of data centers. The local need for blood donations following a cold snap. Legends surrounding Friday the Thirteenth, and its ominous place in our culture.