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Man Turns Abandoned Milwaukee Shopping Mall Into Winter Wonderland For 100 Kids
The mall has been abandoned for almost 15 years — and now it looks completely different.
Community Unites to Clean Up Neighborhood After Milwaukee Riots (WATCH)
Hoping to be part of the solution, while promoting a unified community, dozens of volunteers came out Sunday morning in Milwaukee to help clean...
Hilarious Rooftop Sign Confuses Airline Passengers Flying into Milwaukee
A mischievous 62-year-old photographer known for his practical jokes dreamed up a good one for airline passengers arriving at Milwaukee’s Mitchell Field airport.
Because Mark...
Milwaukee Neighborhood Rallies To Put Young Boys On The Right Path
In Milwaukee, there's an experiment underway to set at-risk boys on the right path. They're offered pay for doing neighborhood chores and they receive...
Once Polluted, The Milwaukee River is Now Clean and Valuable
30 native fish species, including sturgeon, are now living and swimming in the lower Milwaukee River, another milestone in the rehabilitation of this waterway,...
Transforming Milwaukee’s Vacant Lots Into A New Agricultural Economy
When the foreclosure crisis hit Milwaukee, the city was already reeling from the loss of 70,000 manufacturing jobs and gowing poverty rate. Yet an...
Giving Circle Funds Milwaukee Hmong Women in Death and Life
The Milwaukee Hmong women's giving circle boasts an inspiring story of how it began and impressive progress over the course of its two years....
100 Milwaukee Area Salons to Hold Fundraiser for Spa Shooting Victims
Nearly 100 Milwaukee area salons and spas are expected to participate in a fundraising effort Tuesday to support victims of a shooting last month...
Sewage-Sniffing Dogs Locate Trouble Spots Along Milwaukee River
Canines have a sense of smell 1,000 times better than humans. So, you might imagine how amazing a dog could be at finding unwanted...
Milwaukee Woman Rescues Butterflies from Development
While bulldozers clear land to create a flood basin, Barb Agnew races to collect monarch eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves, and brings...
Pilot of Rescue Flight for Pets Impacted by Hurricanes Adopts Kitten, Finding ‘Love at 30,000 Feet’
On October 12th, a Southwest Airlines pilot fell in love with a little kitten named Avery while transporting him and 150 other shelter animals...
How LEGO Is Being Used to Reduce Stress, Combat Childhood Trauma, and Manage PTSD
All the pieces of your life do, or will, fit together, no matter how many are scattered across the floor. Much like LEGO bricks.
Those...
Crowds Awed by Floating Baby in Colossal Art Installation Over Lake Michigan
This week, a giant, 112-foot-long sleeping infant floated above the shores of Lake Michigan.
It wasn't a collective hallucination—it was "Baby You," a breathtaking art...
Good News in History, June 11
105 years ago today, Sir Barton became the first racehorse in history to win the Triple Crown. A chestnut colt bred in 1916 on...
Good News in History, June 8
75 years ago today, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell was published for the first time in the UK. This groundbreaking and best-selling novel has...
Good News in History, May 4
198 years ago today, Frederic Edwin Church, one of the foremost painters in the American landscape movement known as the Hudson River School, was...
Good News in History, April 23
110 years ago today, the first-ever baseball game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Then known as Weeghman Park, its original occupants were...
Good News in History, April 21
April 21st marks Groundation Day, when hundreds of thousands of Rastafari celebrate the arrival of Emperor Haile Selassie in Jamaica in 1966. The great...
Wheels for Winners Gives Hundreds of Free Bikes to Wisconsin Youth in Exchange for Community Service
In one of America's most cycling-friendly cities, a volunteer group is rewarding anyone who puts in time serving the community with a brand old-new...
Good News in History, April 5
On this day, 26 years ago, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge opened to traffic linking the City of Kobe on the main island of Honshu, to...