About five years ago, Shawn Wiederhoeft received a life-changing kidney transplant, and in the process, might have helped change the lives of future transplant recipients.
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Hundreds of nurses in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin returned to work Wednesday after ending a two-week strike against Essentia Health, including nurses at its Superior clinic.
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After more craft breweries closed than opened across the nation for the first time in 20 years, a pair of Wisconsin craft brewery owners say they’re adapting to the times.
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A trade group president and an anti-vaping advocate share their thoughts on Wisconsin's new ban of non-FDA-approved vapes and e-cigarettes.
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Ann Marsh has been studying insects for more than two decades. Her research specimens include bugs that dehair rodents to feed to their young and a fly that uses its harpoon-like abdomen to insert eggs into prey.
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Much of Wisconsin is under a heat advisory Wednesday, and a new analysis by the nonprofit group Climate Central finds extreme heat streaks are becoming more common across the state and nation.
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A statement issued by the La Crosse Police Department just before 1:00 p.m. said Eliotte Heinz's body was recovered at around 10:28 a.m. by the Houston County Sheriff's Department.
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Frog Bay Tribal National Park opened in 2012 to restore reservation lands back to tribal ownership and ensure tribal members and outsiders alike can access the area for generations.
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State regulators say the commercial harvest of lake whitefish in Lake Michigan has reached its lowest level since 1990, and some fisheries biologists fear the species might largely disappear in parts of the lake.
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Land near the Madison College campus in Watertown will soon be home to an affordable housing project.
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Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill that would repeal the results of Gov. Tony Evers' "400-year veto," arguing it amounts to an unfair property tax increase in perpetuity.
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Federal transportation officials were in Oshkosh Tuesday, where they announced a new federal aviation rule and addressed efforts to modernize the country’s air traffic control system.
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The abandoned boat "Deep Thought" that quickly gained popularity as a local landmark in Milwaukee after it was stranded on the lakefront last fall will now be owned by the highest bidder in an effort to recoup removal costs.
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The Brewers started off the season dealing with injuries. But since they’ve been healthy, they’ve been historically strong.
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Michelangelo’s rivalry with Raphael reaches new heights while a violent religious schism engulfs Europe.
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Journalist Sunny Hostin and actor Jesse Williams learn that their ancestors come from very diverse places.
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Wisconsin has received more than $8.9 million in federal funds from the Overdose Data to Action grant program in the first two years of a five-year grant period. But recent actions by the Trump administration could delay or cut the rest of the funding.
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A bald eagle that nearly died from a leg injury took flight this summer in northwestern Wisconsin, after it was rehabilitated for nearly a year using a first-of-its-kind cod fish skin graft treatment primarily used in humans.
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For Darren Thompson, the flute is both an instrument and an extension of Native identity — a way to ensure that traditions, stories, and songs continue to be heard.
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