…breaking news events, the most noteworthy of which was the Branch Davidian standoff outside Waco, Texas, which lasted for 51 days and ended in a massive conflagration that killed scores of people. After I moved to Newsweek’s Chicago Bureau, I kept getting drawn into that kind of conflict reporting, including…
By Erica LeMoine, LoonWatch Coordinator Despite the many presentations that I’ve given over the past six years, it always gives me a thrill when I hear the “oohs” and “aahs” of an audience learning something new about loons, reacting in amazement to what our Wisconsin colleagues and researchers have unraveled…
$10M Endowment Comes From Family Foundation With Environmentalist Ties To The Area By Danielle Kaeding, WPR Northland College in Ashland has received a $10 million endowment that will support a freshwater innovation center on campus to conduct research on issues facing the Great Lakes. The Forest Lodge property will be…
