As the weather grows colder, Wisconsin health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated for several respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19. The plea comes as people are facing more confusion and hurdles over getting a COVID shot.

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For the first time in its history, the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin released lake sturgeon into Clam Lake as part of efforts to restore the ancient fish.

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A new study on Lake Beulah in southeastern Wisconsin indicates that wake boats should operate in deeper waters and farther from the shore to reduce impacts to the lake bottom and shoreline.

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As temperatures rise and bobbers sink, it turns out anglers have a greater effect on fish populations than global warming, according to a new study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Republican lawmakers say their bills to address PFAS would offer financial aid and protect innocent landowners from footing the bill for contamination they didn’t cause. But state regulators argue the proposals would still let polluters off the hook.

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A large dairy with farms in Columbia and Dane counties is proposing to grow its herd by more than 60 percent in the next five years as part of plans to consolidate its two facilities into one location.

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The city of Ashland is seeking outside input on potential new uses of the shuttered Northland College campus.

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Another commercial poultry facility in Jefferson County must cull more than half a million birds due to highly pathogenic avian influenza. 

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Environmental advocates are urging state regulators to bring Wisconsin’s PFAS standards in line with federal drinking water standards for the chemicals despite an ongoing legal challenge.

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An administrative law judge may decide whether the roughly $450 million plan to reroute an oil and gas pipeline around the Bad River tribe's reservation can move forward after a lengthy hearing wraps up on Friday.

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The current and former owners of a Rhinelander paper mill are responsible for widespread PFAS contamination in the northern Wisconsin town of Stella, state environmental regulators said in new letters obtained by WPR.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is increasing monitoring in Lake Winnebago for invasive round gobies that can force out native bottom-dwelling fish.

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State Veterinarian Darlene Konkle said the farm spotted signs of the virus and alerted ag officials. The cause of the infection has not yet been determined.

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A new report from environmental groups Alliance for the Great Lakes and Clean Wisconsin recommends steps to combat nitrate contamination, which poses health risks and millions of dollars in costs for Wisconsin communities.

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Canadian mining company GreenLight Metals announced Monday that early drilling results confirm the presence of significant copper and gold at the Bend deposit in northern Wisconsin.

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A land purchase in Douglas County brings Wisconsin one step closer to being the first of eight states to finish its portion of the country's longest national scenic trail.

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In 2020, a grand jury issued a 10-count indictment against Kevin Shibilski, chief executive officer of 5R Processors.

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Microsoft’s data centers in the village of Mount Pleasant will require up to 8.4 million gallons of water each year, according to data released Wednesday.

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A western Wisconsin town has passed an ordinance that would regulate the operations of large livestock farms.

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Environmental advocates are suing the city of Racine to force the release of data on projected water use in the first phase of Microsoft’s $3.3 billion data center campus in Mount Pleasant.

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