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Here’s where you can get free school supplies in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service - Wisconsin
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August 21, 2025
The school year is quickly approaching. To help families start the academic year off right, organizations across Milwaukee are hosting back-to-school parties and giveaways. Whether you’re looking for free school supplies, food, face painting, hair...
Wisconsin scientists are leaders in testing psilocybin treatments for mental health
Wisconsin Public Radio
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August 21, 2025
For years, Becca Kacanda was haunted by trauma that led to post-traumatic stress disorder. She tried different types of talk therapy and even a technique known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Nothing stuck. Then in 2020, she...
Senator Baldwin Introduces Bill to Provide Healthcare For All Troops
Urban Milwaukee - Wisconsin
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Healthcare for Our Troops Act, legislation to provide premium-free medical insurance coverage for all members of the National Guard and Reserve. Sixteen percent of Reserve and...
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Introduces bill to provide healthcare for all troops
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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August 21, 2025
Roughly 130,000 men and women in the National Guard and Reserve do not have health insurance WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Healthcare for Our Troops Act, legislation to provide premium-free medical insurance...
Rep. Dallman: Moves to block taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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August 21, 2025
MADISON, WI – Representative Alex Dallman (R-Markesan) released the following statement regarding introduction of Assembly Bill 308 (AB 308). “I introduced AB 308 which will prohibit state and local taxpayer dollars from subsidizing health care...
Weekly GOP radio address: Budget wins in health services
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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August 21, 2025
Hi, I’m Representative Rob Brooks and I represent the 59 th Assembly District. I want to take some time to talk to you today about some of the budget wins we secured for health services. Wisconsin has made significant investments to strengthen...
Schütz Container Systems Establishes Kenosha, Wisconsin, Production Operations
Area Development
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August 21, 2025
Related Research Schütz Container Systems, a manufacturer and service provider of Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) and other industrial packaging, has established operations in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The $166 million project is expected to create...
Crime victim funding, Family therapy, Milwaukee astronaut
Wisconsin Public Radio
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Two service providers explain how they use federal funding to help victims of crimes and what would happen if the funding disappears. Then, we meet a UW-Stout professor and therapist who is going to teach in Türkiye next year. And, we remember a...
See inside Emplify Health by Bellin Children & Adolescent Center
Green Bay Press Gazette - Wisconsin
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The Emplify Health Children & Adolescent Center is seen on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 2550 S Ashland Ave in Ashwaubenon, Wis. The center will open for patients on Aug. 26. Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinTork Mason, USA Today...
Mayo Clinic Q & A: Why a fluttering heart could lead to stroke
Middle East News 247
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August 21, 2025
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. I’ve read that it puts me at greater risk of stroke. Can you tell me more about this? ANSWER: You may not have known you had atrial fibrillation (AFib) until your condition was...
Milwaukee police investigating deadly shooting of 19-year-old
TMJ4 - Wisconsin
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August 20, 2025
MILWAUKEE — An investigation is underway into the shooting of a 19-year-old around midnight Wednesday, Aug. 20, according to Milwaukee police. The victim succumbed to their injuries at the hospital, where they had been receiving treatment for a...
Milwaukee sports exec Jon Greenberg shares experience with cancer
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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In a message shared on social media and the team’s mobile app Aug. 20, Milwaukee Admirals President John Greenberg shared his story of prostate cancer. A longtime figure in Milwaukee sports, Greenberg worked for the Brewers before joining the...
5 new measles cases reported in Oconto County; 7-month-old child among the 14 total cases
Fox11 News - Wisconsin
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(WLUK) -- Wisconsin health officials announced Friday that five additional cases of measles have been confirmed in Oconto County. These cases are in addition to the nine cases reported in the county earlier this month, bringing the total number of...
Under the bridge: A skatepark grows in Milwaukee
Wisconsin Public Radio
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August 21, 2025
One of the first things you notice about the National DIY Skatepark is the noise. Tucked behind massive concrete support beams holding up a tangled stretch of I-94 in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood, the park echoes with the sound of...
The business of C-sections
Business Insider
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August 23, 2025
Kelsey Birch remembers the crushing pressure, the sharp jerks, and the feeling of hands inside her abdomen. "I felt like I was being torn apart," she said. "I couldn't handle it." Birch, a then 28-year-old emergency dispatcher in Colorado, hadn't...
What to know about Wisconsin's venomous snakes after hiker's death
Fond du Lac Reporter - Wisconsin
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A man is dead after attempting to pick up a rattlesnake while hiking on a trail in south-central Tennessee resulted in a lethal bite. The Tennessean reported that rescue crews were called to a trailhead at the Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy...
South Dakota State athletics announces Sharon L. Kvistad Nutrition Fund, welcomes performance dietitian Katie LeMair
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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SDSU Sports Information BROOKINGS — South Dakota State University Athletics, in partnership with the SDSU Foundation, is proud to announce the creation of the Sharon L. (Johanson) Kvistad Nutrition Fund for Jackrabbit Athletics. The fund is made...
Wisconsin cranberries feed nation
Agri-View - Wisconsin
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WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – Wisconsin’s cranberry growers are forecasting a 5.3-million-barrel harvest in 2025, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Statistic Services crop-production report. If projections...
Modular hospital project breaks ground in Chippewa Falls
The Daily Reporter - Wisconsin
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August 21, 2025
THE BLUEPRINT: Boldt and Bildt broke ground on a 35,000-square-foot Aspirus hospital in Chippewa Falls. Around 30% of the facility will be built offsite using modular construction. The hospital will open three months earlier than traditional...
Wisconsin native who survived days in Norwegian wilderness speaks out
6 ABC Action News
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August 20, 2025
NEW YORK -- Alec Luhn, a 38-year-old journalist who has worked for The Guardian, The New York Times and The Atlantic, is speaking out for the first time since his dramatic rescue in Norway. "I was grateful to be alive, grateful that I was, you...