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Series: The Dairy State Economy
Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Non-Profit Looks To Build Connections Between Midwestern Dairy Farms And Immigrant Workers

Madeline Heim
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Oct. 16, 2018 | 3 p.m.
Roberto Tecpile often puts in 70 hours a week at the Rosenholm dairy farm in Cochrane — a village in Buffalo County where winter days are short and can be bitterly cold.
Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

A Mid-Century Turning Point For Migrant Farmworkers In Wisconsin

Scott Gordon
WisContext
Oct. 15, 2018 | 1 p.m.
Seasonal workers who traveled from Mexico, and Texas-born people of Mexican descent, known as Tejanos, became a crucial part of Wisconsin's agricultural workforce during and after World War II, setting the stage for a dairy industry that relies heavily on immigrants to this day.

The Purple Carrot-Seed Moth Lands In Wisconsin

PJ Liesch
UW-Extension
Oct. 12, 2018 | 2:40 p.m.
The latest non-native pest to arrive in Wisconsin is the tiny purple carrot-seed moth, and its impacts are not yet fully known.

Birdsong Recordings Help Match Kirtland's Warblers In The North Woods

Kaley Fech
Great Lakes Echo
Oct. 11, 2018 | Noon
Every day the love song of a Kirtland’s warbler calls throughout the Bayfield County Forest in northwestern Wisconsin. But it isn't coming from a bird.

The Revolutionary Ambitions Of Gene Editing And Its Expanding Application

Samantha Nash
WisContext
Oct. 9, 2018 | 8 a.m.
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. While this six-word phrase is a mouthful, CRISPR genome editing technology has pushed the line between science fiction and reality from its initial discovery in 1987 to breakthroughs in the 2010s.
Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Latino Immigrant Workers At Midwestern Asian Restaurants Find Themselves Isolated, Underpaid

Belle Lin
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Alexandra Arriaga
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct. 8, 2018 | Noon
In 2015, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued three employment agencies in Chicago's Chinatown, and two Illinois restaurants that had used their services, for allegedly exploiting Latino immigrant workers in several states, including Wisconsin.
Series: The Yahara Watershed
Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

What Could Happen The Next Time Madison Gets Hit By Extreme Rainfall

Daniel Wright
UW-Madison
Oct. 2, 2018 | 3 p.m.
While efforts after August 2018 storms focused on cleaning up and limiting flooding, Madison will need to address its vulnerability to extreme rainfall if it wants to prepare for the future.