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Veteran TMJ4 meteorologist John Malan is retiring

January 9, 2017

And the blows to local TV news just keep on coming: Less than a week after senior FOX6 sportscaster Tom Pipines announced his retirement, legendary TMJ4 meteorologist John Malan has announced his impending re...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times shot a 360-degree video of the Polar Plunge

Matt Wild

January 9, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication dei...

Midwinter Gaming Convention is coming

Rob Wieland

January 9, 2017

In the dead of winter, there are few precious lights in Milwaukee. The Bucks might be doing well, and the Packers are hopefully still in the playoffs. (They are and they are.) Snow has gone from holiday fun ti...

Milwaukee Lion returns, closes a bunch of Milwaukee restaurants

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If Milwaukee's first week of 2017 could be summed up in one word, it would ...

Here’s how much Milwaukee’s rent went up in 2016

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Last summer, Madison-based online apartment listings site Abodo released a study showing how the average rent for a one-bedroom Milwaukee apartment increased faster than the average rent in any other U.S. cit...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): January 1-7

Matt Wild

January 6, 2017

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week’s best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Recently retired conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes, on Mil...

Bublr Bikes is moving its headquarters to the Shops of Grand Avenue

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 5, 2017

Big news, fans of bike sharing and cavernous downtown malls: Milwaukee's popular bike share program, Bublr Bikes, has announced it will move its headquarters and maintenance facility to the Shops of Grand Ave...

Watch the Johnson’s Park dinosaur get broken down, taken to its new habitat

Matt Wild

January 5, 2017

The Johnson's Park dinosaur is extinct. Love live the Johnson's Park dinosaur. Last month, we broke the meteor-sized news that the beloved Johnson's Park dinosaur—the last remnant of the once-thriving 76th...

Post-conoidal blues at third Domes Task Force meeting

Dennis Hughes

January 5, 2017

The Milwaukee County Board conceived the Mitchell Park Domes Task Force in March of 2016 for the express purpose of developing a comprehensive long-term plan and recommendation for the future of Milwaukee's b...

FOX6 sports anchor Tom Pipines is retiring

Matt Wild

January 5, 2017

Nearly a year after veteran meteorologist Vince Condella took his leave from the Milwaukee airwaves, another familiar local news personality is signing off: Today, FOX6 senior sports anchor Tom Pipines announ...

2017 Milwaukee yoga guide

Joey Grihalva

January 4, 2017

Get into a position that is comfortable for you. Relax your shoulders. Unclench your jaw. Let your tongue fall. Soften your gaze. Let your mind be at rest. Focus on your breath. While on a trip to Denver t...

Here’s what Milwaukee needs to accomplish in 2017

Matt Wild

January 3, 2017

Twenty-sixteen was something of a banner year for Milwaukee. Hardly a day went by without some exciting new shit being built, some boring old shit being turned into exciting new shit, and 8,000 Bublr Bike sta...

In Defense Of: Milwaukee winter parking rules

Matt Wild

January 3, 2017

In a city as relatively small as Milwaukee, certain people, places, or things can get saddled with bad reputations. Even if these reputations are somewhat deserved, Milwaukee Record strives to look past the n...

Cards Against Humanity is hiding a bunch of boxes throughout Milwaukee

Matt Wild

January 3, 2017

Cards Against Humanity—a.k.a. the edgy Apples To Apples that will inevitably find you explaining "bukkake" to your parents on Christmas Eve—is hiding a bunch of boxes throughout Milwaukee this week. The popul...

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

Tyler Maas

January 2, 2017

It wasn’t too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding, and the post-holid...

The Value Village on North Avenue is closing today

Matt Wild

December 30, 2016

Sad news, longtime Milwaukee thrifters: The Value Village at 324 W. North Ave. is closing today. Signs in the windows and a call to management confirmed that Friday, December 30 is the store's final day in bu...

MKE SEX: Vexed about vibrators

Lucky Tomaszek

December 30, 2016

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, For Christmas, I took my buddy's advice and got my girlfriend a vibrator. She's never had one before, so I just got something small. See, I'm on the road a lot for wor...

Milwaukee Record’s New Year’s Eve entertainment guide

Tyler Maas

December 27, 2016

It's been a rough year, Milwaukee. Still, between all the celebrity deaths, frightening political developments, and various other sources for internet outrage, at least a few decent things happened. Come Satu...

Outdoor activities worth freezing your buns off for this winter

Stacy Tornio

December 22, 2016

Once the holidays have come and gone, it's easy for people in and around Milwaukee to get caught up in winter "woe is me" talk, when we all just want a little sunshine to get through the day. But this is wher...

Here are Milwaukee’s most popular dog names of 2016

Tyler Maas

December 20, 2016

With under two weeks left in 2016, so many have already weighed in on their favorite albums, music videos, books, articles, foods, and films of the year. By this point, what facet of everyday existence could ...

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