Lake Effect

How a former Milwaukee teacher's aide is adjusting after deportation earlier this year. We meet a Wisconsin man who’s living a full year on food he’s foraged. Fat Body Hotties — a local group celebrating fat liberation.

What 211 call data tells us about the region's social safety net. We meet a Wisconsin man who’s living off only foraged food for a year. Real-life advice on how to handle stressful holiday situations, with the help of holiday movies.

Options for immigrants who are victims of domestic violence, seeking both support and citizenship. Meet Fat Body Hotties — a local group celebrating fat liberation. How to navigate questions kids might have about Santa.

A grassroots program helping to connect people with food needs to those who can help. Is a real or fake Christmas tree better for the environment? New local music in the Milwaukee Music Roundup.

How a former Milwaukee teacher's aide is adjusting after deportation earlier this year. How the state supreme court is addressing challenges to the state’s congressional voting maps. A new affordable housing complex in Milwaukee.

One Wisconsin town has been drinking bottled water for years because of PFAS. The environmental impact of road salt has on our local waterways. The changing market of Christmas trees, and how sellers are adapting.

A lawsuit over PFAS contaminating the water supply of Wisconsin communities, and why PFAS has kept one Wisconsin town drinking bottled water for years. The story of two brothers from Afghanistan now living in Milwaukee, and how the near-constant changes in immigration policy could affect people like them.

Two MPS teachers from Nigeria speak on how work visas changes could impact their lives. Why a Wisconsin group of Catholic sisters transferred land to a Native American tribe. UWM's planetarium explores astronomical themes in children’s books.

The founder of the Milwaukee Diaper Mission reflects on its rapid growth over five years. The environmental impact road and sidewalk salt have on our local waterways. What happened in Wisconsin during prohibition.

A live taping of Lake Effect in front of an audience at Forest Home Cemetery. We learn about the cemetery's history and residents, beekeepers, arboretum and one the neighborhood's historic bowling alleys.