Several rounds of severe storms last week caused flooding in communities from Janesville to the Milwaukee area, as well as in northeastern and central parts of the state. 

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Known as the “Bubble Lady of Wisconsin,” Michelle Hackett has built a business presenting interactive bubble shows around the state and beyond. She's presenting at the fifth annual Dane Arts: Business of Art conference about the growth of interactive events in the digital age.

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Early Thursday morning, the U.S. Senate adopted a Republican budget measure that would deliver as much as $70 billion for immigration enforcement. The vote is a step toward the GOP using a process known as “reconciliation” to circumvent Democrats and pass the measure with a simple majority.

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Communities across Wisconsin are still completing damage assessments from storms that ripped through the state last week. 

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Two liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justices will not step aside from an ongoing criminal case against one of President Donald Trump's ex-campaign attorneys who helped orchestrate the 2020 false elector scheme.

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Medical marijuana remains largely illegal in Wisconsin despite a order that eases restrictions on the drug when it's used medicinally in some states.

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The Center for Biological Diversity is suing federal wildlife regulators for their alleged failure to protect the rare salamander mussel, an endangered species at risk of extinction.

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We have a bewildering amount of new hydrangea varieties to choose from here in the Midwest. Nobody knows this better than Natalie Carmolli, a public relations specialist for Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs. Carmolli joined host Jill Nadeau on WPR’s “Garden Talk” to share her hydrangea wisdom. 

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky isn’t known for his solo piano music, but this new disc from Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov is seeking to change that impression.

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The looming reductions are the latest development in ongoing challenges the agency has faced with the state’s fish and wildlife account.

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A shuttered northeast Wisconsin anti-poverty nonprofit filed for bankruptcy this month, as Gov. Tony Evers urges the federal government to transfer its housing grants to other agencies.

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An exhibit at the Douglas County Historical Society, "Frame It," showcases artists' multi-genre work.

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New research out of Ohio State University found the rate of bird decline was quicker in areas with more intense agricultural practices.

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Recent storms that have ripped through Wisconsin have closed schools and damaged classrooms and athletic fields across the state.

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After a 20-year restoration effort, a male lake sturgeon was detected 20 river miles upstream of Lake Michigan. This is a promising sign that this ancient North American freshwater fish could start spawning in the Milwaukee River again, restoring a once thriving population.

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On Wednesday students at Morse Middle School in Milwaukee played Earth Day-inspired bingo and helped clean up around their school's campus. Now a creative greenspace, the area was once four city blocks of concrete before staff applied for Morse to become one of the City of Milwaukee's Green Schools.

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WPR Music's Stephanie Elkins shares some of her favorite pieces blending classical and folk music.

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 The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state's lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court.

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Want to experience the thrill of the migration? Anyone can be a birder, said Matt Reetz, executive director of the Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance. He suggests listening for their songs or letting the birds come to you.

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Despite calls for his firing following a lopsided state Supreme Court loss, Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming is still on the job.

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