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Multiple ice fishers sit on the surface of ice on a frozen lake, with open water in the foreground and the far shore with trees and buildings in shadow in the background.

Falls through the ice on Wisconsin lakes are becoming more common

Trekking on top of frozen lakes around Wisconsin has become more dangerous in recent years, creating costs for taxpayers and business owners while calling into question the future of winter recreation in the southern reaches of the state.

Missy Hughes on issues in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Missy Hughes on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

Mandela Barnes on issues in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Mandela Barnes on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

Francesca Hong on issues in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Francesca Hong on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

Kelda Roys on issues in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Kelda Roys on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

Brad Smith gestures with his right hand, which is out of focus, while speaking into a microphone mounted to the top of a podium, with a U.S. flag in the background.

Microsoft leader pushes tech industry to 'pay our way' for AI data centers amid opposition

Sara Rodriguez speaks into multiple microphones mounted to the top of a podium with a poster with the word Wisconsin affixed to its front while standing in front of a U.S. flag.

Rodriguez calls for bans on immigration enforcements at specific locations

Tony Evers speaks into a microphone mounted to the top of a wood podium while standing in front of a row of U.S. and Wisconsin flags in a room with a large painting in a gilt frame next to a wood-paneled wall.

Evers urges the Wisconsin Legislature to act on his key priorities in 2026

Max Borgardt on the closing of the federal hemp THC loophole

Max Borgardt on the closing of the federal hemp THC loophole

Eileen Fredericks and Frederica Freyberg sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

Here & Now' Highlights: Speaker Robin Vos, Rep. Greta Neubauer, Eileen Fredericks

Wisconsin THC businesses prepare for end to federal loophole

Wisconsin THC businesses prepare for end to federal loophole

A still image shows Eileen Fredericks seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling.

Eileen Fredericks on staff and security in youth corrections

A still image shows a graphic of Tammy Baldwin on the left behind a podium and mic at a press conference and Ron Johnson on the right in front of red wooden cabinets at his office.

Baldwin, Johnson react to killing by ICE agent in Minnesota

Missy Hughes on issues in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Missy Hughes on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

Mandela Barnes on issues in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Mandela Barnes on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

Francesca Hong on issues in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Francesca Hong on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

Kelda Roys on issues in Wisconsin’s 2026 governor’s race

Kelda Roys on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

Brad Smith gestures with his right hand, which is out of focus, while speaking into a microphone mounted to the top of a podium, with a U.S. flag in the background.

Microsoft leader pushes tech industry to 'pay our way' for AI data centers amid opposition

Sara Rodriguez speaks into multiple microphones mounted to the top of a podium with a poster with the word Wisconsin affixed to its front while standing in front of a U.S. flag.

Rodriguez calls for bans on immigration enforcements at specific locations

Tony Evers speaks into a microphone mounted to the top of a wood podium while standing in front of a row of U.S. and Wisconsin flags in a room with a large painting in a gilt frame next to a wood-paneled wall.

Evers urges the Wisconsin Legislature to act on his key priorities in 2026

Max Borgardt on the closing of the federal hemp THC loophole

Max Borgardt on the closing of the federal hemp THC loophole

Eileen Fredericks and Frederica Freyberg sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

Here & Now' Highlights: Speaker Robin Vos, Rep. Greta Neubauer, Eileen Fredericks

Wisconsin THC businesses prepare for end to federal loophole

Wisconsin THC businesses prepare for end to federal loophole

A still image shows Eileen Fredericks seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling.

Eileen Fredericks on staff and security in youth corrections

A still image shows a graphic of Tammy Baldwin on the left behind a podium and mic at a press conference and Ron Johnson on the right in front of red wooden cabinets at his office.

Baldwin, Johnson react to killing by ICE agent in Minnesota

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Missy Hughes on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

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Mandela Barnes on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

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Francesca Hong on issues in Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race

WPR Election Coverage

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Statewide referendums keep coming. Some lawmakers want to simplify them for voters.

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Northern Wisconsin town agrees to bring accessible voting machine back

US Justice Department sues Wisconsin, Georgia, Illinois and DC over voter data

US Justice Department sues Wisconsin, Georgia, Illinois and DC over voter data

Indigenous

John Johnson sits on folding chair at a folding table covered with a tablecloth set up on an asphalt driveway and signs a sheet of paper while seated next to Sue Ernster, who is seated next to Larry Turner in front of a building with log siding, a door and two windows, with trees and a body of water in the background.

Return of Vilas County land by Catholic nuns to Lac du Flambeau breaks new ground

Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

A sign titled Hoocąk Language Duide with multiple illustrations of a canoe labeled with Ho-Chunk words and American English translations is displayed on the surface of a wood railing next to branches of a cedar tree.

Wisconsin archaeologists have found 16 ancient Indigenous canoes in Lake Mendota

Rx Uncovered

Rob Gundermann on copay accumulator impacts on health costs

Rob Gundermann on copay accumulator impacts on health costs

A plastic medication bottle with a label reading Venclexta®, 100 mg and 28 tablets sits on a woven fiber surface, with two out-of-focus medication vials in the background.

As drug costs rise, reduced coverage has deadly consequences

Nilsa Cruz on helping patients appeal health claim denials

Nilsa Cruz on helping patients appeal health claim denials

Local Wisconsin News

Southeast Region

Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

Derek Handley on racial covenants harming Black Milwaukeeans

Anne Bonds on covenants and Milwaukee's racial segregation

Mapping a history of covenants and segregation in Milwaukee

Southeast Region News

Northeast Region

Green Bay podcasters dig up long-buried tales in the city's Astor neighborhood

Residents of Menominee in Michigan vote to limit the city's number of cannabis stores

Pilot program allows several NCAA Division III athletes to compete for schools they no longer attend

Meet the high school students keeping Pulaski from becoming a news desert

Northeast Region News

South Central Region

Multiple ice fishers sit on the surface of ice on a frozen lake, with open water in the foreground and the far shore with trees and buildings in shadow in the background.

Falls through the ice on Wisconsin lakes are becoming more common

Kevin Rak on higher need at the River Food Pantry in Madison

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Tawny Hardyman on closure of Head Start classes in Wisconsin

South Central Region News

Northern Region

John Johnson sits on folding chair at a folding table covered with a tablecloth set up on an asphalt driveway and signs a sheet of paper while seated next to Sue Ernster, who is seated next to Larry Turner in front of a building with log siding, a door and two windows, with trees and a body of water in the background.

Return of Vilas County land by Catholic nuns to Lac du Flambeau breaks new ground

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

A prescribed burn in Superior provides pride and healing

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior still resonates 50 years later

Northern Region News

West Central Region

A still image shows John Rosenow seated in front of an archway, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Waumandee,' 'John Rosenow' and 'Rosenholm Dairy.'

John Rosenow on dairy workers and immigration enforcement

Joe Green on combining courses through school consolidation

Chris Lindner and Joe Green on sharing school district costs

Joe Green and Chris Linder on school district consolidation

West Central Region News

Southwest Region

The center and one side span of riveted cantilever metal bridge splash on the surface of a river with clouds of dust rising into the air, with another span to the side still standing along with multiple concrete support structures, with ice downriver and along the edges of the shore and with wooded bluffs in the background.

Implosion takes down the nearly century-old Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi River

Amid rising house prices, Richland Center residents decry development on parkland

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Tawny Hardyman on closure of Head Start classes in Wisconsin

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