A proposal from a Republican Wisconsin congressman would make it harder for universities to use a work visa program to hire faculty and staff from other countries, while limiting private businesses' ability to recruit high-demand workers from abroad. 

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Retired wide receiver Sterling Sharpe has finally joined his brother in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, becoming the 29th member of the Green Bay Packers to be inducted.

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Nine cases of measles have been confirmed in Oconto County, and local public health officials are working to identify and notify people who may have been exposed to the virus.

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U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany said both the U.S. and Canada need to change forest management practices to harvest more trees and adopt modern technologies that “can detect fire very early on” and help suppress them.

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Sheboygan's nickname, the “Malibu of the Midwest,” might be a bit tongue-in-cheek. But surfing genuinely is a year-round sport in the city. So, a WPR reporter gave it a shot.

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A Green Bay-area landlord is facing a federal lawsuit after he allegedly sexually harassed a young mother who rented one of his apartments and retaliated against her when she tried to stand up for herself.

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The largest grain terminal at the Port of Duluth-Superior will close by the end of August after almost a century of operation in Superior.

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The Green Bay Packers organization and its fans bid farewell to long-time President and CEO Mark Murphy on Friday at the team's annual shareholder meeting.

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Waukesha-based Generac Power Systems unveiled the company’s newest and largest manufacturing facility in Wisconsin on Thursday in Beaver Dam. 

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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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President Donald Trump’s tariffs are making it harder for Wisconsin businesses to predict the price of raw materials and are straining decades-long relationships with trade partners — and more tariffs are expected to take effect next month.

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Data centers are expanding across the central U.S. to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence. That's raising concerns about growing energy demand and freshwater usage.

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The event has set new attendance records each year since 2022.

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The 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay had a statewide economic impact of more than $104 million, beating pre-draft projections, according to new data from the local visitors bureau.

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Special Olympics Wisconsin has joined an international effort aimed at improving health care quality and access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending law indefinitely extends the 2017 tax cuts on people. It also includes targeted tax breaks that will largely expire by the end of his second term in office.

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QTS Data Centers began to consider developing in Wisconsin after working with Alliant Energy on a separate project in Iowa.

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Seven people were rescued after being pulled into a dam on the Upper Mississippi River when their boat became disabled.

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Communities across Wisconsin have taken steps to become more sustainable over the last decade and a half, but a lack of standardized reporting makes it difficult to measure cost savings from those efforts.

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Local leaders reached a tentative deal to move Green Bay’s century-old riverfront coal piles last month. Local leaders reached a tentative deal to move Green Bay’s century-old riverfront coal piles last month. But the downtown home of the mounds of coal likely won’t be development-ready for several years. 

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