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Wisconsin Students Win State Agriculture Essay Contest
Friday, July 11, 2025 By Blake Jackson Annabelle Winkers, a fourth-grade student from Fennimore, and Adalyn Howe, a fifth-grade student from Lodi, have been named state winners in the Wisconsin Agriculture in the Classroom annual essay contest....

Milwaukee's Junior Violence Interrupters trained to help other kids resolve conflicts
Serenity Jones doesn’t let her anger get the best of her anymore. A 12-year-old River Trail School student, Serenity learned anger management and self-control techniques in the Junior Violence Interrupters program. She learned to recognize the...
Wisconsin’s Sean Duffy picked to lead NASA
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, a former congressman from Wisconsin, will lead NASA as its interim administrator, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. NASA’s administrator is appointed by the president, but a permanent...
2025 ACE Twilight Dairy Tours Set for August in Wisconsin
Friday, July 11, 2025 By Blake Jackson Elected officials, educators, legislators, and engaged community members are invited to attend a unique opportunity to explore the future of dairy farming and rural development in Wisconsin. The 2025...

Milwaukee’s Beaches Had Polluted Water For More Than Half of 2024
Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee McKinley Beach. File photo by Graham Kilmer. As Wisconsinites hit the beach this summer, a new report finds 77 percent of Great Lakes beaches in the state tested as potentially unsafe for...
What to know about DEI in Wisconsin
MADISON – University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced July 9 that the university would close its Division of Diversity, Equity and Education Achievement, marking the latest development in the ongoing battle over...

Scientists looked at the centre of our Galaxy and found strange structures they were not expecting
Star formation remains something of a mystery in space science and astronomy. How do small dust grains and diffuse gas form into a main-sequence star like the Sun? There are many methods astronomers can use to study star-forming regions, but one...

NFIB Wisconsin reacts to new optimism report
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has released its Small Business Optimism Index for June, showing a slight decline of 0.2 points to 98.6. This figure remains slightly above the long-term average of 98 over the past 51 years....

Unconventional UW science ethics group to host 40-year reunion town hall
In the 1980s, progressive undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison founded the Democratic Organization of Progressive Engineers and Scientists (DOPES), an anti-war science ethics group dedicated to challenging militarism — and...

Political outsider Bill Berrien enters race to be Republican governor of Wisconsin
A suburban Milwaukee businessman, former Navy SEAL and political outsider is entering Wisconsin's race for governor. Bill Berrien, 56, likens himself to President Donald Trump and is promising a 'Wisconsin First' agenda. Berrien becomes the second...

Wisconsin's largest engineering firm moves Milwaukee office

The New State is a Milwaukee hidden gem in the making
MILWAUKEE — The New State is a hidden gem in the making. I learned about this through our partnership with Imagine MKE. The New State’s plan is to transform the historic old State Theater into a music hub. The State Theater opened its doors in...

CBS 58 Hometowns: History of the Milwaukee Chicks âš¾
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- "Milwaukee Chicks replica uniform. And I brought this down to show y'all, just to show you what the replica kind of looks like, the AAGPBL shield logo," South Bend History Museum Registrar Catherine Page-Vanore says. "For a...

Marquis Who's Who Honors David E. Garlie As A Top Scientist
(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) UNIONDALE, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 10, 2025 / Marquis Who's Who honors David E. Garlie as a Top Scientist. Mr. Garlie is the chief technology officer and managing partner of Cross Plains Solutions LLC, a company whose...

Harley-Davidson Homecoming begins: More than 90,000 motorcycle enthusiasts expected in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Thursday, July 10, kicks off the Harley-Davidson Homecoming festival in Milwaukee. This is the third year of the annual event celebrating all things Harley in its hometown. The biggest crowds will flock to the music...

Students react to University of Wisconsin–Madison dissolving DEI Division
MADISON, (WKOW)— The University of Wisconsin-Madison is dissolving its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement (DDEEA) as part of a broader institutional reorganization, university officials announced this week. The move,...

UWM offering two new degree programs to broaden access to engineering careers
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is expanding their academics by offering two new degree programs in the Fall. The UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science is offering a new undergraduate and graduate degree....

More Wisconsin residents dying from alcohol-related liver failure, according to new research
New research has found that deaths from liver failure stemming from alcohol abuse have risen nationwide — with the rates of liver cirrhosis in Wisconsin jumping more than a third in just four years. The investigation published in JAMA Open Network...

Legislators introduce bill to limit balloon releases in Wisconsin
WOULD ASSAULT THEM. A NEW PUSH TONIGHT TO BAN THOSE POPULAR BALLOON RELEASES. A BILL IN THE STATE SENATE WOULD PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM RELEASING TEN OR MORE MYLAR BALLOONS INTO THE AIR AT THE SAME TIME, OR FACE A $500 FINE. THE MYLAR BALLOONS ARE...

Former Wisconsin Congressman Is Interim NASA Director
Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Sean Duffy. Photo from the US Government. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, a former congressman from Wisconsin, will lead NASA as its interim administrator, President Donald Trump...