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Virtual learning growing in Wisconsin, school leaders say
After eight hours of training at the Milwaukee Ballet Academy, Cecilia Smucker logs onto her laptop for four hours of virtual learning.
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For Better Project highlights small businesses committed to safety and connection
The For Better Project has launched a new tool to highlight businesses committed to improving safety in their communities.
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Is more Arctic air coming? Snow, harsh freeze possible in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving
Is more Arctic air coming? Snow, harsh freeze possible in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving as polar vortex could push frigid air into the northern U.S.
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Meta’s ‘teen safety’ tools are failing Wisconsin kids—and Republicans aren’t helping
Parents and cybersecurity experts want Wisconsin lawmakers to hold companies like Meta accountable when their platforms fail to keep kids safe.
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OPINION: Without the ACA Premium Tax Credit, my family’s health coverage is at risk
Like so many other working families, I don’t know what my family would do without the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits. As these credits are set to expire at the end of the year, so many of us are scrambling to maintain access to care as we face rising premiums and skyrocketing costs…
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The clock is ticking on a popular land stewardship effort in Wisconsin
Some Republicans expressed interest in saving the Knowles Nelson Stewardship program, but other GOP lawmakers want the conservation effort defunded. A Democratic legislator is making a public plea to a Republican colleague to schedule a committee hearing on a bipartisan effort to save a popular land conservation program from its pending demise. The Knowles Nelson…
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Green Bay Packers players to sign autographs to raise money for Salvation Army of Greater Green Bay
Green Bay Packers players once again will sign autographs to raise money for the Salvation Army of Greater Green Bay, but not at Lambeau Field, as has been done in previous years. Autograph signing will be from 5-6 p.m. Nov. 17 in the sports apparel department at Fleet Farm, 213 N. Taylor St., Howard. Signers…
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Another Republican wants to take away absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin
Josh Schoemann would also dismantle the Wisconsin Elections Commission and let one politician oversee voting rules.
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Retired veterinarian uses pasture for seasonally grazing dairy heifers and extra income
BEAR CREEK, Wisconsin – Earlier this year Jeff and Alex Wepner were looking for a place where their dairy heifers could grow and develop during the summer months before returning them to the home farm. Instead of shipping the heifers to a feedlot in a distant state, the father and son management team of the…
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Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls,’ but White House says release is a Democratic smear
The sex-offending financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday, but the White House quickly accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the president.
