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People attend a rally ahead to the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The Latest: Trump and Putin begin talks on possible deal to end Russia-Ukraine war

FILE - A mural by artist Tene Smith is seen near the entrance of Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit dedicated to training and retaining women in the skilled construction trades is photographed April 1, 2025, at the facility in Chicago. (AP Photo/Claire Savage, File)

Judge strikes down Trump administration guidance against diversity programs at schools and colleges

People attend a rally ahead to the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The Latest: Trump en route to high-stakes meeting with Putin in Alaska

Deer hunter discovers rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin

Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Dozens arrested as White House ratchets up federal policing of DC

FILE - The Statue of Liberty is visible through haze due to Canadian wildfire smoke during sunset Aug. 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press statement with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz following talks with European and U.S. leaders in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The Latest: Trump warns of ‘very severe consequences’ if Putin continues Ukraine war

Flood Warnings in Southern Wisconsin as Rivers Swell

Photo: Layne Pitt - Lexi Hastings is the head girls tennis coach for Menomonie High School and her father, Jeff Hastings, is the head coach for the girls and boys golf teams at MHS.

Hastings Following a Legacy of Excellence

The H-2A visa program allows U.S. agricultural employers to temporarily employ foreign workers to fill seasonal jobs. (Adobe Stock)

WI Farm Bureau: Immigration reform could address labor shortage

FILE - People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation's 250th birthday

Agents from various agencies including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Park Police, and FBI, question a couple who had been parked in a car with Washington D.C. plates outside of a legal parking spot while eating McDonald's takeout, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in northwest Washington near Kennedy St. NW. The couple were released after a search of the car. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: European leaders to speak with Trump ahead of Friday summit with Putin

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump's tax law will mostly benefit the rich, while leaving poorer Americans with less, CBO says

President Donald Trump holds up a chart in front of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: National Guard troops arrive in Washington DC as Trump’s federal takeover begins

People leave flowers Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at a makeshift memorial in honor of David Rose, the officer who was killed in the shooting at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlotte Kramon)

Shooter attacked CDC headquarters to protest COVID-19 vaccines

People watch along the Fox River Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

'What is happening?' Milwaukee area recovers from record rain and flooding

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Menomonie School Board meeting for 8/11/2025

FILE - Abortion rights activists and Women's March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions outside the Supreme Court, June 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

What to know about how Trump's judicial picks could reshape abortion rights for decades

Most tires are made of synthetic rubber that sheds particles of microplastics over time. Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Moment via Getty Images

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

President Donald Trump speaks at an event to mark National Purple Heart Day in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers

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