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Research with Walter Reed study on mitigating impacts of blast exposures continued in 2025 during training at Fort McCoy
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 2, 2025
In April 2024, a study with the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on mitigating the impact of blast exposures was under way during a training session for Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team...
Wisconsin advocates push for passage of child care bill to help working families
WXPR - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
Wisconsin advocates for early-childhood education and working families are pushing for Congress to pass a bill that would lower the cost of child care in Wisconsin and across the country. The Childcare for Working Families Act would ensure that...
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Joins national program to improve job outcomes
The Press Times - Wisconsin
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By Press Times staff GREEN BAY – Northeast Wisconsin Technical College has been selected to join the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program’s Unlocking Opportunity network, a national initiative aimed at helping community colleges better...
Wisconsin Apple Growers Expect Strong Fall Harvest
Wisconsin Ag Connection
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September 2, 2025
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 By Blake Jackson After a hot, humid summer marked by heavy rains and flooding, Wisconsin apple growers are gearing up for a promising harvest as fall approaches. In Gays Mills, Sunrise Orchards owner Allen Teach said...
Wisconsin Youth Sue Utility Regulator Over Failure To Weigh Climate Change
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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September 2, 2025
The nonprofit representing the Wisconsin plaintiffs helped secure a landmark settlement in Hawaiʻi with the case Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter...
Wisconsin’s tiniest livestock — honeybees — are threatened by mites, pesticides and lack of food
Wisconsin Public Radio
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September 2, 2025
Honeybees are having a rough year. Threats like mites, diseases, hunger and pesticides could wipe out up to 70 percent of honeybee colonies across the country. But unlike natural pollinators that face similar threats, honeybees have people helping...
Satellite imagery shows less wild rice this year in northern Wisconsin
WXPR - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
This year’s wild rice crop in northern Wisconsin appears likely to be lower than last year. That follows a pattern seen in recent years. Crop estimates can now be done using satellite imagery. The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission...
Wauwatosa man charged in $1 million Milwaukee Tool thefts appears in court
GMToday - Wisconsin
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WAUKESHA — The Wauwatosa man charged with stealing more than $1.1 million in tools from Brookfield-based Milwaukee Tool appeared in a Waukesha courtroom on Friday for an initial appearance, where he was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail. But by...
Tom Still: Curtailing mRNA research could derail 50-plus years of progress
Madison News - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
To listen to opponents of federal support for “messenger” RNA research, one might think this science arose out of nowhere during the COVID-19 pandemic and lacks time-tested guardrails for safety. In fact, the roots of research into the...
Wisconsin counties have faced deep 911 dispatcher shortages. Some are finding solutions
Daily Jefferson County Union - Wisconsin
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GREEN BAY — For years, Brown County has struggled to hire people to answer 911 calls and coordinate responses to emergencies. Its emergency dispatch center was among many that grappled with worsened staffing shortages after the COVID-19 pandemic....
Milwaukee Riverside University High School closed Tuesday due to chemical spill
FOX 6 - Wisconsin
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Riverside University High School MILWAUKEE - Riverside University High School will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 2, due to a recent chemical spill. What we know: Milwaukee Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Eduardo Galván said no students should...
Chemical spill closes one Milwaukee school on first day of class
TMJ4 - Wisconsin
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September 1, 2025
MILWAUKEE — While most students attending Milwaukee Public Schools will head back to class on Tuesday, Riverside University High School will remain closed for one more day due to a chemical spill, according to Deputy Superintendent Eduardo Galván....
NMSU engineering students earn top awards at regional and national competitions
SW New Mexico News
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September 2, 2025
Five teams of engineering seniors from New Mexico State University achieved top honors at several regional and national competitions during the past semester. The teams, organized through the College of Engineering’s capstone program, participated...
Science People How to Watch the Northern Lights from These States Tonight
Yahoo News
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NEED TO KNOW A powerful mass ejection (CME) from sunspot AR4199 is set to reach Earth on Sept. 1 into early Sept. 2, sparking a potential northern lights display The Earth-directed solar storms may emerge into what scientists call a "cannibal...
Chemical spill delays first day of school at Riverside High School in Milwaukee
WISN 12 - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
A chemical spill forced a Milwaukee high school to delay the first day of school.Parents at Riverside High School received a letter from Milwaukee Public Schools Monday, telling them students should not report to school on Tuesday, Sept. 2,...
Wisconsin’s apple crop looks ripe for the picking despite wet, hot summer
Wisconsin Public Radio
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September 1, 2025
It’s been a hot and humid summer, with heavy rainfall and damaging flooding. But as the temperatures cool and fall creeps in, Wisconsin’s apple crop is ready to ripen. Allen Teach of Sunrise Orchards in Gays Mills said it’s been an excellent year...
Wisconsin’s wake boat controversy, explained
Wisconsin Public Radio
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September 1, 2025
Wake boats have been making waves in Wisconsin lakes — and not just on the water. Over the past few summers, tensions have been mounting around the use of wake boats, which are designed to generate big waves at slower speeds for water sports like...
Labor unions advocate for workers' rights at Milwaukee's annual Laborfest
WISN 12 - Wisconsin
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September 1, 2025
Labor unions advocate for workers' rights at Milwaukee's annual Laborfest Labor unions in Milwaukee are highlighting their ongoing fight for improved workers' rights during the annual Laborfest event. Updated: 12:55 PM CDT Sep 1, 2025 Editorial...
Opposition research: Brice Turang
The Good Phight - Pennsylvania
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September 1, 2025
The Milwaukee Brewers had a good first half of the season, putting up a 56-40 record. That put them in second place of the National League Central, one game behind the Cubs. Since the second half began, they’ve been near unstoppable, going 29-12....
Silicon Valley Giants Bankroll Wisconsin’s Crime Wave
[your]NEWS
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September 1, 2025
Crime is skyrocketing across Wisconsin due to soft-on-crime policies pushed by progressive lawmakers. But the decline of justice doesn’t just stem from leftist policies in Madison—it traces back to the deep pockets of Silicon Valley elites. In...