The Eau Claire school district is considering closing or repurposing some of its elementary schools because district officials say they've got too much space and not enough students.

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As grills fire up along Wisconsin Avenue and hunters stream into town, Tomahawk’s annual venison feed offers the unmistakable feel of opening weekend up north.

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Democratic state lawmakers are proposing a bill that would essentially cap residential energy bills in Wisconsin at 2 percent of household income.

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Last week, the night sky in much of the country was ablaze with the aurora borealis, which were particularly spectacular in the greater Twin Ports area.
But with skywatchers on both sides of St. Louis Bay, which is best for viewing the northern lights — Superior or Duluth?

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Wisconsin's Department of Corrections paid the firm Falcon, Inc. to complete a year-long review of the prison system. The firm's report detailed issues with overcrowding and solitary confinement.

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Former Republican Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has been chosen for an interim role as a top federal prosecutor.

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The sites selected in the latest funding round include 11 Kwik Trips, hotels, other gas stations, a Culver’s and a chocolate shop.

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Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are holding a vote on a bill preventing SNAP recipients from using their benefits to purchase candy, soft drinks and energy drinks.

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"You should absolutely grind your own beans," said Ryan Castelaz of Discourse Coffee. "If there's one thing that you can do to increase the quality of your coffee at home, once you've bought the right beans for you, is to grind fresh at the time of brewing."

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An average 15-pound turkey could cost around $30 this Thanksgiving, according to an analysis from Purdue University. That’s a 75 percent price increase since October 2024—a reversal from the relatively low prices of previous years.

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Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season will get a late start this year on Saturday, Nov. 22. The hunt runs through Sunday, Nov. 30.

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Midwest Energy Resources Company, a subsidiary of DTE Electric Company, will not renew its 50-year lease with Koch Industries as of June 30 next year.

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Updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccine became available this fall, and many Wisconsinites have questions about the timing of when they should get vaccinated.

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The bill to reopen the federal government would redefine hemp products to ban many of the products that are widespread in Wisconsin. But enforcing that ban could be up to the state.

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Songwriter Hillary Reynolds of Appleton says that pregnancy and motherhood shaped her new album, "Changing Seasons."

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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services recently applied for $1 billion in federal funds to support three areas of rural health care: workforce, technology and care coordination services.

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An outpouring of public comments prompted state agriculture officials to reduce planned fee increases for livestock markets, dealers and truckers.

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The rise and fall of progress as an ideology; the civilizing project’s contradictions trouble European artists.

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A bill advancing in Wisconsin's GOP-controlled Legislature would withhold pay from judges while they're suspended for alleged criminal misconduct.

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A bipartisan group of state lawmakers hopes to motivate new veterinarians to work with the state's rural farms by offering student loan repayment.

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