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Series: Tick-Borne Diseases In Wisconsin

Deer Ticks In Wisconsin And The Diseases They Carry

WisContext

One enduring myth about ticks is that these little bloodsucking creatures hang around on tree branches and leaves, waiting to drop down on an unsuspecting feast. Ticks don't dive-bomb their intended meals, but they do engage in behavior called "questing."

Series: The Opioid Epidemic In Wisconsin

The Toxicology Mysteries Posed By Synthetic Opioids

Toxicology labs like the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene are working to keep up with these unfamiliar opioids so law enforcement and health officials can better understand their impact and prevent their spread.

As Madison Schools Attempt To Limit Social Media Use, Students Push Back

Scott Gordon

WisContext

An effort to limit student use of social media in Madison public schools is turning out to be an interesting social experiment, and not entirely in the ways that school officials intended.

Series: Civic Science In Wisconsin

Rain Gardens Provide A Healthy Corrective To Runoff Flooding

Samantha Nash

PBS Wisconsin

A strategically placed rain garden can mitigate excess water and add visual interest to a property.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

Dairy Producers Grapple With Realization That More Isn't Always Better

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Trade frictions between the United States and Canada are a loud addition to a varied array of threats to Wisconsin dairy farmers' livelihoods.

Wisconsin's Remaining Effigy Mounds Are The Tip Of A Historical Iceberg

Scott Gordon

WisContext

The ways in which contemporary Wisconsinites interpret and value the state's ancient effigy mounds continue to evolve.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

When Dairy Farms Don't Have Milk Buyers

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

Spring has brought gut-wrenching uncertainty to scores of dairy farms around Wisconsin. On April 1 a Clark County-based processor dropped their contracts, leaving them without a place to sell their milk.

Series: The Varied Forms Of Farm To School

Farm To School Success Depends On Shared Knowledge

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

The concept of farm to school — improving nutritional options and expanding educational opportunities for students through agriculture — has an inherently local character.

Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

Perceptions Of Who Is Deserving, Disenfranchised Reshaped Wisconsin Politics

Samantha Nash

PBS Wisconsin

Political discontent in rural areas of the U.S. is regularly cited as a major factor in Donald Trump’s victory and Congressional and statehouse gains by other Republican candidates in the 2016 elections.

Birch Thefts Pressure An Already Declining Resource

Scott Gordon

WisContext

An ongoing rash of illegal harvesting in northern stretches of Minnesota and Wisconsin is helping hasten the decline of the region's paper birch trees.