Get used to it: America's winters will be a lot less snowy from now on

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Outside a window, a child tries to muster up enough snow for a snowman but can't quite. Inside, a photo frame with the same child next to a giant snowman in a snowy version of the same landscape.
Last December was the warmest on record for much of the Midwest. It's the beginning of a new normal.

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A 39-year-old GOP congressman who rejected his party's push to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas won't run for reelection: 'Congress is no place to grow old'

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Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin.

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I left Texas for Wisconsin and took a pay cut. It was worth it because I can now live mortgage-free.

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James McClure and his mom at a Houston Texan game.
James McClure and his mom at a Houston Texans game.

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More than 40 train cars got turned into apartments decades ago. Now 3 are for sale for just $125,000 — but there's a catch.

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The red exterior of a train-car condo.
The exterior of the train showing off one of the decks on the property.

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Microsoft has shelled out $76 million for a pumpkin farm in Wisconsin

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Microsoft is investing billions into building a data center campus in southeastern Wisconsin.

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The legacy of 'Captain Santa' and his 'Christmas Tree Ship,' which sank into the depths of Lake Michigan more than a century ago

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Captain Herman Schuenemann and two crewmen on the deck of the
Captain Herman Schuenemann and two crewmen on the deck of the "Christmas Tree Ship" called the Rouse Simmons.

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A fisherman found a 152-year-old shipwreck with his kid, thought it was nothing special, and kept fishing

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Tim Wollak and his 5-year-old daughter Henley.

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Facing charges, several pro-Trump fake electors say they wouldn't do it again: 'Hindsight provides a wealth of knowledge'

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Former President Donald Trump.

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Why a Wisconsin county is dumping cheese brine on its roads this winter

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A runner makes her way down a snowy street doing errends in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison and the surrounding area has been hit with about 15-18 inches of snow with more snow to come.
Wisconsin frequently has to deal with severe winter storms, which necessitates them clearing the ground for traffic and people.

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This Wisconsin county has voted for the winning presidential candidate since 1996, one of the longest such streaks in the country

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The Cana Island Lighthouse is located north of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, in Door County.

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