Lake Effect

We wrap up our series “How to Evict Your Landlord.” We learn about efforts to save piping plovers along the Great Lakes. We get a snapshot of last weekend’s Midwest Gaming Classic.

How local municipalities are using AI to field calls. Why the Milwaukee Brewers played morning games. Books and Beyond teaches us about Milwaukee Public Library’s seed library.

A local educator talks about so-called “teen takeovers” in the Milwaukee area. A documentary explores the art of interpreting live music with American Sign Language. An art center in the Driftless region draws visitors from around the world. 

What may have led to the firing of the UW president, and what comes next. The impact President Trump’s slipping approval ratings could have on the midterms. How refugees have been impacted by changes to work authorizations.

We share some of our favorite conversations we’ve had with filmmakers during the Milwaukee Film Fest; a group of young people trying to hold adults accountable for climate change solutions; how to fight back against Big Tech; what it takes to be a cheese monger.

Part two of our series "How to Evict Your Landlord." A documentary explores racial inequity through the history of cake. A Milwaukee Film Fest program that features local filmmakers.

Learn about one of the Wisconsin-born founders of Earth Day. Meet the filmmaker of “The Big Cheese” and learn what it takes to be a cheese monger. Helping people work through grief while creating clay altars.

We tell you about the record-breaking severe weather that tore through Wisconsin last week. We learn about the ending of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program. We speak with the filmmaker of, Your Attention Please and tell you about the Cine Sin Frontera programming at the Milwaukee Film Fest.

We look a the impact of the severe weather in Wisconsin and help you understand flood insurance. We speak with the filmmaker of "Powwow People." We tell you about the Milwaukee Film Fest's Shorter Is Better program.

Filmmakers behind the new “UECK” documentary share what it was like to work with the local legend, Bob Uecker. How MPM's muskrat diorama habitat changed the way museums present information. Torchy Timberloss — Wisconsin’s very own fire mascot.

Part one of our series "How to Evict Your Landlord." Meet the co-director of the new documentary, “Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story.” Meet another documentary filmmaker who turned her camera on the students of a world religions class at a public high school.

What can and can’t be recycled. A documentary about a local, used car salesman with an unusual origin story. Meet Torchy Timberloss — Wisconsin’s very own fire mascot.

In honor of 414 Day, today's episode is all about Milwaukee. The origins of the city’s many neighborhood posters. We peek behind the new documentary on Bob Uecker. The Milwaukee Public Museum embraces dioramas.

Today on Lake Effect, we’ll look at the housing landscape in Milwaukee and learn why the city’s rental market is such a large barrier to city residents becoming homeowners.

Getting early education teachers into affordable housing in Milwaukee. Wisconsin's most popular state park is getting bigger. Sturgeon have returned to the Milwaukee River for the first time in 100 years.

A program that helps get early education teachers into affordable housing. A film that examines the impact of the oil and gas industry. Sturgeon have made it up the Milwaukee River for the first time in 100 years. 

We bring you a rundown of last night's election results. We speak with Milwaukee’s Youth Poet Laureate and tell you about a free film screening. We hear new local music in the Milwaukee Music Roundup.

We learn about a journalist from Wisconsin who was abducted in Iraq last week. We look at the use of NDAs by local towns for data center deals. Wisconsin's most popular state park is getting bigger.

Tomorrow, April 7th, is election day in Wisconsin. We get you ready with a look at the races, and tell you what’s at stake.

How the community has responded to local law enforcement using facial recognition technology. How Acts Housing helps people in Milwaukee become homeowners. We catch up with a Wisconsin Olympian.

How ICE agents in airports are impacting some people’s decisions about travel. How PFAS remediation money will be rolled out in Wisconsin. How UW researchers are working to get people better informed about AI.

The use of facial recognition technology by local law enforcement over the last year. Finding a job but still worried about rising costs. A Wisconsin Olympian speaks on her experience in Milano Cortina.

We hear from candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court – Judge Maria Lazar and Judge Chris Taylor. We learn about the increasing demand for whey – a byproduct of cheesemaking.

We examine the local reaction to sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez and how historical figures are honored. We learn how Acts Housing helps people become homeowners. We hear how one local business owner is trying to plan for an uncertain future.

Explore the ways Wisconsin policymakers could make childcare more affordable. Learn why students at Marquette are against on the university’s choice of commencement speaker. Learn how you can welcome birds to your garden this spring.