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President Joe Biden, second from right, greets workers from Dairyland Power Cooperative and Vernon Electric Cooperative during a visit to Vernon Electric in Westby, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

Biden’s clean energy investment for rural Wisconsin could cut utility costs nearly in half

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?

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.

Manitowoc declares itself the ‘Specialty Malt Capital of the World’

A group of voters and voting rights advocates on July 10 outside the Milwaukee Public Library Center Street Branch after the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to restore ballot drop boxes.

Wisconsin voters rejoice over reinstated ballot drop boxes

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.

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

A harbor seal pup at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

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

A man walks by the Wisconsin state Capitol, Oct. 10, 2012, in Madison, Wisconson.

Who should decide how the state spends federal money? WI voters will choose in August

The new U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center facility shown in this rendering will be one of 18 buildings that will house robotic milking systems, chambers for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, an advanced animal nutrition unit and state-of-the-art laboratories for agronomy and dairy science, as well as offices and a visitor center.

New research farm will help make Wisconsin’s dairy farms more resilient

Downtown Wausau, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin has a record-breaking tourism season for second year in a row

Mandy Brice makes a drink at Trappers Run Golf Club in Wisconsin Dells on Wednesday, June 19. Brice, a first grade teacher, bartends on the side to help pay the bills.

School’s out for summer, but many Wisconsin teachers have to take second jobs

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump enters at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wisconsin.

Trump attacks the Biden economy in Racine, but data shows major recovery

Protesters make their way to the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda during a march supporting overturning Wisconsin's near total ban on abortion on Jan. 22, 2023, in Madison, WI.

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin medical officer reviews the two years since Roe reversal