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Wisconsin approves majority of school referenda statewide

November 10, 2022 - 5:35am

Scores of voters in Wisconsin and across the country watched the politically divided state reelect Democrat Gov. Tony Evers and Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. But in communities around the state, residents were also focused on referendum results for the school districts.

Anger is a force in this year's midterms

November 7, 2022 - 2:45pm

On Tuesday, thousands of people will vote in the 2022 midterm election. Ryan Martin, a UW-Green Bay psychology professor who researches anger, said that many of those voters are no doubt motivated by anger.

Families are 'drowning' as early child care programs face widespread staffing shortages

November 7, 2022 - 6:15am

Staffing shortages are forcing some child care centers to operate at reduced capacity or shutter their doors completely. The mass exodus of early childhood educators has left caregivers scrambling for help.

Class discovers trace fossil in rocks dating back more than 500M years in northern Wisconsin

November 3, 2022 - 6:20am

A class at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University recently discovered evidence of creatures that once thrived along an ancient seashore half a billion years ago in northern Wisconsin.

Partnership creates Wisconsin's first commercial facility to create biofuel for trucks, aircraft

October 31, 2022 - 12:25pm

Wisconsin's first commercial facility to convert dairy farm waste into renewable biofuel for vehicles broke ground earlier this month thanks to a partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the California-based Agra Energy.

Evers advances adding Green Bay estuary to national conservation network

October 31, 2022 - 5:00am

Gov. Tony Evers is backing an effort that would add Green Bay’s estuary to a national network of estuaries focused on conservation. In a statement Thursday, Evers said he would formally request the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration add Green Bay to the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, a...

Run, Forrest, Run! Racine high school students design a new paw for puppy Forrest Stump

October 25, 2022 - 12:50pm

A Wisconsin rescue group found the 4-month-old German Shepherd mix, Forrest Stump, living under a camper in a rural area near Houston, Texas. He was missing his left back paw.

Wisconsin has widest gap in the US for math, reading scores among white and Black students

October 24, 2022 - 4:15pm

Wisconsin saw the widest disparity in math and reading scores among Black and white students of any state in the nation, according to the first national assessment since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Birding is a traditionally white-dominated space. One Wisconsin group is trying to change that.

October 24, 2022 - 5:00am

The BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin will use new funding from the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to expand its efforts to get more people of color into birding as a hobby.

College enrollment across Wisconsin down 3 percent, according to new report

October 21, 2022 - 6:20am

Enrollment across Wisconsin's public and private colleges fell by 3 percent this fall, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. State and national numbers show enrollment declines have slowed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but haven't rebounded.

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Wisconsin approves majority of school referenda statewide

Anger is a force in this year's midterms

Families are 'drowning' as early child care programs face widespread staffing shortages

Class discovers trace fossil in rocks dating back more than 500M years in northern Wisconsin

Partnership creates Wisconsin's first commercial facility to create biofuel for trucks, aircraft

Evers advances adding Green Bay estuary to national conservation network

Run, Forrest, Run! Racine high school students design a new paw for puppy Forrest Stump

Wisconsin has widest gap in the US for math, reading scores among white and Black students

Birding is a traditionally white-dominated space. One Wisconsin group is trying to change that.

College enrollment across Wisconsin down 3 percent, according to new report

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