With more than 170 acts at nearly three dozen venues, the Homegrown Music Festival is the Twin Ports’ largest music event of the year.

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A new task force has been created in response to recent flooding that has hit the Milwaukee area.

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Executive Director Sean Wright said the goal is not to remake The Grand into something unrecognizable but to restore and enhance a historic theater that has served north-central Wisconsin for decades.

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Wisconsin is seeing an uptick in severe storm activity this month. UW-Madison’s emergency management specialist offers insight into preparing for and recovering from major weather disasters.

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The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Wisconsin Corn Growers Association and three other state organizations signed on to a letter urging congressional leaders to pass what policy makers are calling the "Farm Bill 2.0."

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The National Weather Service says at least 14 confirmed tornados hit Wisconsin during last week's spate of severe storms that caused widespread flood damage in areas around Milwaukee and Green Bay.

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Animal welfare activists converged outside of Gov. Tony Evers' Capitol office on Monday, chanting “Free the dogs!” and demanding that the governor and attorney general do what they can to shut down a beagle breeding and research facility where many of the protesters clashed with police two days earlier.

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A University of Wisconsin-Madison employee allegedly attempted to poison a coworker he resented. 

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Importers that paid tariffs later struck down by the Supreme Court can now apply for refunds.

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A new book co-written by James and Susan Patterson draws from Susan’s time as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. The pair discuss the book’s Wisconsin inspirations and how they write together.

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Following a string of multimillion dollar judicial elections, a group of retired judges wants the Wisconsin Supreme Court to tighten recusal rules in cases where judges or justices receive campaign donations from litigants.

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Dane County supervisors have cut off funding for automatic license plate cameras, citing concerns about privacy and about how that data is shared.

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With its light yellow flowers and heart-shaped, dark green leaves, fig buttercup looks as pretty as its name. But scientists say this invasive plant is spreading quickly across Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota and will outcompete and kill native plants.

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Hundreds of animal rights activists raided a controversial Wisconsin dog breeding and testing facility in Dane county Saturday morning, one day ahead of the expected protest.

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Thunderstorms hammered an already waterlogged Wisconsin Friday night after a week-long stretch of storms that included several tornadoes across the state. 

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Marinette High School student Dylan Demmith won a seat on the common council with over 70 percent of the vote.

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Dane County officials have maintained that peaceful protest will be allowed, but say violating the law will lead to arrests following a break-in at the facility last month.

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A Bayfield County judge is weighing whether the Bad River tribe and environmental groups face irreversible harm if Enbridge continues building a new stretch of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline around the tribe's reservation.

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Legislative Republicans are asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed earlier this year by parents and educators from across Wisconsin alleging lawmakers have failed to adequately fund public schools.

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Another data center plan is moving forward in Wisconsin as the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is expected to decide on a data center rate proposal from We Energies this month and on a similar plan from Alliant Energy later this spring.

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