Author: Lee Matz

After nearly three decades, the only remaining African-American owned bookstore in Wisconsin closed on July 8 with the retirement of Carla Allison and her husband Robert.

Closed in 1997, the former facility of the Pabst Brewing Company’s was once as renowned in Milwaukee for its brewery tours as it was the beverage it produced there.

Tens of thousands of people attended the annual July 3 fireworks show along Milwaukee’s lakefront.

Like other historic churches in the 1960s, Saint Stanislaus had many of its beautiful features obliterated during a major remodeling project, which after decades have nearly been restored by teams of craftsmen and artisans.

A unique training opportunity, during the installation of a massive construction project in the Westlawn Gardens neighborhood, was invaluable to members of the YouthBuild program as they begin considering construction fields for a career option.