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Milwaukee’s Mansion: Critical restoration needed to save landmark Pabst Home from deterioration

Known as “Milwaukee’s Mansion,” the home of Captain Frederick Pabst is one of the Brew City’s most iconic landmarks. It also faces another pivotal moment in its more than 130-year...
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A changed battlefield: Ukraine’s bold gamble on an incursion moves deeper into Russian territory

Ukraine’s stunning incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region was a bold gamble for the country’s military commanders, who committed their limited resources to a risky assault on...
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Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield shares message of hope on 12th anniversary of Sikh temple shooting

On the 12th anniversary of a tragic shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited the Oak Creek gurdwara to honor the...
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Darryl Morin: Watching Americans come together as Kamala Harris began her Presidential campaign

I stood in the rain waiting for my turn to go through the security check outside of West Allis Central High School on July 23. I was there to see Vice President Kamala Harris at her first campaign...
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The strange “insanity trial” of presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt’s would-be assassin in Milwaukee

“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose. But...
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Silent City Honey: The sweet story of utilizing Forest Home Cemetery’s Arboretum as an apiary

Among its many historical distinctions, Forest Home Cemetery has one of the oldest preserved forests within a metropolitan area that exists in Wisconsin. An unexpected byproduct of the silent city’s lush biodiversity is its ability to produce premium honey, with a little help from Chad Nelson and Barbie Brennan Nelson.

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From detective to apiculturist: Why Sherlock Holmes found solace in nature when he retired

Few fictional characters have captured and endured for so long in the public’s imagination as Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant English detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Presumed to have...
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Chinese retailers and Trump allies race to profit from merchandise depicting Butler rally aftermath

Images of the moment have already been splashed across the world’s front pages and papered many corners of the internet, former President Donald Trump with his ear bleeding and his right hand...
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Milwaukee weighs costs and benefits of hosting the RNC after seeing an underwhelming economic reward

Downtown Milwaukee turned red for the week of July 15 as thousands of Republican National Convention delegates and other party stalwarts gathered in Wisconsin’s largest Democratic stronghold...
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Conservative group hosts policy event outside RNC to defend its authoritarian Project 2025 guidebook

At the edge of the cordoned-off perimeter around the Republican National Convention on July 15, hundreds of conservatives filed into the ornate home of the Milwaukee Symphony to hear a parade of...
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Medical Silence: Health concerns follow Trump after withholding official info about his gunshot wound

For days after a registered Republican attempted to shoot former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, the public is still in the dark over the extent of his injuries, what treatment the...
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January 6 curtain call: Takeaways from the third day of programming at Trump’s RNC pageant of fealty

Republicans were welcoming JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate on the same night devoted to blasting President Joe Biden’s leadership on the world stage. The 39-year-old Ohio senator...
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