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Can’t afford a home in Wisconsin? Here’s why. (opens the original)
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Home affordability is at record lows in Wisconsin, and home sales in the state have taken a hit. That’s according to an August report from the Wisconsin Realtors Association, which began tracking home affordability in 2009. Those numbers show home sales dropped more than 8 percent compared to the same month last year. But prices still went up due to low inventory. Home affordability is based on two factors: the price and what an average household can afford, which takes interest rates into accou
‘This may just be the end’: Wisconsin farmers struggle to afford diesel during harvest season (opens the original)
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Wisconsin farmer Joel Greeno can hardly afford to run his farm. As the owner of 160 acres in Kendall, Wisconsin, he’s had to take on a large amount of credit card debt to afford the equipment and fuel to grow, harvest and transport his organic corn, hay and small grains. He’s being sued by creditors and has looked into declaring bankruptcy. And as Greeno and other Wisconsin farmers enter this harvest season, the price of diesel that they need to power their machines is more expensive than ever b
Inmates at Redgranite prison prepare monarch butterflies for their long journey south (opens the original)
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At this time of year, millions of monarch butterflies are beginning their 3,000-mile migration to Mexico. Some of them spent their days as caterpillars behind the walls of a Wisconsin prison. For the past two years, men incarcerated in Redgranite Correctional Institution in central Wisconsin have helped raise and release the delicate insects in an effort to boost the declining population. The program was started by Carrie Jahnke, recreation leader at Redgranite Correctional Institution — also kn
As plan to repeal Roadless Rule advances, stakeholders skeptical Wisconsin will benefit (opens the original)
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The Trump administration announced a proposal last month to remove a Forest Service rule that protects millions of acres of National Forest land throughout the United States from commercial logging and road building. Put in place in 2001, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule applies to land that includes 69,000 acres of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin, and upwards of 80,000 acres in neighboring states. WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” newsletter keeps you connected to the sta
Healing, community take center stage at Madison's Mental Health Warrior Film Festival (opens the original)
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Max Blaska has come a long way in just four years. In 2022, Blaska’s struggle with mental illness led him to commit himself to a psychiatric hospital. It was filmmaking that eventually gave him the energy he needed to heal. “I felt like I belonged, and I felt like I had a creative purpose,” Blaska told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” about his experience working on a Stephen King-inspired short film. “A creative purpose is as important as medication and therapy and prayer.” WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” newsl
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