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A student wearing a welding mask uses a welding torch to work on a piece of metal on top of a welding table in a large room with other manufacturing equipment on tables and in cases on walls, with other students standing and working on different projects in different locations.

Appleton Technical Academy prepares students for skilled trades — it's not easy

ATECH students take hands-on classes, enroll in paid apprenticeships and earn free college credits, but the school has struggled to attract students, combat persistent stigma around technical education, and afford equipment and tools.

Chris McIntosh, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on NCAA transfer

Chris McIntosh, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on NCAA transfer

A man wearing a parka and holding a sheet of paper in his left hand places a pine spray with his right hand on a ring-shaped makeshift memorial consisting of flower bouquets, wreaths, votive candles, sign and photos, and other items, with other people standing in the background behind a line of barrier tape strung around multiple traffic cones, with buildings, leafless trees and traffic signals in the background.

Killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump and Republicans

Multiple people sit behind a low legislative dais with multiple rows of people seated in rows of plastic and metal stacking chairs facing them, in a high-ceilinged room with the U.S. and Wisconsin flags in a corner next to a a door and a sign reading Village of DeForest, with two monitors mounted on walls and a digital clock reading 9:19:50 mounted in the middle of a row of cabinets.

At least four local governments in Wisconsin signed data center secrecy deals

Chris McIntosh on lower ticket sales for Wisconsin football

Chris McIntosh on lower ticket sales for Wisconsin football

Jennifer Mnookin speaks into a microphone mounted to the top of a wood podium, with out-of-focus metal sculpture elements and seated people in the background.

Columbia University taps UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to lead school

Frederica Freyberg and Darryl Morin (Credit: PBS Wisconsin)

'Here & Now' Highlights: Darryl Morin, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Chris McIntosh

A hand-painted sign in the shape of an ID card with a illustration of a portrait of Alex Pretti and the Red Cross symbol next to the words VA Hospital and above the words Alex Pretti, ICU Nurse, Neighbor and Friend rests on top of multiple bouquets of flowers and other foliage, and among multiple burning candles and illuminated electric candles on top of a snowbank, with out-of-focus flowers and candles in the background.

Alex Pretti, shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis, grew up in Green Bay

Darryl Morin on anticipating ICE operations in Wisconsin

Darryl Morin on anticipating ICE operations in Wisconsin

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Chris McIntosh on UW football

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Chris McIntosh on UW football

A still image shows a pier jeering out onto a frozen lake that is covered in snow.

Weather warnings issued as Wisconsin's temperatures plummet

A printed posterboard sign with the title Assembly Galleries Are Located on 3rd Floor West and the text Assembly Rules Prohibit: Cell Phones, Cameras, or Other Electronic Usage is displayed on a wood easel and next to a wood table with stacks of papers and a two-radio on its surface, with two people in the background walking toward a door in a hallway with masonry flooring and walls.

WisconsinEye shutdown leaves state lawmakers meetings outside of public view

Zabi Sahibzada sits with his hands folded on his lap behind a desk with multiple books stacked on its surface and in front of a metal filing cabinet and a wood bookcase filled with file folders and other items on its shelves.

Wisconsin refugee agencies try to remain open as Trump halts most new admissions

Chris McIntosh, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on NCAA transfer

Chris McIntosh, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on NCAA transfer

A man wearing a parka and holding a sheet of paper in his left hand places a pine spray with his right hand on a ring-shaped makeshift memorial consisting of flower bouquets, wreaths, votive candles, sign and photos, and other items, with other people standing in the background behind a line of barrier tape strung around multiple traffic cones, with buildings, leafless trees and traffic signals in the background.

Killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump and Republicans

Multiple people sit behind a low legislative dais with multiple rows of people seated in rows of plastic and metal stacking chairs facing them, in a high-ceilinged room with the U.S. and Wisconsin flags in a corner next to a a door and a sign reading Village of DeForest, with two monitors mounted on walls and a digital clock reading 9:19:50 mounted in the middle of a row of cabinets.

At least four local governments in Wisconsin signed data center secrecy deals

Chris McIntosh on lower ticket sales for Wisconsin football

Chris McIntosh on lower ticket sales for Wisconsin football

Jennifer Mnookin speaks into a microphone mounted to the top of a wood podium, with out-of-focus metal sculpture elements and seated people in the background.

Columbia University taps UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to lead school

Frederica Freyberg and Darryl Morin (Credit: PBS Wisconsin)

'Here & Now' Highlights: Darryl Morin, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Chris McIntosh

A hand-painted sign in the shape of an ID card with a illustration of a portrait of Alex Pretti and the Red Cross symbol next to the words VA Hospital and above the words Alex Pretti, ICU Nurse, Neighbor and Friend rests on top of multiple bouquets of flowers and other foliage, and among multiple burning candles and illuminated electric candles on top of a snowbank, with out-of-focus flowers and candles in the background.

Alex Pretti, shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis, grew up in Green Bay

Darryl Morin on anticipating ICE operations in Wisconsin

Darryl Morin on anticipating ICE operations in Wisconsin

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Chris McIntosh on UW football

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Chris McIntosh on UW football

A still image shows a pier jeering out onto a frozen lake that is covered in snow.

Weather warnings issued as Wisconsin's temperatures plummet

A printed posterboard sign with the title Assembly Galleries Are Located on 3rd Floor West and the text Assembly Rules Prohibit: Cell Phones, Cameras, or Other Electronic Usage is displayed on a wood easel and next to a wood table with stacks of papers and a two-radio on its surface, with two people in the background walking toward a door in a hallway with masonry flooring and walls.

WisconsinEye shutdown leaves state lawmakers meetings outside of public view

Zabi Sahibzada sits with his hands folded on his lap behind a desk with multiple books stacked on its surface and in front of a metal filing cabinet and a wood bookcase filled with file folders and other items on its shelves.

Wisconsin refugee agencies try to remain open as Trump halts most new admissions

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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.

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