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Many Wisconsin County Websites Don't Use 2 Common Security Standards

WisContext

As Wisconsin voters start going to the polls in the 2020 election cycle, most counties in the state maintain websites that do not employ at least one of two basic practices that would help bolster their digital security and public confidence in their online platforms.

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: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: March 2020

UW-Madison Researchers Start Looking Into The Novel Coronavirus

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Kealey Bultena

Wisconsin Public Radio

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Multiple researchers at UW-Madison are getting started on studying the novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2. WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses what they're looking to learn and share the story of how a campus lab got access to the virus.

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

Noon Wednesday: Wisconsin Food Mainstays Vulnerable To Climate Change

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

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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.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: March 2020

Wisconsin Prepares Testing, Response For Novel Coronavirus

Will Kenneally

PBS Wisconsin

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Wisconsin is prepared to test up to hundreds of potential COVID-19 cases with new test kits from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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: Climate Science And Wisconsin

With Lake Ice Dwindling In Winter, What Does That Mean For Frozen Fun?

Natalie Guyette

Wisconsin Public Radio

In a place with long winters like Wisconsin, people tend to make use of one of its most visible seasonal resources: ice.

Wisconsin Elections Commission Pushes Municipalities To Update Tech

Will Kenneally

PBS Wisconsin

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The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously to pressure six Wisconsin municipalities to upgrade their elections equipment to meet state standards.

Superior Survey Seeks To Gauge Support For Fiber Network Installation

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Danielle Kaeding

Wisconsin Public Radio

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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.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

The Scientific Serendipity Of Wisconsin's First Novel Coronavirus Case

Will Cushman

WisContext

A serious new respiratory illness is gaining steam around the world, and epidemiologists, virologists and many other scientists are sprinting to learn as much about it as quickly as possible.