UWM survives Detroit to advance in league tourney

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Panthers were all too gracious hosts, nearly surrendering leads of 21 points in the first half and 19 in the 2nd, before holding off Detroit, 83-73 in the first round of the Horizon league Tournament, Tuesday night at the U.S. Cell.

Three charged in connection with rash of burglaries at UWM

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Three people have been formally charged in connection with a rash of burglaries that occurred on the UW-Milwaukee campus on February 16th.19-year-old Andre Dallas, 18-year-old Rendell Giles and 17-year-old Michael Scott are each facing four counts of burglary (home invasion) and one count of conspiracy to commit burglary (building or dwelling).Dallas, Giles and Scott went through out-of-custody intake court in Milwaukee on Tuesday, February 25th.

What does release of emails mean for Gov. Walker's future?

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- After thousands of emails were released on Wednesday, February 19th from the private Gmail account belonging to Kelly Rindfleisch -- a former aide to now-Governor Scott Walker, both political parties are trying to use the information contained within them to their advantage -- but what are the advantages, and what will this mean politically for Gov.

Search warrant provides new insight into burglaries at UWM

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- FOX6 News has obtained a search warrant related to weekend burglaries on the UW-Milwaukee campus, which details UW-Milwaukee police's investigation on Sunday, February 16th -- and the items allegedly taken by the suspects in this case.Around 4:00 a.m. Sunday, February 16th, a UW-Milwaukee student living in Sandburg Hall's South Tower called UW-Milwaukee police to report a loaded handgun he found lying on his bed.A search warrant in the case says that student told police he believed his roommate had stolen items that were now in their room, along with the loaded handgun.The search warrant says the roommate in this case was known to UW-Milwaukee police due to previous contacts.When a UW-Milwaukee police officer entered the residence where the loaded handgun was reportedly discovered, the officer found in plain view numerous backpacks, ID cards belonging to individuals not living in the residence, multiple PlayStation game consoles and controllers, an Xbox game console, numerous iPhones, numerous iPads, large quantities of money, a marijuana grinder - and the handgun, which was discovered loaded with eight rounds of 9mm ammunition.

3 arrested after stolen gun found in UWM's Sandburg Hall

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- FOX6 News has learned UW-Milwaukee Police arrested two UW-Milwaukee students and one additional individual after a gun was discovered inside a dorm room at Sandburg Hall.UW-Milwaukee Police tell FOX6 News they got a call around 4:00 a.m. from a student who said he came back to his dorm room in the South Tower of Sandburg Hall and found a gun that wasn't his on his bed.UW-Milwaukee Police say they went to the student's room and discovered the gun, which they say was stolen.Police say they also discovered electronics in the room that the student said did not belong to him, or to his roommates.Police looked at security cameras and discovered suspects getting into Sandburg Hall's North Tower elevator.Sandburg North was then placed on lockdown -- and police began searching room by room, floor by floor.Three individuals were taken into custody on one of the highest floors of the building.

UW-Milwaukee alum Satya Nadella named Microsoft CEO

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Microsoft has named Satya Nadella as its new CEO and announced that founder Bill Gates will step down as chairman of the company's board.Nadella is a 22-year veteran of Microsoft who has been overseeing various aspects of the company's corporate software business since 1992.

UWM Falls to UWGB in overtime, 93-86

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Panthers had a 79-72 lead with 3:29 to play, but UW Green Bay closed on a 10-3 run to force overtime, and remained unbeaten in the Horizon League (3-0) with a 93-86 win Sunday at the U.S. Cellular Arena.

Milwaukee Panthers beat N. Illini 82-69 win NIU Invite

DEKALB, ILL. -- Malcolm Moore scored 15 points to lead 5 players in double figures as the Milwaukee Panthers rallied from 14 points down to beat Northern Illinois 82-69 and earn the championship of the NIU Invitational.

Panthers hang on, knock off San Jose St. 64-61

DEKALB, ILL. -- Jordan Aaron scored 16 points to lead 4 players in double figures as coach Rob Jeter's Milwaukee Panthers outlasted San Jose St. 64-61 in the first game of the NIU Invitational Friday night in Dekalb, Illinois.the Panthers (2-1) led by 10 points with 2 minutes to play, but had to weather a pair of three-point attempts by the Spartans to avoid overtime.Milwaukee continues play in the NIU Invitational Saturday at 5:30 against James Madison.

Milwaukee could become a world leader in aquaponics

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Milwaukee could be on a path to become a world leader in one developing industry, aquaponics.Aquaponics is the raising of fish and plants in the same system -- and it could be the next big thing in urban agriculture."You're getting two products in the system you're getting plants first and then you're getting fish maybe ten months later so you start harvesting your plants and you're making some income on your plants and then you're going to get some income on the fish at the end," said Will Allen of Growing Power.They also see aquaponics as a way to target two societal scourges -- vacant buildings can be converted into aquaponics space -- and the output helps fight food deserts."The vegetables and the plants they could go into community markets and the fish is the same thing you could set up a route to distribute your food to restaurants or grocery stores," said Fred Binkowski, a UW-Milwaukee scientist.Growing Power and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are teaming up to study different aquaponics systems -- and plan to provide an economic blueprint for what it would cost to start your own aquaponics outfit.