Chuck Quirmbach

5 days ago | wuwm.com | Chuck Quirmbach

The public comment period ends Monday on a federal ruling that could boost a plan to keep the Point Beach Nuclear Plant operating into the 2050s. Critics have several concerns, including what climate change may do to the plant north of Manitowoc that generates about 15% of Wisconsin’s electricity.

1 week ago | wuwm.com | Chuck Quirmbach

One hundred fifty-six of the best women golfers begin their U.S. Open golf tournament Thursday at the Erin Hills course in Washington County — a few miles west of Holy Hill. The 80th edition of this major championship comes amid growth in the number of women who play golf, though things are not yet 50-50 with men. At Storms Golf Range in Brookfield, Zoe Gryniewicz uses a club known as an iron to whack balls more than 150 yards.

1 month ago | wuwm.com | Chuck Quirmbach

Budget cuts and layoffs continue to negatively affect Milwaukee military veterans who use services provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). That was the consensus at a weekend roundtable in Milwaukee convened by Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat. For about ninety minutes on Saturday, the Democrat heard from veterans, past and current VA employees, and advocates for vets.

1 month ago | wuwm.com | Chuck Quirmbach

Spring means more people hitting biking and hiking trails. But trail advocates say a Trump administration review of grants made under President Biden puts active transportation projects at risk.

1 month ago | wuwm.com | Chuck Quirmbach

1 of 2  — IMG_20250418_100418091.jpg Cheryl Blue, executive director of the 30th Street Industrial Corridor Corp., and Willie Karidis, project director at Route of the Badger, Rails to Trails Conservancy, stand on a bridge at 30th and Galena Streets, above the planned recreational trail corridor. Chuck Quirmbach / WUWM 2 of 2  — IMG_20250418_101336636.jpg Looking north at the planned trail corridor from the bridge at 30th and Galena.