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Wisconsin public health officials decided to call for a public advisory after reviewing the severity of the opioid crisis in the state. Wisconsin State Health Office Karen McKeown discusses the growing scope of this epidemic of addiction.
In the backwoods of central Wisconsin, Britt Searles is in her environment and has an eagle eye for spotting wildlife under the forest canopy.
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With the onset of the Great Depression in the early 1930s, Rose Mary Drab's older brother Ed enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps and was assigned to Camp 657 just north of Antigo in Langlade County.
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Debrell Carr is a 13-year-old at Verona Area High School who started the organization Building Bosses to help encourage youth to help solve problems in their communities and get involved with entrepreneurship.
UW journalism professor Chris Wells studied the Donald Trump's relationship with the media, and says the Republican presidential nominee has mastered using both traditional and social media to his advantage.
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The little brown bat migration in Wisconsin has started.
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Wisconsin has no toll roads but some lawmakers are considering the idea to increase state revenue. Could it ever happen and what would it take? International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association CEO Patrick Jones discusses the potential for tolling in the state.
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources researchers say they've discovered a new species of bat living in Wisconsin. The so-called evening bat was previously thought to summer only as far north as Illinois.
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"The State of Working Wisconsin 2016" found that while employment in Wisconsin has returned to pre-Great Recession levels, many long-term inequalities still exist. Center on Wisconsin Strategy associate director Laura Dresser discusses the report's findings.
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Many insurers in the federal health insurance marketplace in Wisconsin are seeking rate increases in premiums, including some in the double digits. ABC for Health executive director Bobby Peterson discusses the factors at play.