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Originally launched by the students of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, WMSE 91.7 today is the city's alternative radio station, offering an eclectic mix of jazz, alternative rock, and world music. Check out the website for a listing of Milwaukee's alternative music events, and tune in for entertaining shows run by some of the station's 100 volunteer DJs (WMSE schedule
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In Milwaukee, the wettest month is August, due to frequent thunderstorms. These can at times be dangerous and damaging, bringing hail and high winds. In rare instances, it can bring a tornado to the more inland parts of the city. However, almost all summer rainfall in the city is brought by these storms. In spring and fall, longer events of prolonged, lighter rain bring most of the precipitation. Snow commonly falls in the city from early November until the middle of March, although it has been recorded as early as September 23, and as late as May 31.
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Although German influence in Milwaukee has wained since the mid-1800s, when one-third of Milwaukee's population were of German descent, German culture is still very much evident throughout the city. Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin, is located in the southeastern portion of the state on the shore of Lake Michigan. Famous for beer, Milwaukee is home to the Miller Brewing Company and other smaller microbreweries around the city that offer tours. Summerfest, an annual music festival that takes place in downtown Milwaukee, draws together nearly one million attendees every July for music performances, comedy, international cuisine and more. With its recent renovation, the Milwaukee Art Museum, which was founded by German artists in the late 1800s, holds an impressive collection of German expressionist paintings, Haitian art, modern art and classics from the 19th and 20th centuries, to name a few.
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Milwaukee continued to grow tremendously until the late 1950s. Milwaukee was home to immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Hungary, Poland and other central European nations. There was ... great northward migration of African Americans from the Southern United States. With the large influx of immigrants, Milwaukee became one of the 15 largest cities in the nation, and by the mid-1960s, its population reached nearly 750,000. Starting in the late 1960s, however, Milwaukee, like many cities in the "rust belt," saw its population start to decline due to various factors, including the loss of blue collar jobs and the phenomenon of "white flight." Nevertheless, in recent years the city has begun to make strides in improving its economy, neighborhoods, and image, resulting in the revitalization of neighborhoods such as the Historic Third Ward, the East Side, and more recently, Bay View, along with attracting new businesses to its downtown area.
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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is committed to helping victims/survivors of sexual abuse and to protecting children. Please visit the links below for more information or to register for an upcoming Safe Environment Education session.
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The Milwaukee area was originally inhabited by the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Native American tribes. French missionaries and traders first passed through the area in the late 17th and 18th centuries. The word "Milwaukee" comes from an Algonquian word Millioke which means "Good/Beautiful/Pleasant Land" (cf. Potawatomi language minwaking, Ojibwe language ominowakiing) or "Gathering place [by the water]" (cf. Potawatomi language manwaking, Ojibwe language omaniwakiing).
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