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A bee clings onto a stock of lavender at New Life Lavender & Cherry Farm in Baraboo on Thursday, July 25.

Lavender haze: Is this Wisconsin’s next big crop?

Manitowoc declares itself the 'Specialty Malt Capital of the World'

A mural on three malting silos welcomes visitors to downtown Manitowoc. The city has a rich history of malting and brewing dating back to the 1800s.

In Green County, it’s all hands on deck to fix the child care crisis

Kids play with homemade pink slime at Corrine's Little Explorers child care in New Glarus on Tuesday, July 2. Owner Corrine Hendrickson is part of the Green County Child Care Network, a nonprofit working to get the whole community involved in solving the ongoing child care crisis.

6 free or low-cost fun places to take your family this summer in Wisconsin

A harbor seal pup at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Nasonville Dairy worker completes prestigious Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker Program

Sara Griesbach is the third woman ever certified by the Master Cheesemaker Program in Wisconsin.

President Joe Biden, left, walks off of the stage with National Fraternal Order of Police President Patrick Yoes, during a memorial service to honor law enforcement officers who've lost their lives in the past year, during National Police Week ceremonies at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden credits police officers for nation’s declining crime rate

Community hopes Microsoft will be Racine County’s comeback story

Law enforcement personnel respond to a report of a person armed with a rifle at Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Mount Horeb school shooting incident underscores student mental health crisis

Homelessness is getting worse in Wisconsin. What are communities doing to address it?

Hospital closure in Eau Claire has crushed staff’s ‘hopes and dreams’

Common cicada (Tibicen linnei) on a branch in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on August 15, 2013.

Everything you need to know about Wisconsin’s summer cicada emergence

Western Wisconsin Health Hospital in Baldwin, Wisconsin.

A western Wisconsin hospital is expanding its labor and delivery unit while others close

La Crosse, W.I. skyline.

La Crosse nursing home will soon provide care to people of all walks of life and ages

Army colonel dedicates thousand-mile journey to honor comrades who lost their lives in Afghanistan