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Ho-Chunk Nation Opens Long-Awaited Museum Celebrating Its Culture, History

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Brian Decorah had something to share. He walked into the Ho-Chunk Museum and Cultural Center and handed a program from 1942 of a Native American ceremony in the Wisconsin Dells to museum director Josie Lee.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: January 2020

Wisconsin Tests 6 For Possible Novel Coronavirus

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Shamane Mills

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Wisconsin health officials confirmed they are investigating possible cases of the novel coronavirus in different locations around the state.

Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools

Three Lakes, Phelps Teacher-Sharing Plan Points To Rural Districts' Future

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Rob Mentzer

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Two rural Northwoods school districts will share a chemistry teacher, and they say the blended online learning program could be a model for districts across the state.

Series: Trauma-Informed Care In Wisconsin

La Crosse's Better Together Teaches Community About The Impact Of Trauma

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Hope Kirwan

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Better Together is a program working to improve the mental health of youth in La Crosse County by educating the community about the impacts of trauma.

Series: Gerrymandering, Wisconsin And The Courts

What Are The Prospects Of A 'People's Map Commission' For Redistricting?

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Frederica Freyberg

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In his 2020 State of the State address, Gov. Tony Evers laid out plans for a nonpartisan redistricting commission for Wisconsin. UW-Madison political science professor Ken Mayer discusses what a "People's Map Commission" on redistricting can achieve.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: January 2020

UW-Platteville Students Monitored For Possible Novel Coronavirus

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Shamane Mills

Wisconsin Public Radio

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Six University of Wisconsin-Platteville students who traveled from China are being monitored for possible novel coronavirus infection.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Explained

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Rob Ferrett

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PFAS "forever chemicals" have become a fixture of public attention and policymakers are taking steps to address their use. UW-Madison civil and environmental engineering professor Christy Remucal discusses what is known about PFAS and the risks associated with them.

Series: The Varied Forms Of Farm To School

Holmen's Student-Grown Cafeteria Food Defies School Lunch Stereotypes

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Elizabeth Dohms-Harter

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The only time Holmen High School junior Gracie Kromke is exposed to the stereotypical bad lunch — rubber-roni, slapping food on plates — is when she hears stories about them.

Series: Homelessness Around Wisconsin

HUD: About 4.5K People Were Homeless In Wisconsin In 2019

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Danielle Kaeding

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The number of people who were homeless on a single night in 2019 declined in Wisconsin while the nation saw an overall increase, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Annual Homeless Assessment Report.

Rising Inmate Population In Wisconsin Strains Local Jails

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Rob Mentzer

Wisconsin Public Radio

Keegan Kyle

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More people are being locked up in Wisconsin, and the increase in inmates in county jails and state prisons is costing taxpayers and straining capacity of corrections facilities in some places.