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What to do about aging dams in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area?

What to do about aging dams in Wisconsin's Driftless Area?

Extreme weather and limited budgets are central to plans for removing a series of earthen dams in southwest Wisconsin, but local residents are concerned about the consequences to their communities.

Fred Harris on mental health therapies for Black children

Fred Harris on mental health therapies for Black children

Greta Neubauer speaks into a wireless microphone while standing in a room with marble masonry in the background.

Wisconsin Democrats reelect Neubauer as Assembly minority leader for 2025 session

Michael Gableman walks up steps toward the entrance of a building from a sidewalk in front of an intersection, with buildings, trees, traffic signals and parked vehicles in the background.

Wisconsin judicial regulators file complaint against Gableman

Sean Duffy gestures with both hands while seated and speaking into a microphone mounted to a wood desk, with an out-of-focus person seated in the background.

Trump says he will nominate Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary

Meagan Wolfe holds her left hand to her chin while seated.

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case on state's elections administrator position

A screenshot of a video shows Eric Hovde sitting in a room with an illuminated lamp, wood-and-glass cabinet and wall-mounted painting in the background.

Hovde concedes defeat to Baldwin in Wisconsin's 2024 US Senate race

Frederica Freyberg and Christopher Saldaña sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

'Here & Now' Highlights: Christopher Saldaña, Jorge Franco, Kathryn McGarr

A still image from a video shows Jorge Franco seated in front of a couch with pillows, wall decor and a table with lamp and items with a graphic at bottom reading 'Milwaukee,' 'Jorge Franco' and 'Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin.'

Jorge Franco on Hispanic voters, Trump and mass deportation

A still image shows Kathryn McGarr seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Kathryn McGarr' and 'UW-Madison School of Journalism.'

Kathryn McGarr on Trumpism and lessons from American history

A still image shows Christopher Saldaña seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Christopher Saldaña' and 'UW-Madison School of Education.'

Christopher Saldaña on funding for Wisconsin schools in 2025

A metal pipe rests on dug up earth with dirt, sticks and debris around it and a graphic at the top reading 'Bad River Documentary Footage Courtesy 50 Eggs Films.'

Line 5 pipeline reroute around Bad River land advances

Justices Brian Hagedorn and Rebecca Dallet on abortion laws

Justices Brian Hagedorn and Rebecca Dallet on abortion laws

Fred Harris on mental health therapies for Black children

Fred Harris on mental health therapies for Black children

Greta Neubauer speaks into a wireless microphone while standing in a room with marble masonry in the background.

Wisconsin Democrats reelect Neubauer as Assembly minority leader for 2025 session

Michael Gableman walks up steps toward the entrance of a building from a sidewalk in front of an intersection, with buildings, trees, traffic signals and parked vehicles in the background.

Wisconsin judicial regulators file complaint against Gableman

Sean Duffy gestures with both hands while seated and speaking into a microphone mounted to a wood desk, with an out-of-focus person seated in the background.

Trump says he will nominate Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary

Meagan Wolfe holds her left hand to her chin while seated.

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case on state's elections administrator position

A screenshot of a video shows Eric Hovde sitting in a room with an illuminated lamp, wood-and-glass cabinet and wall-mounted painting in the background.

Hovde concedes defeat to Baldwin in Wisconsin's 2024 US Senate race

Frederica Freyberg and Christopher Saldaña sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

'Here & Now' Highlights: Christopher Saldaña, Jorge Franco, Kathryn McGarr

A still image from a video shows Jorge Franco seated in front of a couch with pillows, wall decor and a table with lamp and items with a graphic at bottom reading 'Milwaukee,' 'Jorge Franco' and 'Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin.'

Jorge Franco on Hispanic voters, Trump and mass deportation

A still image shows Kathryn McGarr seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Kathryn McGarr' and 'UW-Madison School of Journalism.'

Kathryn McGarr on Trumpism and lessons from American history

A still image shows Christopher Saldaña seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Christopher Saldaña' and 'UW-Madison School of Education.'

Christopher Saldaña on funding for Wisconsin schools in 2025

A metal pipe rests on dug up earth with dirt, sticks and debris around it and a graphic at the top reading 'Bad River Documentary Footage Courtesy 50 Eggs Films.'

Line 5 pipeline reroute around Bad River land advances

Justices Brian Hagedorn and Rebecca Dallet on abortion laws

Justices Brian Hagedorn and Rebecca Dallet on abortion laws

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Wisconsin Supreme Court justices take on an abortion lawsuit

Wisconsin Supreme Court justices take on an abortion lawsuit

Myra McNair on mental health therapy for diverse patients

Myra McNair on mental health therapy for diverse patients

A still image shows Bill McCoshen and Scot Ross seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling.

McCoshen & Ross on implications, impacts of Trump's 2024 win

A still image from a video shows Anthony Chergosky seated in front of wooden bookshelves lined with books with a graphic at bottom reading 'La Crosse,' 'Anthony Chergosky' and 'UW-La Crosse Dept. of Political Science.'

