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Nonprofit closure could cost northeast Wisconsin $2.7M, put 134 households at risk
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (1419+ words) Newcap plans to shut down after financial struggles, as advocates warn of housing losses and service gaps A northeast Wisconsin anti-poverty nonprofit plans to close later this year amid serious financial challenges and the loss of a government contract. For…...
WPR Music new album of the week: Víkingur Ólafsson’s 'Opus 109"
8+ hour, 10+ min ago (362+ words) A look at Beethoven's piano sonatas through the works of others Icelandic pianist V'kingur "lafsson is one of the most interesting classical artists active today. Since making his debut on the Deutsche Grammophon label in 2017 with a disc of Philip…...
Wisconsin saw steepest decline in union membership over 40-year period, report finds
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (644+ words) Labor researchers point to Act 10 as a 'huge cliff drop' for union participation in Wisconsin Fifteen years after former Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 10 into law, the results are clear " union membership among both private and public employees in Wisconsin…...
DNR Secretary says work ongoing to set up programs to address PFAS in Wisconsin
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (688+ words) DNR targets some work to begin under programs by this fall The secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said the agency is preparing to set up grant programs to address PFAS contamination with some work beginning this summer…...
West Bend merging high schools but students aren't going anywhere
1+ day, 5+ min ago (554+ words) Combined West Bend High School will open in 2027-2028 After more than five decades, West Bend East and West Bend West high schools will merge for the 2027-28 school year." But the students aren't going anywhere." Since the 1970s, the West Bend School…...
Jordan L. Siegler named Wisconsin Public Media Executive Director
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (325+ words) Jordan L. Siegler has been named Executive Director of Wisconsin Public Media (WPM), a division at the University of Wisconsin'Madison that delivers the services of Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and PBS Wisconsin to statewide audiences. The appointment was announced March 25 by…...
Larry Meiller is in the newest class of Fellows from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (161+ words) As Larry Meiller heads to retirement in June, he can add one more achievement to his remarkable career " Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. The formal induction ceremony for Larry and this year's full class of…...
Competition intensifies over who builds Wisconsin’s grid as data centers drive power demand
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1622+ words) The Midwest's grid operator reversed course on a key transmission project, marking a victory for Wisconsin's largest transmission developer The Midwest's data center boom requires a vast electrical transmission buildout to keep servers online, and transmission developers are clamoring for…...
Wisconsin Supreme Court debate postponed
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (183+ words) Judge Chris Taylor's campaign says she is ill The Wisconsin Supreme Court debate scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed after Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor's campaign said she is ill. Taylor and Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar were going to…...
Iran war sets up another year of uncertainty for farms
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (538+ words) Higher fertilizer, fuel prices may not have an immediate impact on farms. But experts say they will drive up costs, increase risk over the coming year. Wisconsin farmers are once again facing market uncertainty heading into planting for the year....