With the $1.8 billion replacement project in limbo, regional leaders say delays could raise costs and complicate years of planning for a five-year construction closure.

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In 2025 alone, nearly 200 school groups visited, bringing about 8,500 students to learn about agriculture and the many careers connected to food production.

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The town of Beloit is the fifth Wisconsin community with an NDA for a possible data center.

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Eau Claire author B.J. Hollars is currently co-leading a fundraising effort to keep putting books like Katie Venit's “Forts” in the hands of kids in the Eau Claire area for years to come.

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The Wisconsin Senate will hold what could be its last floor session of the year Tuesday. Included within the sprawling agenda are bills legalizing online sports betting and subsidizing "name, image, likeness," or NIL, deals that have split Republicans' slim 17-vote majority and could require Democratic votes to pass. 

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Bacteria can cause illness and death, UW-Madison professor Timothy Paustian said on "The Larry Meiller Show," but they could also help us to sleep better or find the motivation to exercise. 

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A Madison-area school district needs a new superintendent, but months of controversy have made their way into the search. 

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This report was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio. Elon Musk flew to Wisconsin press release

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PBS Wisconsin's "Here & Now" sat down with the candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court to ask them about an important Supreme Court decision from the 2020 election and see how they would have ruled.

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Thousands of Wisconsinites are without power this morning due to blizzard-like conditions.

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Wisconsin’s public schools lost 14,087 students this school year, with 68 out of 72 counties experiencing a decline in student enrollment.

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President Donald Trump said this week that he’s working to save the Great Lakes from invasive carp, but critics say his administration is holding up money for a billion-dollar project to keep the invasive fish at bay.

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The Wisconsin Forests FIRST initiative is working to develop a strategic plan and long-term roadmap to ensure Wisconsin’s forests remain healthy while also supporting a sustainable and competitive forest products industry.

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The criminal justice system is often a top-down experience. Judges hand down sentences and, for the most part, people charged with crimes are expected to defer to the expertise of their lawyers. A group of people in Racine is turning that model on its head.

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The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the northern two thirds of the state that will remain in place until Monday afternoon. 

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More than 71,000 customers of Wisconsin’s largest electric utility were without power Friday afternoon due to strong winds.

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The city's 57 deaths last year represented a decline of nearly 20 percent compared to 70 deaths in 2024, Mayor Cavalier Johnson said at a press conference this week at South Division High School. It's the largest single-year decline since the 2022 peak for traffic deaths at 77. 

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Forward Analytics used six indicators to measure the state’s economy and in “Keeping Pace,” said in the past seven-year period Wisconsin falls short.

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State regulators gave three utilities the OK to acquire a large solar and battery project in Rock County that will provide enough energy to power more than 45,000 homes.

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A DNR senior fisheries biologist says whitefish populations have been sharply declining in the lake for the last 20 years.

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