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Judge finds state improperly released test scores to media

MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction violated state law when it withheld voucher students' standardized test scores for a day last fall, a judge ruled Friday.



School Choice Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative law firm, sued the department in Jefferson County court in November. The lawsuit revolved around the 2018-19 standardized test scores that the department released that September.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.



Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said.

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Wisconsin sees record number of coronavirus cases.

MADISON - Wisconsin health officials reported 2,533 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide Friday, a new daily record. The old record was 2,034, set on Thursday.



The state has now seen 97,279 confirmed cases since the pandemic began in March.

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Wisconsin secretary resigns amid unemployment claim backlog

MADISON - The state Department of Workforce Development's top leader resigned Friday after failing to find a way to address a massive backlog of unprocessed unemployment benefit claims sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.



Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' office said Caleb Frostman stepped down after the governor called for his resignation. Republicans have peppered Evers with criticism for months over the department's inability to process tens of thousands of benefit claims that have been flowing in since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. in March.

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Trump heats up culture war in appeal to Wisconsin voters

MOSINEE - President Donald Trump stepped up his rhetoric on cultural issues, aiming to boost enthusiasm among rural Wisconsin voters as he tries to repeat his path to victory four years ago.



Making his fifth visit to the pivotal battleground state this year, Trump views success in the state's less-populated counties as critical to another term. He held a rally Thursday evening in Mosinee, in central Wisconsin, an area of the state that shifted dramatically toward Republicans in 2016, enabling Trump to overcome even greater deficits in urban and suburban parts of the state.

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How Northwoods fish survive winter

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- A lot is happening underwater while Wisconsin is transitioning from summer, to fall, and winter.



But we don't really see those changes. Though we might be getting out of the water, fish can still thrive in the colder temperatures.



DNR Fisheries Supervisor John Kubisiak explains exactly how.



"These fish have been around for millions of years so they've had a long time to deal with these annual temperature cycles of course," Kubisiak said.



In the fall, a lake's temperature gets closer and closer to freezing.



Fish are cold-blooded. Meaning, their environment's temperature controls their body temperature. Kubisiak said the reason why the lake temperature is such a big issue is because that drives their metabolic processes.



How exactly do the fish prepare for the cold weather?

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