Courtney Everett

1 week ago | wpr.org | Courtney Everett

Marsha Crooks fondly remembers spending her childhood summer days at the McKellar Park Pool in the village of Blanchardville. "It was a place to see your friends in the summer, for high school kids to have jobs, for our fire and EMS to have dive training," Crooks told WPR's " Wisconsin Today." "Many of us learned how to swim [there], myself included."For six years, the community has gone without this summer gathering spot.

1 week ago | wpr.org | Courtney Everett

Mordecai Lee remembers serving the state Legislature in the 1970s and '80s and getting death threats. "[The] very right wing militant armed group, Posse Comitatus, threatened to hang me," he said Tuesday on WPR's "Wisconsin Today." The former lawmaker from Milwaukee and current professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee said during his time in office, he usually dismissed threats. But sometimes, they were impossible to ignore.

1 week ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Courtney Everett

Every summer, boaters and swimmers descend on Wisconsin’s 15,000 lakes to vacation and frolic in the water. But many communities around the state’s lakes know that summer fun often comes at a cost. Homeowners on these lakes are taking steps to protect water quality, regulate boating and restore habitats. In central Wisconsin, more than 350 lake homeowners surround Little Green Lake, a 460-acre body of water that sits between the city of Markesan and the town of Green Lake.

2 weeks ago | wpr.org | Courtney Everett

Every summer, boaters and swimmers descend on Wisconsin's 15,000 lakes to vacation and frolic in the water. But many communities around the state's lakes know that summer fun often comes at a cost. Homeowners on these lakes are taking steps to protect water quality, regulate boating and restore habitats. In central Wisconsin, more than 350 lake homeowners surround Little Green Lake, a 460-acre body of water that sits between the city of Markesan and the town of Green Lake.

2 weeks ago | leadertelegram.com | Courtney Everett

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