The concept of a society within a society is at the center of historian Joe William Trotter’s new book “Building the Black City: The Transformation of American Life.”

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Milwaukee-based beer company Miller High Life decided to try its hand at something new this holiday season when it announced the creation of a signature cologne. 

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Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman shares her thoughts on Eli Lilly's expansion in the region.

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“World War II Dispatches to Madison: Letters Home From an Army Air Corps Soldier” chronicles Bob’s time in Europe as a radio mechanic from January 1943 to September 1945.  

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Body-worn cameras have become more common in the last decade, but Madison is an outlier. It’s the largest city in the Midwest that doesn’t use body-worn cameras.

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Lake Effect Ali, a 6-year-old English setter from Lakeside, recently won first place in a competition of 36 dogs from around the country at the Wisconsin Cover Dog Championship.

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