In the midst of an intense flu season, some Wisconsin counties are stocking “public health vending machines” with free flu tests. 

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Wisconsin agencies are navigating funding losses and layoffs after the Trump administration halted most refugee admissions. Some are resettling South Africans under a controversial Trump program, out of principle and to preserve a system they say will be needed again.

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Former Sun Prairie West High School principal Jennifer Ploeger will be charged with two counts of failing to report child abuse.

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Protests are expected across the state on Friday in reaction to this week's fatal shooting in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan is calling for further oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an agent shot and killed a woman driving her vehicle in Minneapolis.

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The Green Bay Packers will go on the road to take on the Chicago Bears in the NFL Playoffs for just the third time in the century-old rivalry.

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A Monroe County dairy farm will pay $120,000 under a settlement over alleged violations of the state’s environmental laws.

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Wisconsin’s Deedra Irwin is returning to the Winter Olympics in Italy next month and will have fans in both Angelica and Pulaski rooting for her.

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Treading on Wisconsin’s frozen lakes has gotten more dangerous, creating cost for taxpayers and business owners and calling into question the future of an important state pastime.

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In a surprise reversal, Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden voted for a three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits despite previously calling for the law to be repealed.

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Bills under consideration aim to ensure cost doesn't stop incarcerated Wisconsinites from having access to basic hygiene products, including pads and tampons.

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The Mark Hembree Band is well-known in Wisconsin’s bluegrass music scene. Its upright bass playing leader, Mark Hembree of Oconomowoc, has been playing music professionally for decades. He reflects on his early days with another bluegrass legend, Bill Monroe.

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A community in rural Brown County is raising the alarm on a possible data center development after several people received offers to purchase their property from a local realtor on behalf of a Delaware-based limited liability company.

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Months after a new federal policy struck a blow to the national hemp industry, state lawmakers are considering a proposal to clarify the legality of the product in Wisconsin. 

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Wisconsin utilities are investing to meet demands of the AI data center boom. But utility customers and local communities could be left paying the bills if the AI industry goes bust, utility watchdog warns.

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Wisconsin politicians had a lot to say about the shooting death of a Minnesota woman by federal immigration agents, with one Republican accusing the woman of "domestic terrorism" and multiple Democrats calling for the defunding of ICE.

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Film professor Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece brings her deep knowledge of horror movies to the page with "Poltergeist," an apocalyptic horror novel set in a melting Arctic.

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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Thursday that it continues to recommend the "evidence-based childhood vaccine schedule" from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson called the U.S. military’s recent operation in Venezuela an “incredible success” shortly before voting against a resolution that would require Congress to sign off on further military action in the country.

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Many are considered, few can be chosen: Meet the six distinctive Wisconsin voices behind the 2026 "Larry Meiller Show" book club selections.

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