City Life

August 4, 2025

Last week, in the face of surging cases of measles in the United States, the City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) issued a press release about ramping up measles prevention and preparedness. "Despite low v...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Jade

August 2, 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...

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

August 1, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Though it feels like summer just started, we’ve now entered the last full month of the season. Summer isn’t going out with a whimper, though. Quite the opposite. Since this looks to b...

Milwaukee County would like some more bids on that boat, please

August 1, 2025

As we reported earlier this week, the public online auction for the famed Deep Thought / Minnow / Milwaukee Boat stands at a mere $1,125. That's far less than the $20,000 Milwaukee County was hoping to recoup o...

Celebrate the first day of the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair with 15 years of ride-inspection news stories

July 31, 2025

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair. From July 31 - August 10, hundreds of thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the ...

Puerto Rican Festival Of Wisconsin returns September 21, moves to Henry Maier Festival Park

July 31, 2025

Now that Summerfest, the Harley weekend, Bastille Days, and Brady Street Festival have all come and gone, Milwaukeeans can now shift focus to the numerous festivals, block parties, and other civic celebrations ...

More than $5M in excess Republican National Convention funds donated to local orgs

July 30, 2025

Remember the 2024 Republican National Convention? The one that was held in Milwaukee July 15-18, 2024? Yeah, that one. Who could forget! Anyway, more than a year after all the action, the MKE 2024 Host C...

Soberfest to bring music, vendors, fun to Pere Marquette Park on August 2

July 30, 2025

Milwaukee has no shortage of great summer festivals. However, the vast majority of those events feature beer and other alcoholic items in abundance, which can make celebrating difficult for those in recovery. P...

With 1 week to go, Deep Thought / Minnow / Milwaukee Boat auction is at $1,125

July 29, 2025

Will Milwaukee County recoup $20,000 on the removal of the famed Deep Thought / Minnow / Milwaukee Boat back in May? County officials rolled out a two-week public online auction last week to great fanfare, but ...

Some interesting facts about Talossa, a micronation that started in Milwaukee

July 28, 2025

Among its numerous monikers, Milwaukee is known as "the city of neighborhoods" on account of the dozens upon dozens of different enclaves that each add to the city's overall character and charm. You might not b...

After nearly 10 years, Milwaukee County looks like it will finally save (and reimagine) the Domes

July 28, 2025

UPDATE (7/30/25): Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley signed off on the plan on Wednesday, making it official. It's official: pending final approval from Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, Milwau...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mootilda (Tilly)

July 26, 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...

The wonderful, quirky world of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

July 25, 2025

Where do you want to go? If you're flying out of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE), that question has plenty of possible answers. MKE boasts more than 30 nonstop routes to cities like Charlotte,...

Touring the Yerkes Observatory, a shrine of architecture and astronomy in Williams Bay

DJ Hostettler

July 24, 2025

It's understandable if most readers of Milwaukee Record haven't heard of the Yerkes Observatory (373 W. Geneva St., Williams Bay, Wisconsin). Hell, your humble narrator—a lifelong astronomy enthusiast who haule...

I got (kind of) high in Indiana

July 24, 2025

A version of this article originally appeared on our Patreon. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive articles and podcasts? Click HERE. Thanks! Summit. Noun. "The highest point of a hill or mount...

Gov. Tony Evers won’t run for third term

July 24, 2025

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced on Thursday that he won't run for a third term in office. The announcement came at the end of a press release entitled "Gov. Evers: A Love Letter from Me to Kathy and My ...

Own The Boat! Deep Thought / Minnow / Milwaukee Boat auction is live

July 22, 2025

Want to own an unlikely piece of Milwaukee history? Now you can! Yes, the legendary Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. Deep Thought, the Minnow, the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, or just The Boat—is officially up for ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Vader

July 19, 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...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (July 2-15, 2025)