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Pine cones needed to provide seed for Wisconsin tree nurseries
WXPR - Wisconsin
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September 3, 2025
You can make some extra money gathering pine cones, but they need to be the right ones. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources needs help gathering red and white pine cones for its reforestation program. "The state nurseries will pay...
Job hunting in northeast Wisconsin? Check out these charts
Wisconsin Watch
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September 3, 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you getting our free newsletters? Click here to read highlights from the story Northeast Wisconsin’s fastest-growing jobs span a variety of industries, including health care and logistics. Jobs in the region with the...
Parents are a growth strategy. Treat childcare like economic development.
Technical.ly
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September 7, 2025
The US workforce changed dramatically over the last half century, with women entering paid work at near-equal rates to men but still carrying a disproportionate share of domestic responsibilities, leaving childcare and inflexible work as central...
NW Wisconsin cop forced out for bad behavior now working at Hayward PD
The Badger Project - Wisconsin
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September 3, 2025
Officer Matthew Frey resigned in lieu of termination from the Cumberland Police Department after facing dozens of complaints, including cursing at civilians and watching YouTube on duty. A City of Hayward Police Department squad car. Photo from...
Protect Our Care Wisconsin: Accountability autumn: the Trump-GOP health care disaster
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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September 3, 2025
Protect Our Care Launches Significant Six-Figure Campaign Holding Republicans Accountable With Nationwide Events, Ads, and Activities Washington, D.C. – As members of Congress return to Capitol Hill following a tumultuous summer recess for...
The future of work in Wisconsin, in six charts
Wisconsin Watch
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September 3, 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutes Are you getting our free newsletters? Click here to read highlights from the story Some of the state’s fastest-growing jobs are in the health care and green energy fields. Jobs projected to have the most openings tend to...
65,000 Pennsylvania kids have a parent in prison or jail − here’s what research says about the value of in-person visits
The Conversation
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September 3, 2025
Across Pennsylvania, an estimated 65,459 children have a parent in jail or prison. That’s according to a recent email inquiry to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Nationwide, nearly half of adults have experienced a close family member...
Students Have Questions About Our Democracy. Is Civics Class Up to the Task?
Education Week
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September 8, 2025
Last school year, Massachusetts teacher Andrew Swan started to feel like the assignments he had long relied on to illustrate how government works for his students were falling short. In one, his 8th grade civics students analyzed documents and...
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire announces lineup for annual Homecoming celebration
Chippewa Valley Times - Wisconsin
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September 3, 2025
Dr. James C. Schmidt Chancellor | Official websiteDr. James C. Schmidt Chancellor | Official website The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is preparing for its annual Homecoming celebration, offering a wide range of activities and events designed...
Wisconsin Badgers opener prompts road closures and transit changes near Camp Randall
Madison Reporter - Wisconsin
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August 31, 2025
The Wisconsin Badgers will begin their football season on Thursday, August 28 at 8:00 p.m. Fans and residents should expect several changes to traffic patterns, parking, and public transit near Camp Randall Stadium. Several streets will be closed...
Here's a sneak peek of Milwaukee Public Library's updated Martin Luther King Branch
CBS 58 - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- On Tuesday, Sept. 6, CBS 58 got a sneak peek at the new Milwaukee Public Library Martin Luther King Branch, which opens to the public Saturday, Sept. 6. The renovated branch features green infrastructure, ultra-modern touches...
Children’s Wisconsin plans Franklin medical facility
The Daily Reporter - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
THE BLUEPRINT: Milwaukee-based ICAP Development proposed a 22,000-square-foot medical facility in Franklin The building will be operated by Children’s Wisconsin with 48 staff members Project could potentially include clinics, social services and a...
Soil Health Lessons on Tap at Wisconsin Event
No-Till Farmer - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
SINSINAWA, Wis. — Fields of Sinsinawa will be hosting its second annual Soul of the Soil Conference, a gathering of farmers, land stewards, educators, learners, and changemakers committed to healing soil — and the systems that shape our...
‘Just an ordinary day in America’: Wisconsin Democrats propose legislation to prohibit firearms on college, university campuses
Marquette Wire - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
Photo by Clay Ellis-Escobar Colleges and universities in Wisconsin can post signs banning guns from specific buildings, but there is no law to prohibit firearms campus-wide. Marquette has signs around campus. Wisconsin Democrats have proposed...
Six UW-River Falls faculty receive awards for excellence in teaching and research
WC Wisconsin News
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September 2, 2025
Chancellor Maria Gallo, Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin-River FallsChancellor Maria Gallo, Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin-River Falls Six faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls have received awards for research, professional...
JoAnne R. Flowers
WISC Channel 3000 - Wisconsin
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MADISON - JoAnne Rose Flowers of Madison, Wis., and Beaufort, S.C., died in the comfort of love and family, in Bloomington, Ind., on September 2, 2025, at the age of 94. Our mom, JoAnne, was born in Superior, Wis., on May 24, 1931, to Frank and...
WISN-Milwaukee host: Illegal immigrants arrested in sexual assault case ‘reflects an important issue of this era’
The Sconi - Wisconsin
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September 2, 2025
Jay Weber, host of WISN-Milwaukee, commented on the sentencing of two undocumented immigrants in a Fond du Lac crime case, suggesting it reflects a broader issue of the era. The statement was made on X. "Credit to Fox 6 for running the story, but...
DNR Now Paying People To Collect Pine Cones In Wisconsin
KRFO - Minnesota
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September 2, 2025
The Wisconsin Department's Reforestation Program grows and sells affordable, native tree and shrub seedlings to landowners for planting on public and private lands in Wisconsin to improve wildlife habitat, prevent erosion, create beauty, sequester...
Arch Solar completes rooftop solar project for Wisconsin high school
Solar Power World
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September 2, 2025
SolarEdge and Arch Solar announced the completion of a nearly 390-kW rooftop solar project at Nicolet Union High School in Glendale, Wisconsin. Since coming online in Fall 2024, the system has been generating clean energy and reducing operational...
Doctor, professional photographer calls for more research on art and neurological health
Wisconsin Public Radio
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September 2, 2025
Multiple sclerosis is a lifelong, often debilitating neurological disease. Neurologist Dr. Ahmed Obeidat at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee said the list of possible symptoms is vast and can range from vision difficulties and fatigue to...