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Why Kewaunee County Is A Flashpoint For CAFOs And Water Quality
Series: Drinking Water QualityWhy Kewaunee County Is A Flashpoint For CAFOs And Water QualityScott GordonWisContextJune 29, 2016 | 8:40 a.m.Kewaunee County, home to about 20,000 people on the lower...
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From The Medicine Cabinet To Lake Michigan
From The Medicine Cabinet To Lake MichiganScott GordonWisContextJune 30, 2016 | 2:30 p.m.As medications and personal care products pile up in people's medicine cabinets, they are also increasingly...
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A New Wisconsin Prairie Takes Shape At Badger Ammo
A New Wisconsin Prairie Takes Shape At Badger AmmoScott GordonWisContextJuly 5, 2016 | 10:20 a.m.The Badger Army Ammunition Plant, located just south of Devil's Lake State Park in Sauk County, produced...
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Seed To Kitchen Collaborative Seeks More Flavors For Local Produce
Series: Local Food ScienceSeed To Kitchen Collaborative Seeks More Flavors For Local ProduceKristian KnutsenWisContextJuly 7, 2016 | 12:50 p.m.While local food can be viewed as both an eternal and...
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Bayfield County Confronts Challenges Of Regulating A Potential CAFO
Bayfield County Confronts Challenges Of Regulating A Potential CAFOScott GordonWisContextJuly 11, 2016 | 11 a.m.The debate over a proposed large hog operation in Bayfield County raises questions over...
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What Karst Is, And How It Affects Wisconsin's Drinking Water
Series: Drinking Water QualityWhat Karst Is, And How It Affects Wisconsin's Drinking WaterScott GordonWisContextJuly 14, 2016 | 11 a.m.Any serious look at Wisconsin's geology and groundwater will at...
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How Heavy Flooding Can Damage Drinking Water Quality
Series: Drinking Water QualityHow Heavy Flooding Can Damage Drinking Water QualityScott GordonWisContextJuly 14, 2016 | 12:45 p.m.Heavy rainstorms in northwestern Wisconsin on Monday, July 11, led to...
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Toxoplasma Parasite Opens New Doors For Disease Research
Toxoplasma Parasite Opens New Doors For Disease ResearchScott GordonWisContextJuly 15, 2016 | 12:35 p.m.Biologists define parasitism as a relationship where one organism benefits in the course of...
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Housing-First Hits Madison Amid Rising Tensions Over Homelessness
Housing-First Hits Madison Amid Rising Tensions Over HomelessnessScott GordonWisContextJuly 18, 2016 | 11:50 a.m.At the end of July, volunteers will fan out across Wisconsin and attempt to count...
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Wisconsin's Homeless Population Has Grown, And Not Just In Cities
Wisconsin's Homeless Population Has Grown, And Not Just In CitiesScott GordonWisContextJuly 19, 2016 | 12:50 p.m.Madison might be at the center of Wisconsin's loudest discussion about homelessness...
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Hope Street Ministry Confronts 'Brokenness' In Milwaukee
Hope Street Ministry Confronts 'Brokenness' In MilwaukeeScott GordonWisContextJuly 25, 2016 | 9:05 a.m.While local governments are engaged in the fight against homelessness in Wisconsin, this effort...
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Wisconsin's Forests Have A Dynamic History
Wisconsin's Forests Have A Dynamic HistoryScott GordonWisContextJuly 27, 2016 | 10:30 a.m.To many Wisconsinites, the state's northern forests are sturdy and vast swaths of land that resist the forces...
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Protecting The Hearing of Rural Wisconsinites
Protecting The Hearing of Rural WisconsinitesScott GordonWisContextAug. 2, 2016 | 11:50 a.m.When people in Wisconsin think of the dangers that farmworkers face, they might envision extreme heat...
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The Wisconsin DNR's 2015 Water Utilities Report, In Context
Series: Drinking Water QualityThe Wisconsin DNR's 2015 Water Utilities Report, In ContextScott GordonWisContextAug. 4, 2016 | 9:30 a.m.On July 29, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released...
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Where Coliforms Were Found In Wisconsin Utility Water In 2015
Series: Drinking Water QualityWhere Coliforms Were Found In Wisconsin Utility Water In 2015Scott GordonWisContextAug. 4, 2016 | 11:10 a.m.As the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources noted in its...
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Ongoing Tuition Freeze Will Mean Academic Cuts, UW-Stout Chancellor Says
Ongoing Tuition Freeze Will Mean Academic Cuts, UW-Stout Chancellor SaysScott GordonWisContextAug. 8, 2016 | 10:25 a.m.The last time University of Wisconsin System schools raised tuition was in 2012....
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Overcoming the 'Eye-Glazing' Factor In Making Financial Decisions
Overcoming the 'Eye-Glazing' Factor In Making Financial DecisionsScott GordonWisContextAug. 9, 2016 | 3 p.m.Financial literacy researchers have no shortage of recommendations on how people should...
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Fermentation Is Serious Food Science In Wisconsin
Series: Local Food ScienceFermentation Is Serious Food Science In WisconsinScott GordonWisContextAug. 15, 2016 | 10:30 a.m.Fermentation — the process by which microorganisms metabolize sugar into...
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Watching The Bats Of Wisconsin
Watching The Bats Of WisconsinKaren FasterWisContextJuly 12, 2016 | 10:25 a.m.From loon-watchers to fighters of invasive species, Wisconsin is home to many groups engaged in citizen science. One...
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What Karst Is, And How It Affects Wisconsin's Drinking Water
Series: Drinking Water QualityWhat Karst Is, And How It Affects Wisconsin's Drinking WaterScott GordonWisContextJuly 14, 2016 | 11 a.m.Any serious look at Wisconsin's geology and groundwater will at...
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