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At the "Flushability Lab" lab in Neenah, scientists are flushing toilets from across the globe to figure out what can go down smoothly and what is likely to frustrate sewage systems. An engineer with the lab recently appeared on @wprmornings.

Without access to affordable child care, parents are forced to work less, ultimately earn less and risk deeper financial struggle. Some families are delaying conception. This story is part of the NEW News Lab's fourth series, "Families Matter."

Recently, a number of sober and non-alcoholic cocktail bars have opened in the state. "We're not geared just towards people in recovery — we're for anybody that doesn't want to drink that day, but still wants to go out and enjoy themselves."

A month into her appointment as Wisconsin’s Secretary of State, Sarah Godlewski told @wprmornings she hopes to modernize the office, which has seen decades of cutbacks and diminished responsibilities.

A once high-ranking leader of the Catholic Church, Theodore McCarrick, who's faced multiple accusations throughout the country is now being charged with sexual assault in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's latest snowfall leaves the Twin Ports area of Duluth and Superior just short of an all-time record.

As the nation shifts away from fossil fuels to combat climate change, federal energy officials and some lawmakers in Wisconsin say nuclear power plays a key role in meeting carbon reduction goals.

When it comes to eating your first wild foods, start with one familiar and easily identifiable plant, foraging expert Samuel Thayer said.

The federal Inflation Reduction Act provides historic clean energy incentives to local governments across the country, including in Wisconsin. But taking full advantage of those opportunities is often more difficult for rural communities.

Coach Mike Budenholzer told reporters that Antetokounmpo's back came back "clear," but the team did not know yet whether the two-time MVP would be able to return for Wednesday's game.

"I wish there was a different path we could pursue," President Dan Scholz said. "However, the fiscal realities, downward enrollment trends, the pandemic . and the mounting operational and facility challenges presented a no-win situation."

A new report from RentCafe found the Greater Milwaukee area had the third-highest growth in millennial homeownership from 2017 to 2022. Milwaukee only trailed Richmond, Virginia, and Las Vegas in that metric.

Milwaukee County continues to shrink, while the Madison area is surging. And several rural counties in northern Wisconsin are seeing relatively high population growth rates, recently released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show.

Swimming pools, flower gardens, indoor fountains — and the urbanites who can afford them — are big factors behind the increasingly dire water crises plaguing cities, an international research team says.

Patrick McBride hopes to inspire young people to dare to dream — just like he did. One essay contest changed his life. He lived many Wisconsinites’ dreams of working with the Brewers, Bucks and Packers. "What kid gets to do that?" he said.

There's only so much food available in a river system, so when invasive carp reproduce unchecked, they end up displacing native species like bluegill, walleye and bass.

"We have a violent culture. We need to change our culture if we hope to reduce the gun violence that plagues our cities and our schools in our nation," said bill co-sponsor Rep. Scott Allen, R-Waukesha.

The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety estimates 33 children are injured on farms every day and a child dies on a farm every three days. Here's how to help keep kids safe: