An elementary school in Grant County has changed its approach to teaching math — and it has paid off. Now, nearly 80 percent of the students at Winskill Elementary School are at grade level. That's double the state average.

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Summers have been heating up across the country and Wisconsin is no exception, according to a new analysis from the group Climate Central.

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Diver and inventor Max Gene Nohl’s memoir sat in the Milwaukee Public Library archives for more than six decades. Now, it’s finally being published.

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On Tuesday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate committee there was a federal "team" in the city from the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. The Milwaukee Health Department disputed Kennedy's statement.

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A cyberattack on a Wisconsin-based cell phone company has affected phone service for thousands of people over the last week.

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On May 15, multiple tornadoes blew through western and east-central Wisconsin. Long-term cleanup efforts remain for damaged homes and businesses.

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Two men police believe to be Venezuelan gang members have been charged with trying to steal money from an ATM in Superior. 

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The leader of a Wisconsin community where a troubled maximum security prison resides is “cautiously optimistic” that lawmakers will be able to close the facility in this year’s state budget. 

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Port Washington is one step closer to bringing a 1,900-acre data center campus to the city. The common council has voted to annex about one-third of that land, and zoned it as a "Technology Campus District."

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The two deaths at UW-Platteville are being investigated as a murder-suicide, campus officials said. 

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It's a different process than other states have used to meet the mandatory testing requirements that were first announced in December. Wisconsin was one of the last states to enroll in the program this spring.

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More than 200 people have signed an open letter to the Ashland School Board expressing concern over a complaint filed against one of its members. 

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At the Republican state convention Saturday, Derrick Van Orden suggested ending Wisconsin’s spring elections — a move that would require an amendment to the state constitution. His suggestion comes after a series of losses by conservatives in spring elections. 

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Gov. Tony Evers says he’s “hoping” the next state budget will be completed on time, even as the state of federal funding remains largely unknown.

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One day each spring, volunteers around Wisconsin get up at dawn to participate in the International Crane Foundation’s Annual Midwest Crane Count. It’s a long-running citizen science project that helps […]

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President Donald Trump’s proposed budget includes cuts to funding for rural hospitals and health programs. The head of the state office of rural health said a myriad of cuts could lead to more hospital closures.

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Democrat Randy Bryce, known as "Iron Stache," is once again running for Congress in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District.

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The next battle for Wisconsin's Supreme Court is shaping up with liberal state Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor announcing Tuesday that she will challenge conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley. While the race won't tip the balance of power on the state's highest court like the last two Supreme Court contests, it could potentially grow liberals' current majority.

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Two UW-Platteville female students died in a “targeted and isolated” dorm incident Monday. Both women lived in the Wilgus Hall dormitory.

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The bill was introduced soon after the cabin cruiser dubbed "Deep Thought" was pulled from a Milwaukee public beach where it sat abandoned for six months.

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