As grocery stores close across Milwaukee’s North and Northwest Side, One MKE and its community partners are expanding a community-centered campaign to fight food scarcity.
Jonathan Aguilar / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service / CatchLight Local
Jonathan Aguilar is a photojournalist as well as a Report for America corps member and Catchlight Local fellow. Before coming to Milwaukee, he spent two years as a photographer at one of America’s oldest daily newspapers, The Blade, in Toledo, Ohio. Aguilar grew up in the Chicago suburbs. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from DePaul University and his master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism.
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Leveling up in Uptown: The Battlebox Video Games was built through community
Battlebox owner Bryant Wilcox reflects on how a lifelong love of video games grew into a community-rooted small business.
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‘The year of housing’: Milwaukee leaders celebrate more than 3,000 new homeowners
The milestone was marked through speeches and the unveiling of a mural that symbolizes cooperative efforts to create quality, affordable homes in Milwaukee for thousands of families.
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Café el Sol turns Milwaukee’s Friday fish fry into a cultural celebration
Café el Sol blends Latin flavor and live music with an all-you-can-eat fish fry that brings the community together inside the United Community Center.
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Art that listens: Inside Milwaukee’s first bilingual art museum
Opened in 2024 by Ernesto “Neto” Atkinson, The Catacombs of Neto Art Museum was designed as a space for conversation and connection, but not silence.
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Milwaukee celebrates King’s legacy at MLK library
Residents came together Monday, Jan. 19 at the Milwaukee Public Library Martin Luther King Branch to celebrate MLK Day.
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Homemade tamales and pozole bring community together at Mitchell Park
County Supervisor Juan Miguel Martinez and several community partners hosted the Mitchell Park Pozolera on Saturday, Jan. 10.
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Mitchell Street floral shop creates ‘Unforgettable Moments’ for Milwaukee’s Latino community
Siblings Roberto and Laura González opened Unforgettable Moments Floral Shop & Events in 2019. Since then, it’s become a hub for Milwaukee’s Latino community.
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Powwow drum circle inspires Indigenous youths in Milwaukee
The Nahwahquaw brothers formed the group to connect Indigenous boys, ranging in age from 10 to 20, in Milwaukee to their roots.
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Our community in photos: The best of 2025
NNS photojournalist Jonathan Aguilar shares his favorite photos of 2025.