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Statements on the passing of Ald. Jonathan Brostoff

November 4, 2024

City of Milwaukee Alderman Jonathan Brostoff has passed away. TMJ4 reports that "a city spokesperson confirmed that Brostoff died by suicide. He was found in Greenfield Park in West Allis, according to the Milw...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Primrose

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 2, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Welcome to November: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

November 1, 2024

November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. Most of Milwaukee’s festivals are now over. By now, your Halloween costume has been washed and stored away for later use. On paper, November doesn’t offer mu...

BREAKING: Milverine endorses Kamala Harris

Matt Wild

November 1, 2024

We know who Brett Favre and Buzz Aldrin will vote for on November 5. We know who Liz Cheney and Cardi B will vote for on November 5. But who will Milwaukee's homegrown power-walking and oft-shirtless superhero,...

Yep, still there

Matt Wild

October 29, 2024

As of Tuesday morning, that boat that ran aground near Bradford Beach is yep, still there.The boat's owners beached and abandoned the 33-foot Chris-Craft Roamer craft—named "Deep Thought," in a possible no...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Salem

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 26, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Bird City, Milwaukee County: Brown Deer and Lights Out

Kyle Arpke

October 23, 2024

Bird City, Milwaukee County is a monthly column celebrating the 11 cities, towns, and villages that have achieved Bird City status within Milwaukee County. Citizens of these locations have made bird conservatio...

Milwaukee has made nearly $500K from those darn electric scooters this year

Matt Wild

October 23, 2024

Those darn electric scooters have been incredibly popular in Milwaukee in 2024, and the city has the numbers—and the cash—to prove it.A total of 816,500 trips have been recorded on Lime and Spin scooters th...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Good Housekeeping thinks Milwaukee is among “best places in the world to visit in November”

Matt Wild

October 23, 2024

Here at Milwaukee Record we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot. It keeps track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists and studies, as well as any time a national publ...

Early in-person voting begins TODAY, Milwaukee

Matt Wild

October 22, 2024

There's a big election coming up on Tuesday, November 5. Perhaps you've heard of it?Well, if you're looking to skip the Election Day lines and avoid hanging out in a school gymnasium for 30 minutes while "e...

14 photos of that boat that ran aground near Bradford Beach and has just been sitting there for a week

Matt Wild

October 18, 2024

UPDATE (10/23/24): Still there!Have you heard about that boat that ran aground near Bradford Beach—just south of MooSa's restaurant on Lincoln Memorial Drive—and has just been sitting there for a week? We...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Aspen

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 18, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Entering final years, Milwaukee Public Museum unveils new exhibit about Milwaukee Public Museum

Matt Wild

October 16, 2024

Here's your gentle, semi-regular reminder that the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) as you know it—the weird, wild, wonderful, cavernous, and charmingly out-of-time museum that has stood at 800 W. Wells St. since ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (October 2-15)

Matt Wild

October 16, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Going on a nice autumn stroll: The Milwaukee Record Review

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2024

Even though it was 80 degrees in Milwaukee last week, it is technically autumn. And, occasional heat waves aside, that's actually started to become quite apparent these last few days as the fall chill has enter...

Common Council keeps Milwaukee flag debate in limbo, congratulates Juvenile

Matt Wild

October 15, 2024

The nearly decade-long debate about Milwaukee's city flag stayed true to its history and went nowhere on Tuesday. The Milwaukee Common Council, having previously held the matter of whether or not to make the so...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mike

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 11, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Hey MPS: More Montessori, please

Tad Kriofske Mainella

October 9, 2024

The purpose of this opinion piece is to suggest that Montessori education is not only developmentally appropriate and effective for most children aged 3-14, but elements of its theory and practice can and SHOUL...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Black Husky

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 4, 2024

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

Welcome to October: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 1, 2024

Remember when the end of summer was also kinda-sorta a signal for things slowing down in Milwaukee entertainment? Those were simpler (and much more boring) times. Thankfully, there are also a ton of musicians, ...