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The 2017 roller derby season for the Brewcity Bruisers (BCB) came to a climactic finish on May 27 at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, when Maiden Milwaukee won the championship bout for the first time in the team’s 11 year league history. The Maidens won 122-120 in overtime against the Rushin’ Rollettes, in a highly emotional bout that saw an outpouring of support from opposing team members and fans alike. The Maidens had not clinched a championship title since the league was formed in 2005. Close to 100 active players are a part of the Brewcity Bruisers, with many of...

Hundreds of former and current members of the military, along with the general public and Sijan family, gathered from across the country to attend the dedication of the Lance P. Sijan Memorial Plaza at General Mitchell International Airport on May 26. The permanent tribute to Sijan, and all who have served, comes five decades after his dеаth as a POW in Vietnam, and brought to a close an emotional project that began in 2008. A replica of the 15 ton supersonic aircraft that Sijan had flown in the war, a F-4C Phantom Jet, had been on display at the...

The voices of fallen soldiers are not reflected in the simple stone marker planted by their final resting place. Their stories are not inscribed between the numbered dates of their entering the world and leaving it. But the sheer vastness of their existence at Wood National Cemetery speaks volumes to their love of home and country, should visitors take a moment to listen. To many residents of Milwaukee, Monday, May 29 marks the unofficial start of summer vacation for schools, more than the solemn holiday of loss it remembers. The federal holiday honors the people who dіеd while serving...

The SPAM food brand is bringing its big flavor to the World’s Largest Music Festival as part of its Tiny House of Sizzle Tour on July 1 and 2. Condensing Milwaukee’s backyards and kitchens to just 185.37 square feet, the Tiny House aims to bring the community together around food. The Tiny House will travel coast to coast, sharing dishes and simple recipes served right from the Tiny SPAM kitchen. For canned meat lovers, nothing beats the sound, smell, and taste of SPAM brand products sizzling in the frying pan. Spam, the iconic square-shaped combination of pork, water, salt,...

The waterway cuts through the heart of Milwaukee and was one of its founding rivers, yet it supports no aquatic life and unsuccessful flood management efforts of the 1960s transformed it into a graffiti covered concrete channel that resembles a drainage canal today. One of the three intersecting rivers that drew traders and settlers to build Milwaukee along its riverbank, the Kinnickinnic (KK) River has been referred to a Milwaukee’s Lost River in modern times. Flowing through Southside neighborhoods, the river can easily be mistaken for a a concrete drainage ditch. In 2011, workers removed 1,000 feet of concrete...