Colleen Leahy

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Digital Producer at Wisconsin Today

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Does getting lost in the woods sound fun to you? Try orienteering.

6 days ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Tom Southworth loves being in nature. So, when he was introduced to the sport of orienteering, he was all game. The sport involves physical and mental exercise, as participants are tasked with finding markers on an unknown course using only a map and compass. There are several of these markers, called "controls," and whoever finds them all first wins. It's a bit "like a little mental puzzle," Southworth said. "You're out there exercising physically, you're also having to mentally choose routes ...
Emergency room doctor sees progress on Wisconsin's opioid crisis, but more work to do

2 weeks ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Although opioid overdose deaths have been dropping in Wisconsin since their peak in 2022, and fentanyl-related deaths specifically are dropping nationally, Wisconsin still has more than 10 times the opioid-related deaths than it did just 25 years ago. Dr. Chris Eberlein, an emergency room physician in La Crosse, has seen the devastation up close.
Wisconsin native's first feature film is based on his own experiences in the military

4 weeks ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes first started making movies when he was a teenager - "skate videos in the parking lot of Verona High School," he told WPR's "The Larry Meiller Show. "His new movie, " My Dead Friend Zoe," is a portrait of a veteran grieving the loss of her friend. The film is based on Hausmann-Stokes' own experiences being deployed to Iraq and coming back home. He said he wanted to make the movie realistic, and he went to significant lengths to achieve that.
Wisconsin Involved in 7 Lawsuits Against Trump Administration

1 month ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Colleen Leahy

Two months into Trump’s second presidency, there are more than 130 lawsuits against the administration. Wisconsin is part of seven of them, according to the state Department of Justice.
Wisconsin involved in seven lawsuits against the Trump administration

1 month ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Two months into Trump's second presidency, there are more than 130 lawsuits against the administration. Wisconsin is part of seven of them, according to the state Department of Justice.
Two UW-Green Bay women's basketball players discuss making the NCAA Tournament

1 month ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

The odds of becoming a Division 1 athlete are long, and women's basketball is no exception - less than 2 percent of high school girls will go on to play basketball at that elite level. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix seniors Callie Genke and Cassie Schiltz are two of those rare student-athletes. Both have been playing basketball since they were kids. "You have to sacrifice other things like going to hang out with your friends when you're younger. You got to put in more shots.
Girls open up about complicated relationships with social media

1 month ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Kate Phelps thinks the way society talks about how young girls use the internet is too simplistic. A big part of that, she says, is because culture spen ds a lot of time scrutinizing pre-teen girls, but we rarely talk to them about their experiences. Phelps, a University o f Wisconsin-Madison women and gender studies researcher, wanted to change that.
Ira Madison III on growing up in Milwaukee and why you should watch 'Survivor'

1 month ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Milwaukee born-and-raised writer and pop culture critic Ira Madison III has a new book that tells the story of his life through the lens of one of his greatest obsessions: pop culture. N*SYNC, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Coldplay (which Madison loves and calls not just "white music ... but ...
Quadrillions of Invasive Mussels Damaging the Great Lakes

1 month ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Colleen Leahy

Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick love the Great Lakes. The married documentarians live on the Bruce Peninsula, which is on Lake Huron in Ontario and has similar terrain to Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula: limestone cliffs, cedar trees and lake vistas. So, when the two learned about the massive drop in lake whitefish populations, they knew they wanted to make a film about it.
Quadrillions of invasive mussels are damaging the Great Lakes, documentary shows

1 month ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick love the Great Lakes. The married documentarians live on the Bruce Peninsula, which is on Lake Huron in Ontario and has similar terrain to Wisconsin's Door Peninsula: limestone cliffs, cedar trees and lake vistas. So, when the two learned about the massive drop in lake whitefish populations, they knew they wanted to make a film about it.