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Today β€” 15 September 2025WPR

This Wisconsin summer camp reunites foster kids with their biological siblings

15 September 2025 at 10:00

For one week at Belong Wisconsin’s summer camp, foster children experience what it is like to be close to their biological sibling. And as funding becomes uncertain, all involved with the camp are determined to keep it going.

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Monarch butterflies thrived in Wisconsin this year, researcher says

15 September 2025 at 10:00

Monarch butterflies have begun their annual 3,000-mile migration from Wisconsin to Mexico. Although their numbers grew this year, the insects still face many threats.

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Yesterday β€” 14 September 2025WPR
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β€˜These rate hikes unfairly burden families’: Wisconsin energy customers testify to Public Service Commission

12 September 2025 at 22:03

Customers from some of Wisconsin's largest electric utilities this week asked state regulators to block the utilities from increasing electric rates in each of the next two years.

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Gov. Tony Evers sues Wisconsin GOP leaders again in state rulemaking dispute

12 September 2025 at 21:49

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is accusing Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature of ignoring a recent state Supreme Court decision about when proposed rules submitted by state agencies can be given the force of law.

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How to talk to kids about gun violence in the news

12 September 2025 at 20:18

A UW-Madison counseling psychologist offers advice for helping young people and adults manage mental health after traumatic events like recent shootings.

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FEMA flood relief funds available to residents in Milwaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties

12 September 2025 at 17:50

The assistance could include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and families recover from the effects of the storms that occurred Aug. 9-12.Β 

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Assembly passes bills to restrict Pride flags, Medicaid access for undocumented people

11 September 2025 at 22:56

In their first floor session since passing a state budget, GOP lawmakers in the state Assembly approved bills Thursday that would bar state buildings from waving LGBTQ+ Pride flags, further restrict healthcare access for undocumented people and require state employees to work in-person.

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Wisconsin members of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA mourn founder’s assassination

11 September 2025 at 22:36

Wisconsin members of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA say they're shocked, saddened and angry following his assassination at a college campus on Wednesday.

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Some Wisconsin adoptees can’t legally access their original birth certificate. A new bill would change that

11 September 2025 at 22:05

Advocate and adoptee Diana Higgenbottom Anagnostopoulos shared the emotional and legal obstacles that some adoptees face without access to their original birth certificate.

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Wisconsin wolf population is up to 1,200 under revised estimates, improved tracking

11 September 2025 at 21:50

State wildlife regulators say Wisconsin’s wolf population has grown to more than 1,200 wolves and appears to be stabilizing, according to revised population estimates.

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Wisconsin communities hoping to breathe new life into old industrial sites with redevelopment projects

By: Lorin Cox
11 September 2025 at 19:35

The Great Recession and other declines in manufacturing led to factory closures, and in the years since, local leaders have been working through what to do with the vacant properties.

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3 compete in DeForest recall election following vote to remove fluoride from water

11 September 2025 at 19:24

Three candidates are facing off in a special election in DeForest that follows a years-long dispute involving police reports, a burner email account and Facebook fights over dental hygiene.

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