People
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From Cuba to La Crosse: Erne’s story from ‘WPR Reports: Uprooted’
(Editor’s note: This is the script for the “Wisconsin Life” animation “WPR Reports: Uprooted, Erne’s story” from PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio.) In the summer of 1980, Ernesto Rodriquez […]
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Is walking a complete workout? Wisconsin physical therapists weigh in
Walking is certainly a healthy activity. Whether it’s a complete workout depends on your cardio fitness, said physical therapists (and sisters) Jill Thein-Nissenbaum and Lori Thein Brody.
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UW-Madison Chancellor says her role prepared her for Columbia University job
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said her experience leading UW-Madison during a “complex time,” which included encampments, DEI and federal funding cuts, prepared her to head the Ivy League university.
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As Wisconsin’s population ages, UW-Green Bay offers hundreds of courses for older adults
As Wisconsin’s population ages, universities like UW-Green Bay are looking to offer more learning opportunities for older adults — even if they’re not working toward a degree.
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WPR Music new album of the week: ‘Pictures of the Floating World,’ a new release from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
WPR’s Ava Kuredjian interviews bassoonist Catherine Van Handel on her role as soloist in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s newest release, David Ludwig’s “Pictures of the Floating World.”
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‘He was always the one to help’: A Wisconsin childhood friend remembers Alex Pretti
Travis Vanden Heuvel knew Alexi Pretti as a child through the Green Bay Boys Choir.
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PSC analysts, groups say We Energies’ proposed data center rates pose risks to customers
Analysts for state utility regulators and interest groups say a proposal from We Energies for special electric rates charged to data centers could pose risks for other customers’ utility bills.
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Hundreds gather in Milwaukee to protest latest shooting by federal officers in Minnesota
Hundreds of people gathered in Milwaukee on a frigid Wednesday evening to protest the latest fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minnesota.
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Wisconsin gun rights advocates uneasy with Trump comments after Pretti killing
Some Wisconsin gun rights advocates are uneasy about claims from President Donald Trump and his administration that people can’t carry guns during protests.
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Republican Josh Schoemann drops out of Wisconsin governor’s race
Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann has dropped out of the Republican primary for governor in Wisconsin, one day after he failed to receive the endorsement of President Donald Trump.










