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Wisconsin Regulator Of For-Profit Colleges Sees Reduced Role

Wisconsin Regulator Of For-Profit Colleges Sees Reduced RoleScott GordonWisContextOct. 10, 2016 | 9:03 a.m.While ITT's collapse may have been the most visible shift in the for-profit college industry...

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'Significant' Drop In Wisconsin's Smoking Rate, American Lung Association...

'Significant' Drop In Wisconsin's Smoking Rate, American Lung Association Director SaysShamane MillsWisconsin Public RadioOct. 10, 2016 | 10:10 a.m.Smoking rates across the country remained relatively...

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USDA Plans To Buy Another $20M In Surplus Cheese

USDA Plans To Buy Another $20M In Surplus CheeseHope KirwanWisconsin Public RadioOct. 11, 2016 | 6:40 p.m.USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the purchase plan after a roundtable discussion with...

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Is Frac Sand Mining Causing Metal Contamination In Groundwater?

Is Frac Sand Mining Causing Metal Contamination In Groundwater?Rich KremerWisconsin Public RadioOct. 13, 2016 | 2:25 p.m.As state regulators plan a comprehensive groundwater study, other scientists are...

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Putting Suicide In Perspective In Wisconsin

Putting Suicide In Perspective In WisconsinScott GordonWisContextOct. 17, 2016 | 8:44 a.m.The death of state Sen. Rick Gudex and the announcement of a new state program aimed at preventing suicide...

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New Birds Nesting In Wisconsin, DNR Survey Finds

New Birds Nesting In Wisconsin, DNR Survey FindsBrady CarlsonWisconsin Public RadioOct. 11, 2016 | 10:40 a.m.Wisconsin's bird populations are changing in some unusual ways, according to new findings...

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La Crosse County Judge Still Deciding Fate Of Badger-Coulee Line Project

La Crosse County Judge Still Deciding Fate Of Badger-Coulee Line ProjectAvory BrookinsWisconsin Public RadioOct. 12, 2016 | 12:10 p.m.The fate of a project that first emerged in 2010 is now in the...

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Dunn County Board Considering CAFO Moratorium

Dunn County Board Considering CAFO MoratoriumRich KremerWisconsin Public RadioOct. 12, 2016 | 4:45 p.m.Dunn County is the latest Wisconsin community to consider a temporary ban on large-scale dairy and...

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Wisconsin Farmers Talk About Water With Louisiana Fishermen

Wisconsin Farmers Talk About Water With Louisiana FishermenHope KirwanWisconsin Public RadioOct. 14, 2016 | 8:25 a.m.Joe Stapleton owns a farm near Spring Green, Wisconsin. He's a conventional farmer,...

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Study Finds Insecticide More Damaging To Wisconsin Stream Bugs Than...

Study Finds Insecticide More Damaging To Wisconsin Stream Bugs Than Previously ThoughtChuck QuirmbachWisconsin Public RadioOct. 14, 2016 | 10:35 a.m.A federal study published in the journal...

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Are High Wolf Numbers Driving Hunting Dog Attacks?

Are High Wolf Numbers Driving Hunting Dog Attacks?Danielle KaedingWisconsin Public RadioOct. 18, 2016 | 5:30 p.m.A former state wildlife biologist contends that Wisconsin's high wolf numbers may not be...

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Wisconsinites Looking For Health Insurance On Marketplace Have Fewer Options...

Wisconsinites Looking For Health Insurance On Marketplace Have Fewer Options This YearShamane MillsWisconsin Public RadioOct. 19, 2016 | 2:25 p.m.The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance...

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Wisconsin Loses Nearly 400 Dairy Farms Since 2015

Wisconsin Loses Nearly 400 Dairy Farms Since 2015Hope KirwanWisconsin Public RadioOct. 19, 2016 | 5:25 p.m.Wisconsin lost almost 400 dairy farms in the last year, according to the latest report from...

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Binational Commission Hears Great Lakes Protection Ideas At Milwaukee Meeting

Binational Commission Hears Great Lakes Protection Ideas At Milwaukee MeetingChuck QuirmbachWisconsin Public RadioOct. 20, 2016 | 1:15 p.m.A U.S.-Canadian panel that advises the national governments on...

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Wisconsin Preventing Children's Cavities Better Than Most States

Wisconsin Preventing Children's Cavities Better Than Most StatesShamane MillsWisconsin Public RadioOct. 20, 2016 | 3:05 p.m.According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control, only 40...

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Growing Mushrooms Spawns Possibilities For Gardens And Menus

Growing Mushrooms Spawns Possibilities For Gardens And MenusScott GordonWisContextOct. 21, 2016 | 10:50 a.m.Cultivating mushrooms for food and beauty may appear to be the threshold of an esoteric and...

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Wet Weather Increases Tar Spot Disease On Maple Trees

Wet Weather Increases Tar Spot Disease On Maple TreesJill NadeauWisconsin Public RadioOct. 22, 2016 | 7 a.m.Have you noticed black splotches on the leaves of your maple tree this year? You're not...

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Milwaukee County To Be Home To Largest Urban Organic Fruit Orchard In US

Milwaukee County To Be Home To Largest Urban Organic Fruit Orchard In USRoss TerrellWisconsin Public RadioOct. 24, 2016 | 10:30 a.m.Milwaukee County will soon be home to the largest urban organic fruit...

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Opioid Scourge Has Spread, Not Shifted, Across Racial Groups

Opioid Scourge Has Spread, Not Shifted, Across Racial GroupsScott GordonWisContextOct. 24, 2016 | 11:05 a.m.As opioids increasingly dominate the national conversation about substance abuse, addiction...

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Increase In Wisconsin

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Increase In WisconsinRoss TerrellWisconsin Public RadioOct. 24, 2016 | 4:24 p.m.Wisconsin saw a 9 percent increase in reports of sexually transmitted diseases in 2015,...

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