The controversy over the Potawatomi State Park road reconstruction project has entered a new phase, with the nonprofit group, Potawatomi Advocates for Trees, Conservation and Heritage (PATCH), having filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The group is seeking to halt the project and alleging violations of state law, environmental review requirements and public planning processes. Debra Fitzgerald talked with Dave Allen, PATCH executive director, about what’s changed on the ground at the park, the arguments being made by both supporters and opponents of the project and the legal claims at the center of the lawsuit that could decide the fate of the park’s north end.

In 2021 Kevin Wehrenberg and his family lived in Los Angeles, where he produced television shows like Fear Factor and Wipeout. By 2022 they were buying a nine-hole golf course in Egg Harbor and Wehrenberg was running a pub, dodging lightening strikes on the fairways, and making big plans for the little course. Myles Dannhausen Jr. talks to him about making his big life turn, life on the links, and his previous career balancing budgets and creatives in LA.

Tick season is here, and this year it’s hitting harder and earlier than usual. Wisconsin is seeing double the ER visits for tick bites compared to last year, with Lyme disease incidences climbing. Debra Fitzgerald talks with epidemiologist Rebecca Osborn from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to break down what’s driving the surge, what diseases beyond Lyme you should know about, what to do if you find a tick on yourself or your kids and a promising new vaccine that could be released as early as this year. Whether you’re hiking the peninsula, working in your yard, or just spending time outside this summer, Osborn provides essential information and advice.