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Founded 1901

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Beetles come into contact with spray and then die in the window sill.

Ladies and gentlemen…the beetles

Chris Hardie, Journalist October 30, 2022

It’s as certain as the trees changing colors and the inevitable decline towards winter – the annual invasion of the Asian lady beetles. A warm day after the first hard frost is usually when the...

State tax burden drops yet again

State tax burden drops yet again

October 30, 2022

Amid the pandemic and resulting recession, Wisconsin’s tax burden — or its state and local tax collections as a share of personal income in the state — fell in 2020 to its lowest level in at least...

New interactive mural invites exploration and engagement with science

New interactive mural invites exploration and engagement with science

Laura Red Eagle, Journalist October 24, 2022

Bright colors, bold lines and intricate patterns framed within abstract shapes come together to form a new mural currently on display in the first-floor atrium of the Discovery Building. Created by...

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Seasons are just a guideline

Chris Hardie, State Journalist October 24, 2022

I learned a long time ago that we don’t live in a black-and-white world and the choices between right and wrong or good and evil are often veiled in shades of gray – no matter what the political ads...

UW-Green Bay honors Frank Wood with media center dedication

October 16, 2022

The Frank Wood Media Newsroom was dedicated Monday at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s new media center in honor of late publisher Frank Wood, reports The (Green Bay) Press Times. Frank...

Hickory tree tells story

Hickory tree tells story

Chris Hardie, Contributor October 10, 2022

In the middle of one of my ridgetop clearings stands a large shagbark hickory tree that’s nearly 100 feet tall. Those in the know are no longer with us, but I believe the tree was left there for a...

IMPACT Symposium - March 7, 2020
Each team participating in the IMPACT competition will be invited to Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire to present its ideas at the IMPACT Symposium on March 7, 2020.The symposium will include poster presentations

Powerful supercomputing capabilities reshape undergrad research and teaching at UW-Eau Claire

Denise Olson, Contributor October 9, 2022

When Caterra Leavens graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire last May with a degree in biochemistry/molecular biology, she was confident that her many research opportunities as a Blugold...


Some of the wild apples growing in the woods

Making cider and making memories

Chris Hardie, Contributor October 2, 2022

It’s apple harvest season with community festivals celebrating the fruit and many commercial orchards open for picking and family fun. While we have never grown apples commercially, we have a few...

Cattle pose for a photo in a barn at the UW-River Falls campus.

UW-River Falls lands grant to research robotic milking

October 2, 2022

Sept. 15, 2022 -- A research project led by a pair of University of Wisconsin-River Falls faculty members has the potential to change the face of the signature industry in America’s Dairyland. Assistant...

State agencies seeking at least $3.5 billion GPR boost

State agencies seeking at least $3.5 billion GPR boost

WisPolitics.com, Contributor September 25, 2022

The Capitol Report, produced by WisPolitics.com — a nonpartisan, Madison-based news service that specializes in coverage of government and politics — provides a weekly analysis of issues being debated...

Corn moving to maturity

Corn moving to maturity

Chris Hardie, Contributor September 25, 2022

Back Home by Chris Hardie Download this column as a Word document Download the photos that accompany this story Chris Hardie’s headshot Fall is officially here and farmers will soon be...

Saying goodbye to Nessie

Saying goodbye to Nessie

Chris Hardie, Contributor September 18, 2022

In spring of 2009, my wife Sherry noticed a classified ad in the paper. For sale: An 11-month-old yellow Labrador. I went to meet her. She was a sweet, energetic puppy. I told the owner we’d be happy...

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