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For Wisconsin residents who love winter, the arrival of cold and snow has been an early Christmas gift. But if you are heading out to one of Wisconsin’s more than 15,000 lakes to ice fish, snowmobile or skate, experts have some advice to stay safe.

The latest federal data shows sales of milk beverages turned around in 2024, increasing by 358 million pounds or just under 1 percentage point from the previous year.

A shift in the Trump administration’s stance toward Afghan refugees has shaken members of Wisconsin’s Afghan community, following months of renewed uncertainty about their status in the United States.

Gableman argued Protasiewicz shouldn’t participate because, as a Supreme Court candidate in 2022, she issued a press release calling his investigation “disgraceful.”

The state’s Safe Drinking Water Loan Program is allowing smaller Wisconsin villages to fund needed water projects they otherwise couldn’t afford.

The College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence was approved on Thursday by the Board of Regents. 

About 36 percent of Wisconsin’s youngest students are below the 25th percentile for reading, according to the Department of Public Instruction’s first literacy screening.

The projects will introduce a mix of internet technology to unserved areas: about 76 percent fiber, 10 percent fixed wireless, and 14 percent satellite.

Fincantieri Marinette Marine laid off nearly 100 workers on Wednesday, about a week after the U.S. Navy announced it was canceling much of a multi-billion dollar order for ships that would have been built in Wisconsin.

A settlement is pending in the state’s case against a Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam over alleged violations of the state’s spills law for failing to report PFAS contamination.