A Wisconsin early childhood literacy nonprofit is helping parents and children make reading part of their daily routine, teaming up with libraries and clinics to give out “prescriptions to read” during medical checkups.
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Ten Wisconsin-based companies — including Kohl’s, Milwaukee Tool and Ashley Furniture — are seeking refunds for the tariff duties.
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UW-Milwaukee is consolidating several student cultural and resource centers into a new “unified, student-focused hub.” That's leaving some students worried about access.
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A southern Wisconsin environmental nonprofit is cutting off toxic exes and sawing down invasive buckthorn trees this Valentine’s Day.
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Wisconsin state officials and tribal leaders filled the state Capitol on Tuesday to listen to the annual State of the Tribes address given by tribal chair Nicole Boyd of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
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Ben Loomis is one of just two skiers representing Team USA in the nordic combined skiing competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy this February. The Norwegian sport blends ski jumping with a cross country skiing race. There are two individual events and one team event.
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said Friday she adamantly opposes a GOP bill moving through Congress that would tighten voting access nationwide.
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The album was left behind for months in the terminal's lost and found before airport staff brought it to the bookstore for safekeeping.
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Eight-year-old Gerard and Pittman won the Masters Agility Competition in the 24-inch category, completing the final course in just 36.55 seconds.
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Inflation and budget shortfalls are plaguing some public libraries in Wisconsin.
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Tobacco use is Wisconsin's and the country’s leading cause of preventable death and disease.
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