In Southwestern Wisconsin, about half of the residents in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties get their drinking water from private wells rather than municipal systems, but a recent study is calling the quality of that water into question. The Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology (SWIGG) study was funded to research the quality of the drinking […]
The Cost of CAFOs
What are the effects of large factory farms in Wisconsin? What are some of their externalities on the surrounding environment and economy? Patty Peltekos speaks with two critics of concentrated animal feeding operations and factory farms, John Peck of Family Farm Defenders and Harry Pulliam of Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network. Attend a panel discussion featuring these […]
WisWatch’s Investigative Projects from 2017
Monday host Patty Peltekos speaks with Dee Hall, managing editor and co-founder of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. They talk about the importance and process of fact checking in investigative reporting, and some of the most important investigative stories from the Center in 2017. Those stories include their first documentary “Los Lecheros,” which explores […]
The Great Lakes: An Environmental Assessment
The world’s largest area of freshwater faces an uncertain future. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada just released a joint report on the overall state of the Great Lakes. The study looks at a variety of environmental indicators including drinking water, beaches, fish consumption, habitats and species, toxic chemicals, nutrients and algae, groundwater […]
Badger State Breaking Stories
Dee Hall from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism joins us once again for the latest in Badger State breaking stories. She talks with Monday Buzz host Brian Standing about secret e-mails in the Governor’s office, the latest on the state of the state’s drinking water and whether anyone’s making any progress on Wisconsin’s academic […]