The program is a streamlined application process that directly sends a students’ high school transcripts to UW-Milwaukee and MATC.

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Wisconsin’s largest study on deer and chronic wasting disease shows the deadly disease substantially reduces deer survival and population growth, especially where it’s most widespread.

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The Lake Superior Ice Festival is one of the city's biggest annual events. It's held on Friday and Saturday, with a plethora of activities on Barker's Island, along with ice sculptures popping up around the city.

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Many of Wisconsin's rural dentists are retiring. Getting new dentists into all parts of the state is a challenge.

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The address was Gov. Tony Evers’ seventh State of the State since he first took office in 2019.

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Ed Bieber is working to clean up Wisconsin’s waterways — and building an online audience as he does it.

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Caiden Stachowicz made his initial court appearance Wednesday via Zoom from the Fond du Lac County Jail.

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The report shows housing in the state’s capital city growing by 37 percent since 2005. The city had 138,000 new units last year.

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An internal review found “concerns about financial operations and fiscal judgements,” according to the school. 

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Wisconsin LGBTQ+ advocates are mobilizing against President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring the federal government must recognize people by their biological sex instead of their gender identity. 

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Federal funding and incentives for climate and clean energy projects in Wisconsin face an uncertain future after President Donald Trump signed a slate of executive orders to revoke policies, including the Inflation Reduction Act.

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For the past 15 years, trail volunteers in Lodi have collaborated with local students to provide outdoor learning opportunities. Now, the Ice Age Trail Alliance has a formal partnership with the Lodi School District.

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The Hop faces an uncertain future as a bipartisan law to overhaul local government funding placed stipulations on how the city can fund the streetcar. 

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Many small businesses rely on TikTok for customers and income.

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Held at the Bay Theater last weekend in Ashland, the Big Water Film Festival continues online through Feb. 2. Two of the films concentrate on Ojibwe culture.

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Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul say Wisconsin has joined a coalition of 17 other states and two cities filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order claiming to end birthright citizenship.

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Last week, former Michael’s CEO Ashley Buchanan formally took over as the newest CEO of Kohl’s. Outgoing CEO Tom Kingsbury told investors that some of the issues Kohl’s is currently facing are self-inflicted.

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Wisconsin legislative Republicans are circulating a bill that would undo changes the Department of Public Instruction made last year to the way student achievement is measured on state tests.  DPI […]

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Becoming a parent for the first time can bring a wild range of emotions. Chris Myers of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, came head to head with those feelings in the middle of […]

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About 60 percent of U.S. soybeans are sold to China. Wisconsin soybean farmers could suffer if President Donald Trump starts a trade war.

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