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News In Your Area
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Wisconsin’s growing season arriving with uncertainty amid USDA cuts, tariffs
As Wisconsin’s planting season gets underway, cuts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and fluctuating tariffs on foreign trading partners are creating a new level of uncertainty for farmers.
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New book shows generational impact of Native American boarding schools through a Wisconsin family
The author of the book “Medicine River” discusses the traumatic history of Native children being forced to attend American boarding schools for over a century and the experiences of her own mother at one such school in northern Wisconsin.
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Retired professor’s essays detail joys and challenges of making a home in the woods
In an interview with WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition,” Peter Nordgren talks about his new book, “A Place on Water: A Natural History Memoir of Northwest Wisconsin,” in which he chronicles living among nature.
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Pierce County residents, grassroots group challenge large dairy farm’s permit to expand
Pierce County residents and a grassroots group are challenging a permit for a large livestock farm’s plans to nearly quadruple in size.
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Northland College in Wisconsin prepares to sell campus assets
Northland College’s board has hired an appraiser as it seeks to sell the Ashland campus and other real estate once the college closes this spring.
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From hospice care, longtime Superior activist Kym Young reflects on her many different causes
Kym Young, known as one of the strongest voices for racial equality in the Twin Ports, has recently been admitted to hospice care due to complications from a rare form of Crohn’s disease. She spoke from hospice to WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition” about her varied career and its impact.
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Army Corps fast-tracks permitting process for Enbridge Line 5 tunnel
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to release its draft environmental review in June for a $750 million tunnel to house Enbridge’s Line 5.
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Lac du Flambeau woman is latest in ‘public health crisis’ of missing Indigenous women in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin justice department’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force is in the final stages of preparing a report with recommendations on how to prevent homicide, trafficking and violence against Indigenous women in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin sees record start to the fire season as climate change drives more blazes
Wisconsin saw a record number of fires in January and February this year due to a lack of snow as climate change has set the stage for more wildfires to burn in the last decade.
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Author chops down historic myths of Northwoods lumberjacks
There are many contradictory myths about Northwoods lumberjacks and the work they did in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were depicted as hard-living, violent men, but also as upstanding, conservation-minded gentlemen.
