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Technology Is Changing The Way Wisconsin's Public Libraries Work

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People in Wisconsin are going to the library for different reasons, and libraries are serving them in different ways, thanks to the technological changes of the last two decades.

Series: Renewable Energy In Wisconsin

Coal Shipping In Twin Ports Drops While Wind Cargo Surges

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Danielle Kaeding

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A record amount of cargo containing components used for generating wind power moved through the Twin Ports during the 2019 shipping season. The surge in wind traffic comes as Duluth-Superior handled the lowest amount of coal in more than three decades.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

The Novel Coronavirus, Face Masks And When To Use Them

Will Cushman

WisContext

The novel coronavirus sweeping through China and rippling across the globe is invisible to the naked eye, but one of its effects is increasingly conspicuous on sidewalks, public transit and doctors' offices around the world: the widespread use of face masks.

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

What 'Normal' Weather Is Will Be Recalculated

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Shamane Mills

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What's considered normal weather changes over time. To account for that, the National Weather Service will recalculate a 30-year average of weather patterns from 1991 to 2020.

Series: Wisconsin's Rural-Urban Continuum

Series: Growing Rural Wisconsin's Economy

Report: Population Decline In Wisconsin's Rural Counties Is Getting Worse

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Rob Mentzer

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Two-thirds of Wisconsin's rural counties lost population between 2010 and 2018, according to a report from Forward Analytics. It's a trend that's likely to get worse in the next decade.

Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Oconto Unified School District Is Latest In Wisconsin To Close For Illness

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Megan Hart

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Snow is usually the culprit when school is canceled in Wisconsin in winter. In the 2019-20 flu season, however, several schools around the state have closed due to illness.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Cheesemakers Compete In Madison As Demand For Specialty Dairy Grows

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Hope Kirwan

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More cheesemakers and other dairy producers are competing in a Wisconsin-based contest in hopes of differentiating their product in an increasingly crowded market.

Series: Special Elections And Legislative Vacancies

Different Ballots For 7th Congressional District Elections Cause Confusion

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Frederica Freyberg

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The Wisconsin Elections Commission is issuing and managing "A" and "B" ballots for the spring 2020 primary and general elections. Superior city clerk Terri Kalan discusses the differences between absentee ballots sent to voters in the 7th Congressional District special election.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

DHS Monitors More Wisconsinites For Novel Coronavirus

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Frederica Freyberg

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The novel coronavirus has reached Wisconsin, making it the 12th confirmed case in the U.S. Wisconsin state epidemiologist Ryan Westergaard discusses this case, pending investigations and how the virus could potentially spread in the region.

Proposed Reroute Of Line 5 Oil Pipeline Sows Divisions

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Danielle Kaeding

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As Enbridge explores new possible routes for Line 5, the pipeline has created division among neighbors and communities over the path it may take. And, federal and state regulators have no authority to weigh in on the siting of the proposed line.