Wisconsin’s public schools lost 14,087 students this school year, with 68 out of 72 counties experiencing a decline in student enrollment.

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President Donald Trump said this week that he’s working to save the Great Lakes from invasive carp, but critics say his administration is holding up money for a billion-dollar project to keep the invasive fish at bay.

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The Wisconsin Forests FIRST initiative is working to develop a strategic plan and long-term roadmap to ensure Wisconsin’s forests remain healthy while also supporting a sustainable and competitive forest products industry.

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The criminal justice system is often a top-down experience. Judges hand down sentences and, for the most part, people charged with crimes are expected to defer to the expertise of their lawyers. A group of people in Racine is turning that model on its head.

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The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the northern two thirds of the state that will remain in place until Monday afternoon. 

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More than 71,000 customers of Wisconsin’s largest electric utility were without power Friday afternoon due to strong winds.

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The city's 57 deaths last year represented a decline of nearly 20 percent compared to 70 deaths in 2024, Mayor Cavalier Johnson said at a press conference this week at South Division High School. It's the largest single-year decline since the 2022 peak for traffic deaths at 77. 

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Forward Analytics used six indicators to measure the state’s economy and in “Keeping Pace,” said in the past seven-year period Wisconsin falls short.

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State regulators gave three utilities the OK to acquire a large solar and battery project in Rock County that will provide enough energy to power more than 45,000 homes.

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A DNR senior fisheries biologist says whitefish populations have been sharply declining in the lake for the last 20 years.

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The growth of industrial farms in America’s dairyland is outpacing regulators tasked with reviewing permits and overseeing compliance with waste regulations.

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Two Nigerian teachers moved to Milwaukee to teach in Milwaukee Public Schools. Now, changes to H-1B visas have forced the district to pause hiring international teachers.

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A Sheboygan Falls woman is being held hours away from her family at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility after she was arrested by ICE officers at a routine check-in during the appeal process to gain her green card.

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Earlier this week, the ACLU of Wisconsin announced a $450,000 ad buy in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. It's substantial, but a drop in the bucket compared to last year's court race.

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For months the city of Port Washington has been allowing round-the-clock construction on a new data center during weekdays. Those living nearby are becoming increasingly frustrated by the lights, noises, traffic, emissions and dust being produced at all hours.

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Wisconsin is one of 29 states being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over sensitive voter data, and state election officials have asked a federal judge to dismiss the case.

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Wisconsinites should be wary of the roads this weekend as heavy, blowing snow threatens to hit a large part of the state beginning Saturday. 

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A Milwaukee police officer shot and killed a 35-year-old man after police say the man drove away while the officer was clinging to the side of his truck.

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A civil rights lawsuit against a former Milwaukee police officer involved in the 2020 death of Joel Acevedo was dismissed by a federal judge. 

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The Tilly Project is a nonprofit directory that helps people around the world find photographers to take photos of pets at the end of their life.

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