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On this Bubbler Talk, WUWM's Teran Powell looks into this question: Did Marian Anderson ever visit and sing in Milwaukee? If so, where did she stay, as individuals who were Black were not allowed to stay in hotels in the past.

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Some of the nearly 400 Afghan refugees coming to Wisconsin are expected to settle i...

Appleton grew more diverse in the past decade. Nonwhites accounted for 20% of the citys population in 2020, compared with 12.5% in 2010.

Photo by Sarah Navy. A Student Worker Demonstration “Pay Us 15!” was held by Student Liberation Front (SLF), Sunrise Appleton and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) on April 16 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. near the Warch Campus Center. This event called for the Lawrence administration to increase student workers’ minimum wage to $15 per hour to respond to students’ financial difficulties, including their tuition fees alongside their academic life.    About 30 students attended the prot...

However, one of them is not actively campaigning — and it might not be the candidate you expected. Appleton Area School District electors will find the following candidates on their April 6 general election ballots: Incumbent Kay Eggert and challengers Sheri Hartzheim, Amber McGinley and Edward Ruffolo. Plus, Emily Grover had filed as a registered write-in candidate. Ruffolo was to appear on the ballot as an incumbent after the school board in January appointed him to fill the vacant seat le...