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How Vulnerable Is Wisconsin To Measles?

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PBS Wisconsin

With a national outbreak of measles causing concern in the medical community, UW-Madison pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. James Conway discusses Wisconsin's vulnerability to a measles outbreak.

Rare Wisconsin Tobacco Farmers Hang On To Tradition

Kristen Durst

Wisconsin Life

Tobacco used to be a major cash crop in Wisconsin, but today very few farms remain.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Noon Wednesday: Southwest Wisconsin Drinking Water

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

A study of drinking water quality in the southwestern region of the state is finding contamination beyond safe limits in two-fifths of private wells. Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey director Ken Bradbury discusses what its research is uncovering.

Women Are Helping Offset Wisconsin's Gradual Decline In Fishing

Erin Burkett

Michigan Technological University

Richelle Winkler

Michigan Technological University

Fishing is an enduring pastime in Wisconsin. Who is out on the water is changing, however, as is the total number of anglers in the state.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Wisconsin Farms See Upturn In Women And Millennial Producers... And Goats

Will Cushman

WisContext

The United States Department of Agriculture census documents a large and diverse farming economy in Wisconsin, but also one in flux.

Noon Wednesday: Legalizing Marijuana

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

As of early 2019, 33 states have passed laws for legal medicinal use and 10 states have legalized recreational use. Suzie Kazar, a student journalist with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, discusses how Wisconsin compares with the rest of the United States.

Maritime Archeologist Dives Into History, Exploring Great Lake Shipwrecks

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

Tamara Thomsen is a maritime archeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society. She and her team are interested in history sunken in the Great Lakes — shipwrecks resting on the bottom, hundreds of feet below the waves.

Series: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Excerpts

What A 1977 Inferno In The North Woods Left In Its Wake

Bill Matthias

The drought-parched spring of 1977 was a particularly dangerous season of wildfire, with a trio of big burns in west-central Wisconsin and the Five Mile Tower Fire in the state's northwest corner.

The Value Of Letting Nature Take The Lead In Gardens

Will Cushman

WisContext

Whether a meadow of flowering bulbs or a mix of grasses and herbaceous perennials, more varied green spaces provide aesthetic value and habitat for diverse animal communities.

Series: Foxconn In Wisconsin

Evers Pushes For Foxconn Renegotiation

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Gov. Tony Evers announced he is seeking to renegotiate Wisconsin's contract with Foxconn, drawing ire from state Republicans. Bejing-based economics commentator Einar Tangen speaks to these developments.