The Wisconsin ​​​​​Office of Children’s Mental Health recently released a “Feelings Thermometer” to help people support their preschool aged children. The guide is meant to help young kids identify their big feelings, and manage them. 

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Mom Sarah Knowles leads the Wisconsin Chapter of the Changing Spaces Campaign, which seeks to get more adult-sized changing tables and stations installed across the nation and world. 

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A coalition of groups are asking Wisconsin lawmakers to invest almost $1 billion in water infrastructure in addition to policy changes and other preventive measures to protect safe drinking water. 

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Veterinarian Angie Ruppel joined WPR’s “The Larry Meiller Show” to answer questions about getting cats spayed or neutered. 

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It's still illegal to shoot fish with a gun in Wisconsin, but anglers will no longer face potential fines for carrying a firearm while wetting their lines in state waterways.

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Two days before Christmas, Erin West’s three daughters, husband, parents and hundreds of friends gathered to honor her life. 

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The Green Bay Area Public School District violated federal Title IX rules in back-to-back school years by failing to complete investigations into reported sexual misconduct.

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Milwaukee-based beer company Miller High Life decided to try its hand at something new this holiday season when it announced the creation of a signature cologne. 

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In a year-end interview with Wisconsin Public Radio, Democratic AG Josh Kaul says there are proven ways to reduce the likelihood of mass shootings.

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Karen Hyun will be the state's next secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, a cabinet position that’s gone unfilled for more than a year.

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Sleeping regulates our immune system, gives our body time to restore cells and “cleans our brain out,” said licensed sleep psychologist Dr. Rick Blackburn.

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Rubi Patricia Vergara and her family loved to laugh. That was a central message at Vergara's funeral, held at City Church Madison on Saturday.

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It's left tens of thousands of Wisconsinites wondering if they'll head into the holiday season without paychecks.

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A diesel mobile crane manufacturer in Manitowoc has reached a $42.6  million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency over Clean Air Act violations.

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More than 100 Madison high schoolers marched to the state Capitol Friday where they denounced lawmakers' inaction on firearm legislation and funding for mental health support in schools.

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The Portage Municipal Airport is set to receive $300,000 biennially over the next several years from the U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics. The decision comes just one year after the region’s common council discussed whether to close the airport.

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Police Chief Shon Barnes has previously been revealed as a finalist for the Seattle position.

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Join WPR for the 2024-25 of Metropolitan Opera matinee broadcasts from Lincoln Center in New York City, airing every Saturday starting at Noon, through June 2025.  Season highlights will include […]

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State regulators say nearby wells and waterways have so far not been impacted by around 70,000 gallons of oil that spilled from Enbridge's system in Jefferson County as the company and regulators face scrutiny over their response.

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Wisconsin businesses and farms have been notified their insurance will not pay for any injury or property damage tied to PFAS contamination.

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