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On one night in January every year, Milwaukee County workers scour the area looking for people experiencing homelessness for the annual Point-In-Time Count. This is a federal requirement, but it is only a snapshot of the larger picture.

Food waste accounts for 20% of all waste going into Wisconsin landfills. The state wants to reduce it by half.

A judge ruled Wednesday that a Shorewood man was guilty of trespassing when he walked along the Lake Michigan beyond the public beach last summer. The man says he'll appeal the decision.

Over the past decade, Milwaukee has become a city of renters — with the majority of residents renting rather than owning their homes. There are a lot of systemic reasons for that, but a few community organizations are buying their blocks back one home at a time.

Organizers arranged another emergency protest in Milwaukee Jan. 28, drawing over a thousand people. How does an event like this come together?

Sightings of urban coyotes may be more common in the winter.

Data from the Department of Public Instruction show that nearly half of Wisconsin private school students use vouchers to pay for private school tuition, according to reporting from Wisconsin Watch.

Milwaukee Public Schools recently approved Annie Kubes as the new senior director of Milwaukee Recreation. She has continuously worked for the department in various part-time and full-time roles since she was 16-years-old.

Last weekend, dangerously low temperatures hit the Milwaukee area. Shelters opened their doors and stretched their capacity to assist as many residents as possible, including Cathedral Center in downtown Milwaukee.

Emergency protests popped up across the nation over the weekend calling out the killing of Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents. The 37-year-old was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital in Minneapolis and grew up in Green Bay.

There are close to 3,000 ICE agents patrolling the Twin Cities in the name of immigration enforcement. Hear from an immigration reporter there who is covering the chaos.

The National Weather Service issued an “extreme cold watch" for southern Wisconsin from Jan. 22-24. Milwaukee-based meteorologist Paul Roebber explains what's causing the bitter cold.

Milwaukee Public Schools is required to have armed police in some schools. Students are calling for reforms and boundaries for the officers.

Students from Milwaukee-area high schools organized walkouts Jan. 20 during school. They were a part of nationwide walkouts organized by students upset with the Trump administration's aggressive ICE operations.

Milwaukee Public Schools has announced it will receive a final payment from the state that was previously withheld after the school district missed financial reporting deadlines in 2024.