
Sweet Water urban farm expanding
By Michael Timm
One year after the first young fish were plopped into the trenches at Bay View-based Sweet Water Organics, the urban fish and vegetable farm is in the midst of expansion. Outside, just north of Sweet Water's repurposed industrial complex... »Read more South Shore Classic bike race coming up
By Sheila Julson
Cycling enthusiasts savor the rush of bike racers speeding past in a pack, the echo of derailleurs shifting with each turn. Cyclists from 20 countries will converge on the streets of Cudahy for the South Shore Cyclery Classic bicycle race July 15... »Read more

Queen’s Cup
By Max Loos, Photos by Chris Gribble
It was something to behold outside the South Shore Yacht Club the evening of Friday, June 25-more than 200 weaving sailboats, their skippers gauging the wind and their competition to gain even the slightest edge in the 72nd annual Queen's Cup race. »Read more Eber Brock Ward, Midwest captain of industry
By Anna Passante
Bay View residents know Eber Brock Ward (1811-75) as the founder of the Milwaukee Iron Works, also known as the Bay View rolling mill. The mill was established in 1867 and employed thousands of Bay View residents until it closed in 1929... »Read more

Marina DimitrijevicDistrict 4 County Supervisor
Connecting county government to you
Terry Falk8th District School Board Director
Ending the power struggle
Chris LarsonDistrict 14 County Supervisor
Promoting the aerotropolis
Jeff Plale7th District State Senator
School of Freshwater Sciences
Jon Richards19th District State Representative
Countdown to a smoke-free Wisconsin
Chris Sinicki20th District State Representative
Freeway construction update
Tony Zielinski14th District Milwaukee Alderman
KK BID security ambassadors

What’s in your wetland?
By Jennifer Yauck
Prior to the 1800s, Wisconsin contained nearly 10 million acres of wetlands. In fact, Milwaukee, which lies at the mouth of three converging rivers, was itself originally a marsh. The marsh covered portions of present-day downtown, the Menomonee Valley, the Third Ward, Jones Island, Walker's Point, and Bay View... »Read more

Featured Columns
By Jay Bullock
“So there I was, in my Communications Media class, ready to go on a lesson that I have done before. Students were to use the popular website Xtranormal.com to make a movie.” That website is a fun and engaging way to get students writing. Kids write a script, choose from a wide array of cartoon characters and settings, and Xtranormal animates... »Read more
By Randy Otto
Shaving Cream! Be nice and clean! Shave every day and you’ll always look keen!” “They’re coming to take me away, Ha-Haaa!!” “Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads! Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up—yum!” “Dead puppies, dead puppies, dead puppies aren’t much fun.” “Ma-ma-ma-my bologna!” If the above quotations sound... »Read more
By Jill Rothenbueler Maher
I was jealous of the French because I’d heard that French women can use municipal daycare or even get subsidies for in-home nannies. I said so at a recent dinner conversation in which my friends and I lamented how far behind the United States lags the rest of the world in terms of government support for maternal care. Curious, after the meal I... »Read more
Arts & Entertainment »More
» Conrad Plymouth» Bay View, Grant Park 4th of July celebration schedules
» Local author with new book
» American Idol auditions to be held in Milwaukee
» Video Clips from Clement Avenue’s Musical Princess & the Pea
» Summerfest announces kid’s activities, promotions
» Summerfest announces this year’s special attractions
» Soccer as poetry in motion
Experiencing the World Cup in Bay View
Business »More
» Licenses applied for» Walks with Poop coming to Bay View
» Bucyrus to take over Midwest office space in Oak Creek
» Unemployment task force
» Café Centraal goes nonsmoking
» Alterra bakery gets zoning okay
» Sven’s Café: a community crossroads marks six years
» New licenses applied for
» MMSD special meeting on landfill gas pipeline May 10
» Gillen interested in Grand Trunk Yards site, DCD interested in Gillen’s current KK River site
Opinion »More
» Parents should teach respect to kids» Walker’s dog park scam
» 100-year history of Humboldt Park Fourth of July Association
» Protecting children from internet predators
» Restore firefighter funding
» Park vandalism is wrong, pointless, and stupid
» Lake Huron sinkholes fascinating
» Another fine historical article
» Sidewalks, snow, and fresh water
» The research in your paper is magnificent
















