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.

What happens when Wisconsin's most iconic food products are in danger from an increasingly warmer, wetter and variable climate? WPR digital producer Mary Kate McCoy explored what the future might hold for beer, cheese, cranberries, beer, potatoes, walleye and wild rice.

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.

Superior officials are asking residents to take part in a survey to gauge support for building a city-owned fiber network to provide high-speed internet.