Family

An upcoming three-part series in Eau Claire focuses on when genealogical research reveals uncomfortable family secrets.

In Ashland recently, two lawsuits have been settled involving Kathy Cargill, the 1976 graduate of Ashland High School who married into the billionaire Cargill agribusiness family. Elements of the case offer lessons for many families dealing with estate plans, according to Patrick Spott, a Duluth attorney licensed and practicing in Wisconsin and Minnesota, as he…

Learning how to balance what to do for yourself and others is what Joy Jordan of Appleton hopes caregivers can learn through her teachings of mindfulness.

Counterfeit car seats are showing up in stores and online, according to the Center for Childhood Safety in Green Bay. The executive director details what parents should know and shares additional concerns.

Wisconsin law allows a married couple to adopt and it allows a single, unmarried person to adopt. But Wisconsin doesn’t allow someone to adopt their significant other’s child if the couple is unmarried.

Filmmaker Wendy Schneider leans into themes of community and family common in flat track racing in her documentary, “Angels Of Dirt.”

Medicaid expansion and health care affordability is an issue on many people’s minds, and WPR found that health care accessibility and affordability is particularly important to Wisconsin’s caregiving workforce.

A program meant to promote homeownership and empower low-income residents in Milwaukee has opened the door for 30 tenants in affordable housing to become homeowners. The Metcalfe Park Homeownership Initiative […]

As 2024 approaches, the heads of police and firefighting services in two western Wisconsin communities are looking ahead with concern. Like the leaders of other rural first responders, Galesville fire […]

This story was produced as part of the NEW (Northeast Wisconsin) News Lab, a consortium of six news outlets covering northeastern Wisconsin. Joan Cooney decided to make the move to […]