Prepping for a potential pandemic will likely include several state agencies, especially those linked to large gatherings or close quarters.

Federal, state, local and tribal partners are roughly halfway to their goal of cleaning up one of the largest polluted hotspots on the Great Lakes. The St. Louis River is one of 43 sites listed under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement as an area of concern.

It's a busy afternoon at Sherman Phoenix on Milwaukee's north side. The 30 restaurants and small shops at the business incubator are nearly all owned by African Americans. Many of the owners are women.

Researchers with UW-Madison and others analyzed groundwater data collected by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources from 2000 to 2018. They found radium levels were trending upward in wells drawing from a regional aquifer underlying the southern two-thirds of the state.