History
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The Midwest, a place where the music grows
To learn about the Midwest’s rich music heritage, WPR’s “BETA” turned to award-winning music journalist Erin Osmon, who grew up in rural Indiana.
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Nearly 1K students died at federal Indian boarding schools. At least 11 of those schools were in Wisconsin.
A UW-Madison assistant professor says the painful repercussions from these schools are still felt today.
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Wisconsin Veterans Museum secures key funding for new building
The State Building Commission approved $9 million for the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase the building currently leased by the museum at 30 West Mifflin St.
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Crisis negotiation not (exactly) like it is in the movies
Detective Bradley Tatro and Lt. Trevor Bilgo are police officers who are called in to try to negotiate tense, life-and-death standoffs. They share wisdom about the craft of negotiating and explain what movies get wrong about police negotiating.
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Dennis Biddle has fought to get former Negro league players acknowledged. It finally happened.
Major League Baseball decided this year to recognize statistics from Jim Crow baseball leagues and will give living Black players a pension. Former Negro league player, Dennis Biddle, and a UW-Milwaukee history student, Ken Bartelt, explain the importance of this on “Wisconsin Today.”
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‘Our language is the essence of who we are’: Menominee Tribe celebrates language center opening
A center dedicated to revitalizing and normalizing the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin’s native language opened Thursday, marking a milestone in a yearslong effort to keep the language alive.
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Ripon’s Little White Schoolhouse returns to the National Register of Historic Places
The building known as the birthplace of the Republican Party has once again been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the Ripon Chamber of Commerce announced Friday.
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‘Mean Gene the Dancing Machine’ shares what it means to be a Green Bay Packers superfan
Packers superfan Eugene “Mean Gene the Dancing Machine” Greening has been following the franchise through its ups and downs for over half a century.
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Historic steam engine to leave the Milwaukee County Zoo
The last steam engine is leaving the Milwaukee County Zoo in the fall. The No. 1924 steam engine is moving to the Riverside and Great Northern Preservation Society in Wisconsin Dells where it will operate as part of the living museum.
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Could the discovery of ancient canoes lead researchers to an underwater Indigenous village?
Canoes found in Madison’s Lake Mendota are among the oldest boats ever discovered in North America. But researchers say they’ve only cracked the surface of what’s left to learn from the discovery.