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Energy Industry Weighing How Bullish To Be On Wisconsin Frac Sand In 2017

Energy Industry Weighing How Bullish To Be On Wisconsin Frac Sand In 2017Scott GordonWisContextDec. 20, 2016 | 10:10 a.m.Companies that mine western and central Wisconsin's coveted silica sands, which...

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Report: Workplace Fatalities Rising In Wisconsin

Report: Workplace Fatalities Rising In WisconsinShamane MillsWisconsin Public RadioDec. 20, 2016 | 3 p.m.The latest numbers on work-related deaths in Wisconsin show 104 people died on the job in 2015,...

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Seasonal Detection Of Cooking Spices, Drugs In Waterways Highlights Everyday...

Seasonal Detection Of Cooking Spices, Drugs In Waterways Highlights Everyday Human InfluencesScottie Lee MeyersWisconsin Public RadioDec. 20, 2016 | 3:15 p.m.There's an experiment water scientists like...

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Wisconsin Awarded $23 Million To Combat Homelessness

Series: Homelessness Around WisconsinWisconsin Awarded $23 Million To Combat HomelessnessBrady CarlsonWisconsin Public RadioDec. 20, 2016 | 4:35 p.m.The federal government is putting $23 million toward...

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Greeting New Year's In Milwaukee With Celebratory Gunfire

Series: Milwaukee Gun ViolenceGreeting New Year's In Milwaukee With Celebratory GunfireScott GordonWisContextDec. 21, 2016 | 9:15 a.m.When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, people across...

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Eagle And Osprey Numbers Reach A 40-Year High

Eagle And Osprey Numbers Reach A 40-Year HighRoss TerrellWisconsin Public RadioDec. 21, 2016 | 3:25 p.m.A survey by the Department of Natural Resources found more occupied eagle and osprey nests in the...

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2016 State Health Report Card Shows Wide Disparities In Wisconsin

2016 State Health Report Card Shows Wide Disparities In WisconsinScottie Lee MeyersWisconsin Public RadioDec. 21, 2016 | 3:30 p.m.A new health report shows a lot of room for improvement in Wisconsin,...

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HealthCare.gov 2017 Signups Surpass Previous Year's Totals In Wisconsin, U.S.

HealthCare.gov 2017 Signups Surpass Previous Year's Totals In Wisconsin, U.S.Shamane MillsWisconsin Public RadioDec. 21, 2016 | 3:55 p.m.Despite rising premiums and an uncertain future for the...

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Report: Rate Of Health Care Inflation In Wisconsin Down Since ACA Implemented

Report: Rate Of Health Care Inflation In Wisconsin Down Since ACA ImplementedAvory BrookinsWisconsin Public RadioDec. 21, 2016 | 4:45 p.m.A statewide coalition's annual report on health insurance costs...

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Wisconsin Cities Look To Voters, Other Revenue Sources To Fund Services

Wisconsin Cities Look To Voters, Other Revenue Sources To Fund ServicesDanielle KaedingWisconsin Public RadioDec. 22, 2016 | 1:25 p.m.Some Wisconsin cities are trying to find ways to maintain the same...

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Study: Coal Tar Sealant Harming Milwaukee-Area Streams

Study: Coal Tar Sealant Harming Milwaukee-Area StreamsChuck QuirmbachWisconsin Public RadioDec. 23, 2016 | 11:05 a.m.A study published on Dec. 22 found a type of blacktop sealant is the main source of...

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Regulators Sign Off On Ashland Superfund Cleanup Method

Regulators Sign Off On Ashland Superfund Cleanup MethodDanielle KaedingWisconsin Public RadioDec. 26, 2016 | 7 a.m.Industry once dominated Ashland's waterfront on Lake Superior's shores. State and...

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A New Way To Track Opioid Overdoses In Milwaukee

Series: The Opioid Epidemic In WisconsinA New Way To Track Opioid Overdoses In Milwaukee Shamane MillsWisconsin Public RadioDec. 26, 2016 | 1:40 p.m.There's no one single place in Milwaukee County...

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Study Shows Possible Way To Head Off Algal Blooms

Study Shows Possible Way To Head Off Algal BloomsChuck QuirmbachWisconsin Public RadioDec. 26, 2016 | 2 p.m.There may be a way to prevent harmful blooms of algae in some lakes or reservoirs, according...

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What Affordable Care Act Limbo Looks Like In Wisconsin

Series: Health Insurance And The ACAWhat Affordable Care Act Limbo Looks Like In WisconsinScott GordonWisContextDec. 28, 2016 | 8 a.m.Repeal and... what exactly then? And is repeal even certain?More

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22 Million Pounds Of Plastic Pollute The Great Lakes Each Year

22 Million Pounds Of Plastic Pollute The Great Lakes Each YearKyla Calvert MasonWisconsin Public RadioDec. 28, 2016 | 11:15 a.m.Nearly 10,000 metric tons, or 22 million pounds, of plastic pollution are...

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Before And After Changes To Climate Language On DNR Website

Before And After Changes To Climate Language On DNR WebsiteScottie Lee MeyersWisconsin Public RadioDec. 28, 2016 | 3:15 p.m.References to climate change, rising temperatures and the human activities...

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As State Plans For More Manure Digesters, Questions Pile Up

As State Plans For More Manure Digesters, Questions Pile UpChuck QuirmbachWisconsin Public RadioDec. 29, 2016 | NoonIt looks like Wisconsin will be counting on more animal waste digesters to handle the...

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Wisconsin Farmland Values Steady As Other Midwest States See Declines

Wisconsin Farmland Values Steady As Other Midwest States See DeclinesHope KirwanWisconsin Public RadioJan. 2, 2017 | 12:10 p.m.The value of Wisconsin farmland was steady in 2016, unlike the rest of the...

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Wisconsin Nurses, PAs, Dental Hygienists Seek New Work Rules

Wisconsin Nurses, PAs, Dental Hygienists Seek New Work RulesShamane MillsWisconsin Public RadioJan. 3, 2017 | 11:15 a.m.A projected doctor shortage in Wisconsin is spurring efforts to expand the duties...

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