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Lake Butte des Morts is officially the state’s best inland lake

August 27, 2025

broadstreet.zone(156366); We have a winner! Following a nearly month-long competition that found a field of 64 inland Wisconsin lakes facing one another in six heated rounds of voting, one local water body can...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (August 13-26, 2025)

Matt Wild

August 27, 2025

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...

Milwaukee Record’s 66 Days of Halloween (Part I)

Matt Wild

August 27, 2025

Welcome to Milwaukee Record's 66 Days of Halloween countdown! You can find Part II, which covers Days 23-44, HERE. You can find Part III, which covers days 45-66, HERE. DAY 22: ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY THERE Twen...

Watch Bert Lauderdale get dunked for charity

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 26, 2025

This past Sunday, intrepid Milwaukee weather influencer Bert Lauderdale checked out Boone & Crockett's annual Dunk for Charity, a fundraiser for Street Angels Milwaukee Outreach. And he didn't just check it...

Choose a champ in our Wisconsin Lake Bracket Final Round!

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 25, 2025

broadstreet.zone(156366); It has all come down to this. Following a three-week competition that found a field of 64 inland Wisconsin lakes facing one another in five heated rounds of voting, our Wisconsin Lake...

We’re down to just 4 lakes in our Wisconsin Lake Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 22, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152652); Following four rounds of competition, a tournament that started with a field of 64 inland Wisconsin water bodies has now been reduced to just FOUR remaining lakes. Those four include ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Iori

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 22, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

8 great lakes (not Great Lakes) remain in our Wisconsin Lake Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 19, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152652); And then there were 8! A bracket that started with a field of 64 in-state (and inland) lakes has quickly been chipped away to a bracket with fewer than 10. The first three rounds feat...

Float Milwaukee to host Float Fest street party August 23

Tyler Maas

August 18, 2025

Even though we’re now more than halfway into August, there’s still a lot of summer fun left. Adding to remaining large-scale event undertakings like Mexican Fiesta, WMSE's Backyard BBQ, and Bay View Bash is a s...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Fia

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 15, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Only 16 inland water bodies remain in our Wisconsin Lake Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 15, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152652); And then there were 16! What started with a field of 64 in-state water bodies has quickly dwindled to a batch of just over a dozen Wisconsin lakes. An exciting opening round gave way ...

Milwaukee Public Museum will “deinstall” more objects next week, some taxidermy next month

Matt Wild

August 15, 2025

Back in April, Milwaukee Public Museum began its first round of "deinstallation." This involved packing up items and closing off (small) sections of the museum in preparation for the big move to the new Nature ...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (July 30 – August 12, 2025)

Matt Wild

August 13, 2025

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...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

Matt Wild

August 12, 2025

Last month I published an article titled "The wonderful, quirky world of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport." It delved into some of the more idiosyncratic features of our hometown airport, including the ...

Watch Bert Lauderdale report from The Great State Fair Flood of 2025

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 11, 2025

"Storm coming through! Mother Nature means business! State Fair is about to get...rocked!" So proclaims Bert Lauderdale in his report from the penultimate day of this year's Wisconsin State Fair—a.k.a. The G...

Make your picks in Round 2 of our Wisconsin Lake Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 11, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152652); And then there were 32! Following an opening Wisconsin Lake Bracket round that found approximately 5,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 64 inland Badger State lake...

September 6 is shaping up to be the perfect storm of Milwaukee events

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2025

Even though every weekend of the summer—or every weekend between mid-May and the end of October, really—offers an abundance of festivals, block parties, fairs, and other ambitious civic celebrations in and arou...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Runt

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 9, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Hanging out in Exploratory Park at Wisconsin State Fair: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

August 7, 2025

The Wisconsin State Fair is wonderful, but the Wisconsin State Fair can be a bit of a madhouse. There are tens of thousands of people. There are tens of thousands of animals. There are miles upon miles of pu...

Deep Thought / Minnow / Milwaukee Boat auction ends at $2,525 (and the new owner is a bit of a surprise)

Matt Wild

August 5, 2025

Another chapter of the nearly 10-month Deep Thought / S.S. Minnow / Milwaukee Boat saga has come to an end. And all for the low, low price of $2,525. Yes, a two-week public online auction for the junked craf...

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