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DNR monitors fish kill in Sheboygan River
9+ hour, 20+ min ago (245+ words) The agency announced this afternoon staff noticed a leaking fertilizer tank in Sheboygan County Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource staff say they will continue to monitor a fertilizer spill that resulted in a fish kill on the Sheboygan River. The…...
Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts another appeal aimed at redrawing congressional map
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (81+ words) WPR The Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken up a second appeal of a lawsuit aimed at redrawing Wisconsin's congressional voting districts. This comes amid a multi-state redistricting battle aimed at tilting the odds of which party will control the U. S. House…...
How Wisconsin doctors and patients are using AI in healthcare - WPR
14+ hour, 45+ min ago (820+ words) More than 80 percent of physicians nationwide report using AI in their practice More and more Wisconsin healthcare providers are turning to artificial intelligence. A recent survey from the American Medical Association found that more than 80 percent of physicians now use…...
Hundreds of nurses vote to unionize at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Madison
16+ hour, 35+ min ago (260+ words) SEIU Wisconsin is calling it 'the largest private sector union election in recent Wisconsin history' Hundreds of nurses at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Madison voted to form a union in what the Service Employees International Union is calling…...
17 K without power in Kenosha area after storms, tornado
17+ hour, 33+ min ago (233+ words) National Weather Service will work to confirm tornado activity in southeastern Wisconsin Nearly 17, 000 people are without power Friday morning after strong storms and tornados swept through southeastern Wisconsin. We Energies reported 16, 837 people without power around 8 a. m. , mostly in Kenosha and Union…...
Iron County celebrates 1. 1 K-acre land purchase around Gile Flowage in northern Wisconsin - WPR
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (660+ words) The $5. 6 M purchase was made possible with state and federal funding Iron County officials held a ceremony Thursday that capped off a yearslong conservation effort to purchase roughly 1, 100 acres surrounding the Gile Flowage in northern Wisconsin. The Gile Flowage spans…...
Wisconsin bans journalists from recording prison phone calls - WPR
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (990+ words) Prisoners could be disciplined if their phone calls are recorded by a journalist "Calls other than properly placed attorney calls may be monitored and recorded." That automated message plays at the beginning of phone calls placed from Wisconsin prisons, warning…...
Wisconsin saw small business surge after pandemic, but many have struggled to grow - WPR
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (803+ words) Small businesses accounted for 95 percent of Wisconsin's job growth from 2010 to 2025 Wisconsin saw a surge of new small businesses coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many have struggled to grow into larger companies. That's according to a new Wisconsin…...
This is a time to negotiate: Recent AI data center deals signal boom for some Wisconsin businesses
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (543+ words) Wisconsin companies Generac and Moline recently signed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars with unnamed hyperdata scalers like Google or Microsoft At least $46 billion worth of data centers are being developed in Wisconsin. One analyst told WPR some Wisconsin…...
Wisconsin senators clash over US war with Iran, Trump Attorney General nominee
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (995+ words) Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin joined WPR's "Wisconsin Today" to discuss the latest in national politics and the effects on their constituents Wisconsin lawmakers in Washington are wrestling with a slate of new developments on the national stage,…...