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Mandatory Milwaukee: Kicking icy chunks of slush out of your vehicle’s wheel wells

January 4, 2021

Some things come and go, while some things become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: kicking icy chunks of slush out of your vehicle's wheel wells! Poke around the weird-but-not-t...

Clover Milwaukee is bringing sustainable plants and pottery to Bay View storefront

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2021

We're only four days into 2021 and Bay View already has a new store in its midst. The neighborhood newcomer is Clover Milwaukee, a plant shop that moved to a retail space at 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. The new sh...

10 good things to happen in Milwaukee during this awful year

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 29, 2020

This year will surely go down as one of the worst of our lifetimes. We'd say the worst, but we're honestly not sure how 2021 will turn out. Though the past nine-plus months have been racked with unthinkable tra...

20 not-that-interesting facts about Milwaukee (“Help one another” edition)

Josh Hoppert

December 29, 2020

The person who said "laughter is the best medicine" is neither laughing nor alive today. Thanks anyway, Dr. Not-A-Doctor. Maybe you should've opted for a less zany prescription. Fun is a great way to mask the p...

MKE SEX: Post-pandemic sex

Lucky Tomaszek

December 25, 2020

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX, Yes! For Christmas the U.S. of A. is getting a coronavirus vaccine! I’ve been such a good little enby during this whole thing. I stopped hooking up with randos and pic...

New “MKE It Local” campaign supports local businesses, gives away a bunch of gift cards

Matt Wild

December 22, 2020

Want to support local businesses during this long, long, winter? A new campaign from Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, dubbed "MKE It Local," is making that a little easier—and tossing in a bunch of free gift cards, ...

Wisconsin! Now you can request a free at-home COVID-19 collection kit

Matt Wild

December 22, 2020

Do you enjoy getting tested for COVID-19 but wish you could do it in the comfort of your own home (with a licensed health care professional supervising over a Zoom call)? Now you can, thanks to an at-home COVID...

Updates on what’s going on with COVID-19 vaccinations in Milwaukee and Wisconsin

Matt Wild

December 21, 2020

What's going on with COVID-19 vaccinations in Milwaukee and Wisconsin? We're keeping tabs on the story in this updated roundup piece. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 Wisconsin will receive shipments of Moderna COVID-...

Wisconsin will receive shipments of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week

Matt Wild

December 21, 2020

More good news, Wisconsin. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced Monday that Wisconsin will receive shipments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The initial shipment of 1...

Gov. Evers announces new contact tracing app for your phone, WI Exposure Notification

Matt Wild

December 17, 2020

Cool! Unleash the "BUT MY PRIVACY" comments from folks currently using Facebook on their phones. Here's the press release for the so-called WI Exposure Notification app: Gov. Evers Announces New Contact ...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee Record stories of 2020

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 16, 2020

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published nearly 7,000 stories and reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs (we're currently in the midst of another record-breakin...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Dec. 6-12)

Matt Wild

December 15, 2020

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a “renaissance” or a “reinvention.” Or maybe it’s a “reboot” or a “reimagining,” like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Wisconsin will receive 49,725 doses of Pfizer vaccine this week

Matt Wild

December 14, 2020

Good news, Wisconsin. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), announced Monday that Wisconsin is expecting 49,725 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week. Shipments will in...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about sex toys that can be controlled from anywhere in the world

Lucky Tomaszek

December 11, 2020

broadstreet.zone(49071); The holidays are upon us, but what we really want is for our favorite hottie to be up on us instead. Unfortunately, the necessity of physical distancing continues through these chilly ...

County Clerk urges Republicans to prioritize health over today’s pathetic hearing on “election fraud”

Matt Wild

December 11, 2020

Today from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Wisconsin Legislative Republicans will hold a pathetic hearing on the 2020 presidential election. The pathetic hearing, overseen by Rep. Ron Tusler and Sen. Kathy Bernier, will disc...

Merry Dickmas: Etsy’s top 50 dong-themed holiday cards

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 8, 2020

In need of some late Christmas cards for co-workers, we recently ventured over to Etsy to see if we could find something unique and hopefully a little bit funny. After typing in something dull like "Funny Chris...

Here’s a list of all the lists of Milwaukee holiday lights (plus a tour of the lights in Cathedral Square)

Matt Wild

December 8, 2020

Lights! Holiday lights! Lists of holiday lights! Here are just a few of those lists, followed by a guided video tour (via a 6-year-old) of the Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival in Cathedral Square Park. Happy h...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Light The Hoan has given new life to an old icon

Matt Wild

December 7, 2020

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and expl...

Have a merry litter Christmas and a crappy New Year with Urban Cat Coalition’s Aw, Sh!t calendar

Tyler Maas

December 7, 2020

If you're reading this, chances are you love cats. And if you love cats, you probably would like to support Urban Cat Coalition and maybe—just maybe!—you'd like to support them by purchasing a calendar that's d...

Money for Milwaukee music venues, rejected Trump lawsuits, and other good news for a change

Matt Wild

December 4, 2020

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • The past eight months have been nothing short of a disaster for music venues...

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