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Wisconsin News

Seal-A-Smile available

FLORENCE, Wis. — As the 2024-2025 school year gets underway, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is marking the 25th year of its successful Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile program, which brings preventive dental services to children of all ages statewide. Led by DHS, in collaboration with ...

Homicide investigated at prison

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies are investigating an apparent homicide at an aging maximum security prison in northeastern Wisconsin, marking another in a string of inmate deaths at two of the state's toughest prisons over the last year. The Brown County Sheriff's Department said in ...

RFK Jr., West approved for ballot in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected a Democratic attempt to oust independent candidate Cornel West. A move by Democratic elections commissioners ...

Evers, DNR propose new set of PFAS drinking water standards

Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources introduced a proposed new set of standards for the allowable amount of PFAS in the state’s drinking water Monday. The action brings Wisconsin’s standards in line with the federal government’s. PFAS, also known as ...

Green Party’s Jill Stein to remain on Wisconsin ballot

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will remain on the ballot in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin after the state Supreme Court decided on Monday not to hear a Democratic challenge seeking to oust her. Democrats are concerned that third-party candidates ...

Health care workforce panel makes recommendations

Gov. Tony Evers’ Task Force on Healthcare Workforce released its recommendations Monday for addressing challenges with the state’s health care workforce now and in the coming years. The recommendations of the task force sought to address three issue areas: education and training; ...