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Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

As Spring River Flooding Nears, Wisconsin Communities Deal With High Groundwater

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Hope Kirwan

Wisconsin Public Radio

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Water levels on Wisconsin's rivers and lakes are starting to rise due to snow melt. But officials from the state Department of Natural Resources warn groundwater levels in the state are already at or near record highs.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Series: Waukesha And Lake Michigan Water

Research Finds Rising Radium Levels In Wisconsin Groundwater

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Danielle Kaeding

Wisconsin Public Radio

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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.

Series: Wisconsin's Rural-Urban Continuum

Series: Growing Rural Wisconsin's Economy

Report: Population Decline In Wisconsin's Rural Counties Is Getting Worse

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Rob Mentzer

Wisconsin Public Radio

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Two-thirds of Wisconsin's rural counties lost population between 2010 and 2018, according to a report from Forward Analytics. It's a trend that's likely to get worse in the next decade.

Rising Inmate Population In Wisconsin Strains Local Jails

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Rob Mentzer

Wisconsin Public Radio

Keegan Kyle

Wisconsin Public Radio

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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.

Series: Wisconsin's Wolves

As Wolves Recover, Calls In Wisconsin To End Endangered Species Listing Grow

Rich Kremer

Wisconsin Public Radio

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Nearly 60 years after gray wolves were considered extinct in Wisconsin, the population has rebounded dramatically. But the conservation success story has turned into a nuisance for hunters, farmers and others whose animals are increasingly encountering wolves.

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

Why Wisconsin Deer Hunters Do Or Don't Test For Chronic Wasting Disease

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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The 2019 gun deer season marks the 18th since the discovery of chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin's herd. Four hunters explain why they do and do not get their harvest tested for CWD. Meanwhile, researchers are using a depopulated deer farm to investigate how the disease is spread.

Would You Give Your Kidney To A Stranger?

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Mark Riechers

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When Missy Makinia saw on Facebook a little girl in her community needed a kidney, she immediately thought she could spare one.

Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Wisconsin Health Officials: Flu Season Was Significant, Strange

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Shamane Mills

Wisconsin Public Radio

Health officials say flu season never really ends; it just gets better or worse. But it did end — at least briefly — in Wisconsin.

Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

As Flu Remains A Threat, Some Hospitals Enforce Stricter Visitation Rules

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Ximena Conde

Wisconsin Public Radio

The severity of the flu season has prompted hospital systems like UW Health to have stricter enforcement of its visitor rules.

Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

US In Grips Of Worst Flu Outbreak In Years

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Patty Murray

Wisconsin Public Radio

During its weekly flu update conference call, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this season's flu outbreak came early and shows few signs of abating.