Have you assembled your summer beach reads yet? While there's lots to do in Milwaukee during the summer, there’s always time to read. Daniel Goldin, of Boswell Book Company, put together a list of books perfect for the wide ranging festivals and activities the city has to offer all summer:

For Germanfest: Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini

Now that summer seems to be here, it’s time to get out and explore what the city has to offer. And there’s a lot to see and do.

"The fortunate thing is that there is so much to do in Milwaukee in the summer that we always find new things," says Milwaukee Magazine publisher Carole Nicksin. The summer city guide issue is now available. It's packed full of information for all 14 weekends of summer.

Nicksin joined Lake Effect's Bonnie North to offer a few of her favorite suggestions to help you plot your best course of action:

The CNN documentary series United Shades of America is nearing the end of its fourth season, and the second to last episode is all about Milwaukee.

The Emmy Award-winning series follows host W. Kumau Bell, a black standup comedian, who travels across the country. He goes to places he says the audience may not expect him to go, places he’s never been, or where he feels like he can learn something new.

While Wisconsin sports fans may be reeling from the Bucks' tough loss in the Eastern Conference Finals, Lake Effect sports contributor NEW Northface Dryvent Women’s Ski Pants S P says fans should take solace in what was an extraordinary season by all accounts.

The state Legislature's budget committee has recommended shrinking the size of a proposed expansion of higher-speed internet service across Wisconsin. The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee also wants to block additional money to help a consumer group challenge residential rate cases brought by state utilities.

Both items were considered Thursday night, as part of  the state budget proposal for the Public Service Commission (PSC). 

When a child tests high for lead, Milwaukee’s health department mobilizes. A nurse begins conferring with the family while an inspector looks for sources of lead in the home.

Thursday during the Public Safety and Health Committee meeting, Alderman Jose Perez said he wants to make sure that those families living in rental properties can’t be evicted by their landlords.

Perez says he and his colleagues have been hearing from concerned Milwaukee residents.