Wisconsin poll reflects voter exhaustion over political divisions
Oct 7, 2024 · 761922027. The political landscape is divided into blue and red factions, representing opposing ideologies. A new poll shows nearly half of Wisconsin voters stopped talking about politics with someone because of disagreements over the presidential race. Forty-six percent of voters in the latest Marquette Law School Poll said personal ...
Photos: Hurricane Milton brings devastation across Florida
Oct 10, 2024 · Getty Images. In this aerial view, Flood waters inundate a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on October 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida. The storm made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in the Siesta Key area of Florida, causing damage and flooding throughout Central Florida.
Wisconsin dams are failing more frequently, a new report finds
Oct 11, 2024 · Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the state are growing stronger. Wisconsin recorded 34 dam failures from 2000 through 2023, the second-highest total for that period behind only South Carolina, the Wisconsin Policy Form said in a report released Thursday. More than 80% of the failures — 28, to be exact — happened since the start ...
Firefighters contain 26-acre fire in the Chequamegon Nicolet …
Oct 9, 2024 · Firefighters have contained a 26-acre wildfire in the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest. It is in the Bear Paw Semi-Primitive Area east of the town of Mountain in Oconto County. USDA Forest Service, Wisconsin DNR, and local volunteer fire departments responded and are working on suppressing the fire. The Forest Service says the fire is ...
'There is no home': Floridians find helping hands after floods
Oct 13, 2024 · Thomas’ low-lying street is just one of several in Hillsborough County flooded by the Alafia River. The waterway crested at 24.34 feet on Friday — reaching a major flood stage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Other residents NPR spoke to said the area has never flooded this bad before.
Could Mississippi River benefit from East Coast water-quality …
Oct 11, 2024 · Something is better than nothing. Efforts in the Mississippi River, where environmental regulations are comparatively lax, to reduce annual injections of waterborne nutrients into the Gulf of Mexico largely have failed. This summer’s hypoxic zone is forecast to span 5,827 square miles, 5% larger than average.
Hurricane Milton projected to reach Category 4 strength before …
Oct 5, 2024 · Hours later, Milton — which was projected to make landfall in Florida with Category 3 strength — is now expected to strengthen to a "major" Category 4 storm within the next two days. The hurricane was churning in the Gulf of Mexico — about 780 miles away from Tampa — with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, as of Sunday 8 p.m. ET.
MSU study: Michigan voter-roll purging could be biased | WXPR
Oct 8, 2024 · But a new Michigan State University study suggests the state's process may disproportionately target underrepresented and lower-income communities. Purging voter rolls typically means removing inactive voters, or those who have died or relocated. The MSU analysis of over 175,000 voters removed between 2014 and 2018 found higher purge rates in ...
Tune in to a mini-concert with esperanza spalding and Milton …
Published October 9, 2024 at 5:30 AM CDT. Listen • 21:42. Lucas Nogueira. /. Courtesy of the artists. esperanza spalding and Milton Nascimento. Grammy-winning jazz artist esperanza spalding says she gets chills when she thinks about the first time she heard the voice of Milton Nascimento, played over the stereo at a dinner party.
Field Notes: Bountiful Blooms in our Water Bodies | WXPR
Oct 11, 2024 · This makes it challenging to track and manage across the 1,000s of regional lakes. Here, I hope to shed some light on what’s creating the bountiful blooms in our water bodies. The evolutionary history of algae and aquatic plants includes repeated loss and gain of cell structures, and a process called endosymbiosis.