Lake Effect

Cocktail writer Robert Simonson shares some recommendations for the best Milwaukee-area martinis he’s tried recently.

New research shows that a commonly used measles antibody test may incorrectly suggest that previously vaccinated adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not protected against the disease. Dr. Freddy Caldera, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to reassure patients that they most likely are protected.

UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences is the nation’s only school dedicated to the study of freshwater and aquatic sciences. Rebecca Klaper has led it for the last three years and has been a water scientist for more than 20 years.

In urban areas, parcels of undeveloped land are becoming rarer and rarer. One of them is Seminary Woods in St. Francis.

Meet Nearby Nature Milwaukee’s new director and learn about his vision for the environmental nonprofit.

Lake Effect's Sam Woods sits down with Addison Lathers, real estate reporter for the Milwaukee Business Journal, for a monthly roundup of local commercial real estate news. This month covers top stories from August 2026.

Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski goes to the projectionist’s booth at Milwaukee's Oriental Theater to find out what it takes to show movies on film.

A program in Milwaukee gathers excess produce from local farmers' markets, enlists volunteers to chop it up, cooks it into vegetarian meals and delivers them to places like homeless shelters.

How do teachers in Milwaukee recover from 2025 floods that destroyed their classrooms? Inside one class at Riverside High School and how the students and teachers moved on.

Community organizers are bringing together Milwaukeeans affected by flooding to learn what changes they want to see before another historic storm hits.