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Homicides in Milwaukee continue at roughly double the pace of last year at this time. On-site death investigators gather evidence at sites of homicides, suicides and accidents that may help bring closure to grieving friends and relatives, and the police.
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Deaths caused by alcohol are way up in Wisconsin, according to a report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum. It found that alcohol-related deaths had an unprecedented spike in 2020. We learn some of the causes of this rise and some possible policy solutions.
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A Wisconsin researcher has taken on the grim task of looking at how many years, cumulatively, COVID-19 has cut from people's lives. The answer just for…
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Death is universal, but so is the seeming reluctance to talk about it – but why?Two local filmmakers set out to explain Americans’ difficulty discussing…
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A few years ago on the show, we spoke with Shorewood writer Leah Dobkin about a new business she was launching called "Legacy Letters."She would help…
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There's a saying about death and one's possessions that goes "You can't take it with you."Well, that also applies to less tangible valuables - like your…
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Last year, Lake Effect broadcast a series of conversations about death and dying in the modern world. It turns out, for most of us in the United States –…
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Right about this time two years ago, the night before the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV, several hundred people in Oconomowoc were definitely not…
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For the past two weeks, we've been running a series on issues related to death and dying. These are topics we as a society generally don't like to talk…
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All this week and last, producer Stephanie Lecci has brought us a series on the different aspects surrounding death and dying in the 21st century. We’ve…