Natural Disaster
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Wisconsin utilities, Red Cross assisting in Hurricane Milton relief effort
Wisconsin utility workers and volunteers are helping Floridians recover from back-to-back hurricanes.
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Volunteers from across Wisconsin respond to those impacted by Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding and damage across the southeast. The death toll passed 180 Wednesday, according to a report from CNN.
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Waupaca County community recovering after flood caused evacuations
The National Weather Service is reporting 3 to 6 inches of rain have fallen in Manawa since 8:30 a.m.
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Northwoods tribal leader reflects on 40th anniversary of court protecting treaty rights
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In […]
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Wisconsin’s Driftless region is the setting for Rebecca Gilman’s off-Broadway play, ‘Swing State’
In a lower Manhattan off-Broadway theater, tucked away from the traffic and bright lights, an old farm house nestled on 40 acres of remnant prairie introduces theatergoers to a Wisconsin […]
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The Mississippi River basin is getting wetter as climate change brings era of extreme rain, floods
In the early morning hours of July 26, many St. Louis-area residents awoke to floodwater filling their homes, or to the din of blaring car alarms from vehicles getting overtaken […]
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Wisconsin, Midwest could be more resilient to climate change than other regions, futurist says
As scientists say climate change will make extreme weather become more severe or frequent, some futurists predict that could also drive more migration to Wisconsin and other Midwest states. The […]
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A federal funding program has helped clean up the Great Lakes. Could it work for the Mississippi River?
Summers in Bay City when Frank and Cathy Dosdall were young revolved around Lake Pepin. The small Wisconsin village is about an hour southeast of the Twin Cities at the […]
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‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll
Mike Kahr, an engineer and owner of Death’s Door Marine, has watched Lake Michigan’s water levels fluctuate during his 40-plus year career. But even the veteran engineer hasn’t seen the […]
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This Northern Wisconsin Project Looks To Slow The Flow Of Runoff Made Worse By Climate Change
In 2018, flooding over Father’s Day weekend carved a hole through a major highway in far northwestern Wisconsin, disrupting travel for months and sending three times the amount of sediment […]
