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City’s Smallpox Quarantine Created a Furor

City’s Smallpox Quarantine Created a Furor

Back in the 1890s, Milwaukee’s clampdown on smallpox outbreak caused fear and fury.

Wisconsinites Starting To Ignore Stay-At-Home Order

Wisconsinites Starting To Ignore Stay-At-Home Order

State residents starting to experience “quarantine fatigue.”

Wisconsin Was a Leader in 1918 Epidemic

Wisconsin Was a Leader in 1918 Epidemic

Only state to do a widescale shutdown, and had a mortality rate far lower than the national average.

State Races To Do More COVID-19 Testing

State Races To Do More COVID-19 Testing

But faces problem: shortage of everything.

Why the 1918 Flu Pandemic Was So Huge

Why the 1918 Flu Pandemic Was So Huge

An estimated 50 to 100 million people lost their lives.

Story of State’s First Coronavirus Case

Story of State’s First Coronavirus Case

Nation’s 12th case; virus now being studied at UW-Madison research lab.

Coronavirus and When to Wear Masks

Coronavirus and When to Wear Masks

As the disease spreads, what do public health officials advise?

How State May Handle Coronavirus

How State May Handle Coronavirus

How isolation and quarantine authority are used In Wisconsin

Extreme Rainfalls Threaten State’s Aging Dams

Extreme Rainfalls Threaten State’s Aging Dams

Since 2008, 14 of state’s 4,700 dams have failed. Experts discuss the challenges.

What Are PFAS Chemicals?

What Are PFAS Chemicals?

And why so harmful? About those ‘forever chemicals” getting so much attention.

Huge Drop in Refugees Resettled Since 2016

Huge Drop in Refugees Resettled Since 2016

Wisconsin resettled 480 refugees in 2019, compared to nearly 1,877 in 2016.

Another Special Election Controversy

Another Special Election Controversy

This time Gov. Evers accused of playing politics on filling 7th congressional district seat.