Two large-scale commercial poultry farms in southeastern Wisconsin have been hit with avian flu, each with roughly 1.5 million birds that will be culled.

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Milwaukee Public Schools announced Friday it plans to cut 263 non-classroom staff positions to help reduce the $46 million budget gap the district is facing.

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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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The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into the New Richmond School District in western Wisconsin for allegedly "allowing biological men to use female restrooms."

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As word spread across Brookfield that the U.S. Department of Education would arrive on Friday with its History Rocks! tour, some parents feared the event was part of what they see as a larger effort by the Trump administration to indoctrinate children. 

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A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison and seven years of extended supervision for setting fire to a Wisconsin congressman’s Fond du Lac office last year.

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A new correctional center for youth is set to open in Milwaukee County this month.

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Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics are all over the environment and even inside human bodies. Researchers have found a type of bioengineered algae that can clean up these pesky particles.

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"I'm what's called a 'pantser,' rather than a 'plotter,' author Nick Petrie said. "I don't outline before I start a book, I just write kind of by the seat of my pants. I'm trying to entertain myself."

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Perhaps no pathway to citizenship in the U.S. has changed more in the past year than the refugee program. The "Status Pending" podcast talked to refugees and the people helping them build new lives in Milwaukee.

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U.S. Democratic senators in Wisconsin and Minnesota are urging Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to release a $1 billion federal grant for replacement of a major bridge connecting Duluth and Superior.

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Scuba diver Paul Ehorn's recent discovery of the Lac La Belle was nearly 60 years in the making and is part of an overall uptick in Great Lakes shipwreck discoveries.

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Wisconsin U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson couldn't be further apart on President Donald Trump's decision to launch military attacks on Iran.

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A population geographer at UW-Whitewater makes the case that state-based visa programs could boost Wisconsin’s declining population and fuel local economies as the workforce ages.

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Wisconsin is one of more than 20 states suing the Trump administration to try to block the administration’s most recent effort to impose new tariffs. 

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More Wisconsin students are attending school and graduating, according to data released Thursday by the state Department of Public Instruction. 

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One of the largest remaining parcels of private land within Wisconsin’s most popular state park will be transferred to the state under a land deal funded through Wisconsin's contested land acquisition program.

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Legal advocates are raising alarms about a bill that would allow Wisconsin courts to use interpretation assisted by artificial intelligence. Republican sponsors say they introduced the plan to cut back on costs and alleviate a statewide shortage of court interpreters.

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Northwood Technical College professor Mark Langenfeld's new book offers help toward letting go of what we can’t control and trusting the instincts that keep us safe.

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A former member of the Green Bay City Council is suing both the city and its mayor, claiming his constitutional rights were violated by the city’s use of audio recording devices in City Hall several years ago. 

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