Lake Effect

Ways community organizers are helping those impacted by last summer's historic flooding. A local restoration project that is supporting monarch butterflies. A new store in Milwaukee selling eco-friendly home goods and refillable products.

An art teacher whose classroom at Riverside High School was destroyed by last summer’s floods. A program that gathers extra local produce and turns it into healthy meals. What it takes to be a projectionist at the Oriental Theater.

How Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood has transformed 10 years after a police killing and unrest in that neighborhood. A Milwaukee native has built a social media following as she travels the world by train. Bubbler Talk looks at some unorthodox housing in Milwaukee.

The story of one woman’s fight against deportation and her journey back to Milwaukee. Dive into the books that are checked out the most across our local library branches. A new Chirp Chat about an artist inspired by bird migration in southeast Wisconsin.

A course at Marquette teaching young people how to debate civilly. A photobook dedicated to live music in Milwaukee. The difference between a sea shanty and maritime music.

What’s happened in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood in the 10 years since a police shooting sparked unrest there. A Milwaukee native who has built a social media following as she travels the world by train. Milwaukee’s Silent Book Club.

The Trump administration's cuts to childcare services, and its effect on Wisconsin. How education policy fits into Wisconsin politics. We meet an artist from Wisconsin who uses cardboard to sculpt stories from his family history.

We learn about three men who went missing during last summer’s historic flooding, and their families’ searching for answers. We look at the network providing free summertime meals to kids in Milwaukee during the summer. We learn why the Great Lakes are perfect for exploring.

We learn how our urban trees are managed, after severe winds uprooted trees in the Milwaukee area this week. The subject of our series 'How to Evict Your Landlord' files for bankruptcy. Our astronomy contributor shares her takeaways from an international planetarium conference in Japan.

Three men who went missing during last summer’s historic flooding and their families’ search for answers. The increased risk of flooding in the Milwaukee area and what’s being done about it. The network of entities providing free summertime meals to Milwaukee's kids.