Anthony Chergosky on the landscape of Wisconsin's 2024 vote

Zac Schultz stands in front of the State Capitol rotunda indoors with green marble walls and white columns with a graphic at bottom reading 'State Capitol,' 'Zac Schultz' and 'Here & Now.'

Zac Schultz on Wisconsin's 2024 vote results, 2025 prospects

Recapping Wisconsin’s vote for president, US Senate in 2024

Recapping Wisconsin's vote for president, US Senate in 2024

Tommy Thompson on Trump’s 2024 election victory in Wisconsin

Tommy Thompson on Trump's 2024 election victory in Wisconsin

Josh Kaul on monitoring the 2024 election around Wisconsin

Josh Kaul on monitoring the 2024 election around Wisconsin

A voter at a polling place places an absentee ballot envelope into a drop box with multiple rolls of I Voted stickers on its surface and a poll worker standing behind it, with another voting standing at a table opposite a seated poll worker in a room with large monitors mounted to one wall, low-pile carpet and fluorescent panel lights in the ceiling, as seen through an open wood door with a glass window.

The state of 2024 races in Wisconsin in the final days before the election

A photographic look at 2024 campaign rallies in Wisconsin

A photographic look at 2024 campaign rallies in Wisconsin

Charles Franklin on his final 2024 poll of Wisconsin voters

Charles Franklin on his final 2024 poll of Wisconsin voters

Nathan Denzin on Trump’s final 2024 Wisconsin campaign stops

Nathan Denzin on Trump's final 2024 Wisconsin campaign stops

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A still image from a video shows Jorge Franco seated in front of a couch with pillows, wall decor and a table with lamp and items with a graphic at bottom reading 'Milwaukee,' 'Jorge Franco' and 'Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin.'

Jorge Franco on Hispanic voters, Trump and mass deportation

A still image shows Kathryn McGarr seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Kathryn McGarr' and 'UW-Madison School of Journalism.'

Kathryn McGarr on Trumpism and lessons from American history

A still image shows Bill McCoshen and Scot Ross seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling.

McCoshen & Ross on implications, impacts of Trump's 2024 win

In Focus with Gena Kakkak: Tribal politics and youth health

In Focus with Gena Kakkak: Tribal politics and youth health

In Focus with Corey Pompey: Directing the UW Marching Band

In Focus with Corey Pompey: Directing the UW Marching Band

In Focus with Stephen Kantrowitz: Keeping history present

In Focus with Stephen Kantrowitz: Keeping history present

Courts

Michael Gableman walks up steps toward the entrance of a building from a sidewalk in front of an intersection, with buildings, trees, traffic signals and parked vehicles in the background.

Wisconsin judicial regulators file complaint against Gableman

Meagan Wolfe holds her left hand to her chin while seated.

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case on state's elections administrator position

Justices Brian Hagedorn and Rebecca Dallet on abortion laws

Justices Brian Hagedorn and Rebecca Dallet on abortion laws

Wisconsin Regional News

Southeast Region

Derrick Van Orden speaks while standing in a room with a brick wall in the background.

Republicans Steil, Van Orden and Wied win Wisconsin US House seats in 2024 election

Wisconsin Republicans look to reelect a US House incumbent and retain an open seat

Trump and Harris rally in Milwaukee and West Allis in a final push to win over more Wisconsin voters

Nathan Denzin on Trump's final 2024 Wisconsin campaign stops

Southeast Region News

Northeast Region

Derrick Van Orden speaks while standing in a room with a brick wall in the background.

Republicans Steil, Van Orden and Wied win Wisconsin US House seats in 2024 election

Wisconsin Republicans look to reelect a US House incumbent and retain an open seat

Trump campaigns with former Packers quarterback Brett Favre at Green Bay rally

Harris heightens focus on Trump's campaign rhetoric and threats as Election Day nears

Northeast Region News

South Central Region

Harris, Democrats urge supporters speak through their votes

Harris, Democrats urge supporters speak through their votes

Harris returns to Madison for a rally to rouse voters before Election Day

Obama rallies Democrats to cast their ballots early in 2024

La Movida gives 'a way of life' to Latino community in Madison

South Central Region News

Northern Region

A river tinted red with iron-rich soil flows toward the horizon, with leafless trees on either side under a partly cloudy sky.

Wisconsin DNR issues first round of construction permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around Bad River reservation

A Lac du Flambeau Band child faced racism and violently bullying at school — now his mother is speaking out

Republicans, Democrats work to restore voter trust in Wisconsin, around the nation

Federal judge rejects Republican request for Wisconsin's youth prison to have more options to control inmates

Northern Region News

West Central Region

What to do about aging dams in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area?

What to do about aging dams in Wisconsin's Driftless Area?

Republicans Steil, Van Orden and Wied win Wisconsin US House seats in 2024 election

Wisconsin Republicans look to reelect a US House incumbent and retain an open seat

Issue of health care access hits close to home in western Wisconsin

West Central Region News

Southwest Region

What to do about aging dams in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area?

What to do about aging dams in Wisconsin's Driftless Area?

Trump blames Harris for illegal immigration, lists other grievances in Prairie du Chien speech

Three utility companies complete Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line

Scott Walker's campaign baffles voters who think of Wisconsin's former governor

Southwest Region News

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