Joe Tarr

1 week ago | wpr.org | Joe Tarr

Megan Schliesman understands parents can sometimes be alarmed when their children bring home books from the library that they don't think their kids are ready to process. And she said there's nothing wrong with parents raising concerns with libraries or school officials about what material is available. "Sometimes it might be that the parents just weren't ready or were surprised to see their kids reading a book about a certain topic.

2 weeks ago | isthmus.com | Joe Tarr

When Tamara Dean and her partner, David, moved to the Driftless Area two decades ago, they were following romantic notions of living as homesteaders, growing their own food and having less of an impact on the planet. “We were seduced by the beauty, as a lot of people are. It’s so magnetic. It’s magical in its diversity of flora and fauna,” Dean tells Isthmus. “I had the idea that I would be a farmer somehow.

4 weeks ago | wpr.org | Joe Tarr

Hawthorn McCracken knows it can be hard for LGBTQ+ youth growing up in rural areas. But McCracken has a simple message for kids who might feel different or out of place living in a rural area: Don't give up on finding your people. "They're out there.

2 months ago | wpr.org | Joe Tarr

The brutality of racism is a delicate topic for a young children's book. But Madison-based children's author Pat Zietlow Miller told WPR's " Wisconsin Today " that young children intuitively understand the concept of fairness. She relied on this understanding in telling the story of how John Lewis, the civil rights leader and congressman who died in 2020, fought to make sure that everyone could get a library card.

2 months ago | apg-wi.com | Joe Tarr

Although avian flu continues to spread among birds around the country, it has not yet established a foothold in humans. That could change, says Peter Halfmann, an assistant professor at UW-Madison’s Department of Pathobiological Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine. The virus continues to mutate and has infected humans, cows, cats and other species. kAm“%96C6 :D ?@ 9F>2?\E@\9F>2? EC2?D>:DD:@? C:89E ?@H[ H9:49 :D 2 8@@5 E9:?8[” w2=7>2?? E@=5 (!#’D “(:D4@?D:? %@52J]” “%96 @?6 4@?46C?