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Series: Drinking Water Quality

Elevated PFAS Levels Found In Marinette Wells Nearby Fields Spread With Sludge

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Danielle Kaeding
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A Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam will provide bottled water for homeowners after their private wells were found to have elevated levels of so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

A Near-Record Year For Wisconsin School Referendums As Most Districts Approve New Funding

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Madeline Fox
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Preliminary numbers from the April 7 election show voters approved school district funding requests in near-record numbers.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Wisconsin Assembly Approves Bill Responding To COVID-19 Pandemic

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Laurel White
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The state Assembly has approved, in its first-ever virtual session, a bill to address problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

COVID-19 Forces Baraboo Logger To Saw His Business To The Bone

Andy Moore
PBS Wisconsin
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Baraboo-based Hack Away Forest Products has had to lay off the majority of its full-time employees, as the market for its wood has come crashing down.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Nonprofit Sector To Be Challenged And Changed By COVID-19

Andy Soth
PBS Wisconsin
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Every business in America is being significantly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and related economic woes. For non-profits, the impact may be no less significant. One online CNN commentator recently warned it could be an “extinction-level event” for many community service organizations.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Wisconsin Attorney General: Power To Reopen Belongs To States

Bridgit Bowden
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President Trump has riled officials from states across the country by saying that the federal government has the authority to reopen the country. Legal experts agree that the power to lift state stay-at-home orders belongs to state officials.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

DHS: 3,555 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Wisconsin

WPR Staff
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The state Department of Health Services announced on April 14 that there are 3,555 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, a jump of 127 cases from the day before.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

'I Just Feel Completely Helpless': Wisconsin Parents With Shared Custody Confused, Concerned About Placement

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Bridgit Bowden
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Gov. Tony Evers’ safer-at-home order allows travel related to the exchange of children pursuant to custody orders, but many people still have questions. Some parents worry about the health and safety of their kids while others fear their kids may be kept away from them.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Cash-Strapped And Volunteer-Dependent, Rural EMS Providers Scramble To Keep Responders Safe

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Bram Sable-Smith
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Rural Wisconsin is vulnerable to COVID-19, and emergency medical services are turning to creative solutions to find protective gear to keep their responders virus-free.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

Hospitals In Madison, Milwaukee Testing Plasma Treatment For COVID-19 Patients

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Shamane Mills
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The results aren't known yet, but an experimental treatment giving severely ill patients antibodies from those who have recovered from COVID-19 has begun at hospitals in Milwaukee and Madison.