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• Difficulty handling opioid abuse among Wisconsin high schoolers, Disaster responders from Wisconsin, Farm/Art DTour

An investigative reporter tells us about Wisconsin teenagers affected by both buying and selling fentanyl, and the gaps in state systems their story highlights. Then a pair of emergency volunteers […]
October 10, 2024

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• Replacing Wisconsin’s lead pipes, Regaining voting rights, Pet vet’s book for kids

We get an update on how far the state has come removing and replacing lead water lines. Then voters who’ve had that right restored discuss its importance to them. And […]
October 09, 2024
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• Supplementing income off the farm, Accurate air quality data, New Driftless trail

We learn how workers in Wisconsin are looking to bolster family farm income via employment in surrounding communities. Then a Wisconsin professor talks about collaborating with NASA to ensure useful […]
October 08, 2024
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• Why the weather has been so warm, The high cost of child care, A novel about a boy living in the Northwoods

We look at why the weather has been unseasonably warm and what it says about our changing climate. Then, we look at the high cost of child care and one […]
October 07, 2024
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• Opioid-addiction treatment in Manitowoc, World-wide blindness prevention, The return of the Guerrilla Cookie.

We learn about opioid-addiction treatment efforts in Manitowoc. Then, we talk to leaders of a Wisconsin group that has been working to prevent blindness for 40 years. Then, a story […]
October 04, 2024
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• Voting guide, Alternative energy on tribal lands, The secret history of female pirates

We learn about WPR’s voting guide. Then, we learn about efforts to protect birds from window strikes. Then, we learn how Native American communities could benefit more from renewable energy […]
October 03, 2024
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