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News In Your Area
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Discovery of cougar cubs in Upper Michigan could be ‘turning point’ for recolonization
It was the first time in more than 100 years that cougar kittens had been verified in Michigan, and it happened in a county just 20 miles from Wisconsin’s border.
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Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes.
Congress provided billions of dollars to help communities remove lead pipes under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. The funding will help water systems pay for those projects. Almost all of them can apply for forgivable loans. But Superior’s water utility is barred from doing so.
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Fired federal workers in Wisconsin are reinstated, but they fear not for long
Some fired federal workers in Wisconsin are already receiving back pay after being reinstated, but other employees are still awaiting payment or have been placed on paid leave.
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County forests abound in northern Wisconsin, but state aid for untaxed land lags behind inflation
Bayfield County Administrator Mark Abeles-Allison spoke with WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition” about efforts by the counties to increase aid provided from the state to offset untaxed county forest lands that hasn’t kept up with inflation.
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Wisconsin may see more logging of national forest land under Trump order
President Donald Trump wants to ramp up timber production by fast-tracking projects under laws that protect endangered species and other environmental regulations, which could boost logging in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
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A sound idea for researching Wisconsin’s bats
Breanne Klockzien is coordinator of the Beaver Creek Reserve Citizen Scientists program, which trains volunteers to use echolocation equipment to track and monitor bats. She spoke with WPR’s “Morning Edition” before running a training session for this year’s participants.
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Twin Ports bus service is a tale of 2 cities — and different funding levels
“The Minnesota Department of Transportation funds transit very well,” said Chris Belden with the Duluth Transit Authority. “With that, we’re able to cover more of our Minnesota geography and provide more frequent bus service. In Wisconsin, Superior is a very large land area but the funding isn’t there. So we have to be really delicate…
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Wisconsin tribes urge support for bills, including tribal regalia in school ceremonies
Wisconsin tribes and GOP lawmakers urged a state Senate committee to support passage of bills that largely expand tribal representation or rights in schools,. They include allowing students to wear tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies.
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After 132 years, team finds wreck of the Western Reserve in Lake Superior
The stretch between Grand Marais and Whitefish Point, Michigan, is the final resting place of roughly 200 shipwrecks, garnering a reputation as “The Graveyard of the Great Lakes.”
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Like a slowly spinning Ferris wheel, Superior convention center gaining momentum
Leaders in Superior are trying to build a convention center to rival a similar space operating in its sister city, Duluth.
