The American Birkebeiner is a cross country skier’s dream and means a lot to the local economy. Last month, organizers pulled off the event — despite Wisconsin’s warmest, largely snowless winter.
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From 1967 to 1968, activists in Milwaukee marched for 200 consecutive nights to end housing discrimination. More than 50 years later, historical markers commemorating the movement will be placed around the city.
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Instead of grieving the winter activities he didn’t get to enjoy, Ben Binversie plans to send off this warm winter with a fashion show.
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Lake Michigan is teeming with life. But over time, its food web — from the smallest plankton to the largest fish — has been impacted. Overfishing and waves of invasive species have taken their toll. Now, climate change is flexing its muscles in the Lake Michigan ecosystem. On land, we’ve felt and seen it during what’s been the warmest winter on record.
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The district was an area where sex work, gambling, and other illegal activities were done out in the open. Historian Matthew Prigge explores this history.
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission says it needs to know which Assembly district lines apply.
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One sign of warming winters: the Great Lakes have lost a quarter of their ice cover in the last 50 years. It raises the possibility of an extended shipping season on the lakes.
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The maximum security prison located in Waupun, Wisconsin, has been on some form of lockdown for more than a year, and prisoners have reported dire conditions at the prison.
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The poultry industry dreads avian influenza, but migratory and sea birds are succumbing to the virus in alarming numbers. Concern is rising not only about avian health but also about human health. How are our warming winters factoring into the problem?
On the heels of Wisconsin’s warmest winter ever, WUWM is digging into the story with a special series, Thin Ice: Wisconsin’s Warming Winters.
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