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Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.
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Our housing series continues with a look at how neighborhood groups are helping people become homeowners. A complete collection of Audubon prints. The upcoming sturgeon spearing season.
How to cohabitate with coyotes. A bonus episode of WUWM’s immigration podcast, Status Pending. A comedy tournament coming to Milwaukee this weekend.
How Milwaukee’s network of emergency shelters respond during extreme cold. We meet Milwaukee Recreation’s new director. We learn how architect Frank Lloyd Wright was inspired by his home state of Wisconsin.
A Minneapolis reporter speaks on covering the federal immigration crack down there. Why Wisconsin’s Republican-led legislature is getting new constitutional amendments on the ballot. What the National Environmental Policy Act is supposed to do.
Safety tips for this bitterly cold weekend. A new health report on Milwaukee. The final episode of our Live at Lake Effect series filmed at the Lake Effect Surf Shop.
We examine Milwaukee’s Health Assessment and how it could impact care. The final episode of our Live at Lake Effect series filmed at the Lake Effect Surf Shop. A new season of Bubbler Talk kicks off.
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent shares how the district will move forward with money released after audit. We explore how to get kids reading. New local music in our Milwaukee Music Roundup.
We learn how the federal government is changing how nursing students can access federal student loans. We examine the high rate of mental health struggles among doctors. We help you prepare for winter weather emergencies. Plus, we get a behind the scenes look at the Mitchell Park Domes.
The impact data centers could have on Wisconsin’s utility landscape and infrastructure. What Wisconsin’s version of C-SPAN shutting down means for transparency in our state’s politics. Meet this year’s Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate.
Breaking down the basics of data centers. A Wisconsinite is heading to the Winter Olympics to compete in the biathlon with Team USA. A survivor of a Native American boarding school shares his story.
Today on Lake Effect, we learn about the need for reading comprehension services for adults in Milwaukee. Wisconsin’s version of C-SPAN shut down because of a lack of funding so we look at what that means for transparency in our state’s politics. We speak with the outgoing co-director of the Milwaukee Water Commons. Plus, we learn about Liberace's Wisconsin upbringing and the lack of recognition for the famed performer in his hometown.
What impact new data centers could have on Wisconsin’s utility landscape and infrastructure. Changes to the Milwaukee County Transit bus operations. We speak with the Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate.
The top five reports by the Wisconsin Policy Forum over the past year. We revisit a conversation with late writer and teacher Jerry Apps. The Burlington Liars Club – a club for anyone who thinks they can tell a clever lie.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley talks about challenges in 2025 and ahead in 2026. Milwaukeeans with roots in Venezuela tell us how their feeling right now. How Milwaukee Public Schools removed lead particles from 100 schools last year.
Reactions from Venezuelans living in Milwaukee about the capture of Venezuela’s president. The potential environmental consequences as of AI data centers. 91% of public school students in Milwaukee can’t read at grade level.
How ICE arrests are being carried out in Wisconsin compared to other states. A local Christmas tree farmer stays optimistic after a slow holiday season. How we can think differently about new year’s resolutions.
We look at the multi-million dollar lead remediation project that MPS underwent last year. How to stay active and social during the cold winter months. We explore some of Wisconsin’s weirdest museums.
We chat with Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley about 2025, and what's to come in 2026. Capitol Notes brings us a preview of state politics in this midterm election year. Could singing improve heart health? We talk with a local doctor who’s leading the research.
The documentary “Sally” shares the hidden love story of iconic astronaut, Sally Ride. An album released by a Wisconsin musician this year that’s all about birds. How Milwaukee’s Silent Book Club gives readers a chance to get together.
The misconceptions around organ donation and the impact donations can have. Two people's experiences of donating a kidney. Some millennial nostalgia with author Ira Madison III.
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