Lake Effect Spotlight

Hundreds of people are expected to attend the 12th Annual Heal the Hood Block Party & Resource Fair for food, fun, fellowship and access to local resources.

Wisconsin ranks 50th in state government support for the arts. A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum, “Curtain Time,” assesses and responds to Milwaukee’s performing arts fiscal challenges.

The primary care provider (PCP) shortage is prevalent not only in the Milwaukee-area, but nationwide. With PCPs leaving the medical field, it forces clinicians to treat more patients in less time.

Many Milwaukeeans are familiar with Samson, the beloved gorilla who died in 1981 at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Wildlife artist and world champion taxidermist, Wendy Christensen, made the popular recreation of Samson that’s on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

Southern Wisconsin is home to Brood XIII, one of the two broods of periodical cicadas emerging this summer.

Wisconsin's Grace Girard spoke with Lake Effect's Xcaret Nuñez ahead of the ‘Farmer Wants A Wife’ season finale about the moments leading up to farmer Brandon Roger’s proposal and what's next for her.

Co-written by Milwaukee native Bri LeRose, "The People's Joker" is heavily based on the director, co-writer and lead actor Vera Drew’s life and relationship with queerness and comedy.

JoAnne Potter started college in 1969, but never finished. Now, 55 years later, she’s graduating from UWM with a bachelor’s degree.

There's a history of harm being done to marginalized students at UW-Madison, but there's a just-as-long history of students protesting and calling for a more inclusive campus. The 'Sifting and Reckoning' project archives those student-led movements.

From Milwaukee to Green Bay, immigrant workers to nurses, these local organizers are building the current day labor movement in Wisconsin.