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News In Your Area
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‘News from Nature’: Raptor project launches bald eagle webcam in Trempealeau
The Raptor Resource Project monitors birds across the Midwest. Viewers can watch and learn about the once nearly extinct species through a free webcam and see the hatchings of Wisconsin’s “Mrs. and Mr. T” bald eagles.
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Major gun manufacturer plans to move all production to Wisconsin
Henry Repeating Arms made the announcement this week. The plan includes moving all of the company’s production from New Jersey to a newly expanded headquarters in Rice Lake and two facilities in Ladysmith.
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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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Tim Walz coming to Eau Claire to boost Crawford, attack Van Orden
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will visit Eau Claire next week to rally Democrats ahead of key elections this year and next.
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Emergency transportation for unhoused people is a ‘drain,’ new Wisconsin sheriffs say
One hundred and fifty miles apart, Grant County and Clark County sheriffs discuss similar challenges with recruitment, enforcement against illegal drugs and emergency transportation for people living unhoused.
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Democrat Rebecca Cooke to again challenge US Rep. Derrick Van Orden
Months after losing a close election for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, Democrat Rebecca Cooke says she’ll once again challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden for the seat.
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A producer revisits his Eau Claire hometown with new ’80s-themed concept album
The musician and “Radiolab” producer behind “Windstar Solutions” calls it a “sonic hall of mirrors” with musical inspiration and archival news footage from the 1980s.
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Western Wisconsin voters have mixed feelings on Trump’s first months in office
The latest Marquette University Law School poll found 48 percent of surveyed voters in the state approve of the work President Donald Trump has done while 51 percent said they disapprove.
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Student-led initiative seeks to reduce food insecurity at UW-Eau Claire
About 47 percent of its more than 8,700 enrolled students have some level of food insecurity, according to the university’s 2024 spring survey.
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DOGE terminates leases for federal offices in Wisconsin
The Department of Government Efficiency led by billionaire Elon Musk is terminating leases for at least 16 federal offices in Wisconsin, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Ashland.
