Milwaukee-based Hunger Task Force Director Sherri Tussler said 65 percent of people who participated in the FoodShare Employment and Training Program lost their food assistance and did not gain employment.
Kevin Moore of Wisconsin Department of Health Services said 12,000 people enrolled in the FoodShare program entered the workforce as part of its employment and training program.
University of Wisconsin professor Ken Genskow is chair of a work group studying the safety of liquid manure irrigation and its effects on health and the environment in places where it is used.
Town of Lincoln chair Cory Cochart said the community banned liquid manure irrigation because of health risks related to inhaling pathogens, and the township is prepared to stand up to higher government officials who want to override its decision.
Wisconsin's April 5 presidential primary and supreme court election will be one of the state's first requiring all voters to present a photo I.D. Dodge County Clerk Karen Gibson identified what forms of I.D. are acceptable.
An outbreak of Elizabethkingia in Wisconsin has infected 48 people and killed 15 since November 2015. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pathogen specialist Dr. Michael Bell said the exact source of the outbreak is unknown, and CDC officials continue to research it.
Matthew Desmond's book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City covers Milwaukee's eviction epidemic, which is most common in poor neighborhoods, and with black, low-income women and children among the most affected.
