Art in Bars
By Cara Slingerland
As a bar or restaurant, featuring different artists' works every few months provides both an advertising opportunity and a change of scenery to regular patrons. It's a low-cost way to stay artistically current and create a supportive feeling of community. »Read more
Three ships wrecked off St. Francis coast
By Anna Passante
Three 19th-century Great Lakes sailing ships, the Boston, the Sebastopol, and the Alleghany, had two things in common. All three were shipwrecked off the shore of St. Francis, Wis., and all three... »Read more
Lights, camera, action teams
By Cara Slingerland
Schools with strong parental involvement often have high-achieving students. This isn't a groundbreaking concept in education. But now Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is attempting to involve parents in its schools in new ways. »Read more


Can Asian carp invasion be averted?
By Kathleen Schmitt Kline
In December 2009, an environmental emergency brigade of 450 Americans and Canadians descended on Romeoville, Ill., armed with nets, boats, and thousands of gallons of poison. The urgent, 20-agency response was brought on by... »Read more
Interstate lawsuit, presidential summit on Asian carp
By Michael Timm
The Asian carp invasion has pitted most of Great Lakes states against Illinois as well as environmental interests against Chicago's regional transportation industry, which uses a canal originally designed to... »Read more
Meet Captain Barndt
By Sheila Julson
Captain Luann Barndt stops in the 24/7 command center of the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan base, 2420 S. Lincoln Memorial Dr. The rooms are illuminated by the glow of computer monitors. Flat-screen televisions mounted on the walls... »Read more


 Marina Dimitrijevic
 District 4 County Supervisor
 County exec still pushing failed policies

 Terry Falk
 8th District School Board Director
 New school superintendent, new beginning

 Chris Larson
 District 14 County Supervisor
 Goals for this year

 Jeff Plale
 7th District State Senator
 Making bricks from coal fly ash

 Jon Richards
 19th District State Representative
 Milwaukee’s economy improving in 2010

 Chris Sinicki
 20th District State Representative
 New appliance rebate program

 Tony Zielinski
 14th District Milwaukee Alderman
 City should have picked American made uniforms



Can Asian carp invasion be averted?
By Kathleen Schmitt Kline
In December 2009, an environmental emergency brigade of 450 Americans and Canadians descended on Romeoville, Ill., armed with nets, boats, and thousands of gallons of poison. The urgent, 20-agency response was brought on by... »Read more


Featured Columns

A letter to my student teacher A letter to my student teacher
By Jay Bullock

The other day at school, another teacher and I were talking about how little it takes to make us happy nowadays, about how we settle for very, very tiny victories to maintain some level of sanity. I said, “If I ran into College Me-you know, the Me who wanted to change the world and thought teaching was the way to do it?-College Me would be so... »Read more

Auntie Beeb knows music Auntie Beeb knows music
By Randy Otto

An escape during this dreary season is as close as your PC. Thanks to the internet, we have access to thousands of radio stations worldwide. One that’s particularly near and dear to me is BBC 2, the station born from the demise of the ’60s renegade radio stations depicted in the recent film Pirate Radio. BBC 2 is a pop music station all... »Read more

Less buying, more being Less buying, more being
By Jill Rothenbueler Maher

On these cold days, my mind wanders back to warm-weather outings to the lakefront. Last summer, my daughter and I regularly met friends at a local beach. I’m truly longing to recreate those hours we spent hanging out in the sun. An empty beach is an easy, enjoyable outing. It’s easy to stay right there, in the moment, rather than allow my... »Read more