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08/30/2026

DNR Secretary Karen Hyun says agency is "deeply concerned" about the spill and "immensely frustrated" by noncompliance.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking Enbridge to halt work on its Line 5 reroute in response to a gas leak that began Tuesday.

08/30/2026

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development may shift their funding from 'Housing First' to treatment first programs.

Wisconsin’s homeless population has been rising in recent years, but the state continues to outperform its Midwest neighbors in addressing homelessness.

08/30/2026

Wisconsin's Underwater Archeology Association found a long-lost ship in 2025. In 2026, members wanted to see if they could do it again.

This summer, a group of ordinary Wisconsinites disembarked from Door County's Washington Island. Their mission: Search for a ship that wrecked more than a century ago.

08/29/2026

Big Cain Creek Preserve in northern Marathon County combines public hiking access with long-term protection of a Class 1 trout stream, forest and wetlands.

The nonprofit land trust protects natural areas across central Wisconsin through conservation easements and land ownership. Radford said NCCT conservation easements protect more than 5,500 acres across more than 60 privately owned properties.

08/29/2026

Administrative law judge orders that the permit be sent back to DNR to include additional conditions.

An administrative law judge has found that Wisconsin environmental regulators failed to ensure that a large livestock farm in Pierce County would meet standards to protect groundwater under a modified permit.

08/29/2026

Volunteers are halfway to restoring a historic Wisconsin steam engine, and they need your help.

For decades, volunteers like Mike Wahl have spent their weekends working on a major project -- bringing a historic steam engine back to life at Wisconsin’s Mid-Continent Railway Museum.

08/29/2026

A report says over 80 percent of Americans have at least one record stored in Epic's software.

A piece in STAT News shows the Verona-based health records company is facing lawsuits and investigations by state and federal agencies for alleged anticompetitive practices.

08/29/2026

This summer, a group of ordinary Wisconsinites disembarked from Door County's Washington Island. Their mission: Search for a ship that wrecked more than a century ago.

Read more about the expeditions — past and present — from WPR's Sarah Lehr for Wisconsin Life (link in comments).

08/29/2026

Other ideas for the property include repurposing the house to be a cafe or restaurant with guest housing, and turning the stables into an indoor market.

08/29/2026

Madison poet and novelist Jesse Lee Kercheval had always been a prolific writer. But she never imagined she could express herself through drawing.

But she has kept trying her hand at new things. In 2024, her debut graphic memoir “French Girl” was named one of the 10 best graphic novels of the year by The Washington Post.

Now, Kercheval has her first solo show featuring dozens of pastel works at the Edgewood University Gallery in Madison. The exhibition, “Drawn Lives,” is on display through Oct. 2, with artwork from “French Girl” and her upcoming graphic memoir, “Household Gods.”