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VIDEO: Why Did So Many People Want To Be At The Harris-Wall Rally in Eau Claire?
From proud “childless cat ladies” to people who “just had to be there,” the 12,000 attendees to this week’s Harris-Walz rally in Eau Claire represented a wide spectrum of Wisconsin voters—and some from other states, too. We talked to people who were visiting friends in Wisconsin and jumped at the chance to be at the…
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More than memorizing: Why Wisconsin students are learning their language and keeping their culture alive
Students taking Ho-Chunk classes are feeling a responsibility to reclaim their culture, beginning with their endangered language. Karolann Mann, a junior, sits in her afternoon class at Black River Falls High School in midwestern Wisconsin, eagerly soaking up all the words and phrases she can. “I took Ho-Chunk class so I can have the connection…
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Jewish Wisconsinites react to the concerning rise in antisemitic attacks
While there haven’t been any major incidents in the state, the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas has created a hostile environment in the Badger State–and a dangerous one across the US. “We always have a police presence at any sort of gathering,” Rabbi Brian Serle, who leads Congregation Sons of Abraham,…
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Should Daylight Saving Time get the boot? Our followers have mixed opinions.
Time to set your clocks back an hour—Daylight Saving ends this weekend! There’s a growing push from states to end the twice-a-year “spring forward, fall back” ritual, and while Wisconsin lawmakers haven’t written their own legislation to push clocks forward permanently yet, locals certainly have a lot of thoughts. Here’s what our followers are saying…
