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Hemmed in by development, small farmers are part of conservation effort in a Wisconsin county

4 July 2025 at 10:00

One mile outside Milwaukee, 25 farmers β€” most of them Hmong β€” grow produce at the Mequon Nature Preserve. They're part of a project by a Milwaukee farmer's market, which broke ground at the preserve in 2018, aiming to relieve the pressure of dwindling affordable farmland on the market's vendors.

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Higher beef prices increase the cost of a Wisconsin summer cookout

4 July 2025 at 10:00

High meat prices mean Wisconsinites are paying more for a summer cookout this year. The Wisconsin Farm Bureau's annual survey of grocery store prices found a meal for 10 people cost $69.03, coming in 4 percent higher than in 2024.

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How the Milwaukee Brewers decide when to open or close American Family Field’s roof

4 July 2025 at 10:00

American Family Field, formerly Miller Park, opened in 2001. The ballpark's most unique feature is likely its movable roof, which is made up of 12,000 tons of steel.

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World’s largest fencing tournament comes to Wisconsin

3 July 2025 at 20:41

Last summer, downtown Milwaukee’s Baird Center hosted the Republican National Convention. This week, the convention center has hosted a very different scene β€” thousands of fencers competing in over 90 different fencing events.

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More than 130 workers on strike at Janesville Mercyhealth clinic

3 July 2025 at 20:20

β€œOur members do virtually everything from providing multiple levels of care to facility maintenance,” the union stated. β€œNon-profit healthcare workers should be able to afford their own healthcare.”

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Wisconsin theater company celebrates 90 years on stage

3 July 2025 at 19:23

Peninsula Players is recognized as the oldest resident summer theater program in the country. This summer, the company continues a nearly century-old legacy of performing in Door County.

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Federal budget bill could raise Wisconsin energy costs, threaten renewable energy jobs

3 July 2025 at 19:14

An eleventh hour amendment made in the Senate will allow renewable energy projects that begin construction by 2026 or come online by 2027 to receive tax credits, which is slightly less restrictive than a previous version of the bill.

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Gov. Tony Evers, GOP lawmakers beat Congress and Trump to the punch on hospital funding

3 July 2025 at 10:01

If Congress's budget had become law first, Wisconsin could have lost out on more than $1 billion in federal funds to help the state pay for its BadgerCare medical assistance program and help hospitals offset losses from treating low-income patients.

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In wee hours, Legislature passes and Evers signs 2-year, $111-billion state budget

3 July 2025 at 10:01

Wisconsin lawmakers voted to approve a state budget late Wednesday night that spends more than $111 billion over the next two years, cuts more than 300 state jobs and increases funding for the child care industry and the Universities of Wisconsin system. It also cuts taxes by about $1.4 billion.

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New Wisconsin partnership aims to expand memory care for Latino community

3 July 2025 at 10:00

A new elective course between the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and the state’s only bilingual memory clinic will help give upcoming medical students hands-on experience with memory care in the Latino community.

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Archaeologists make surprising discovery along the Menominee River on Wisconsin border

2 July 2025 at 21:43

A new discovery along the Menominee River calls into question what archaeologists thought they knew about the scale of Indigenous agriculture before the arrival of European settlers.

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