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Covers:  environment, water quality, PFAS, social justice
Cover ag & environment in the heartland @WisconsinWatch, @agwaterdesk. Formerly @Report4America, @OWHnews, @TelegraphHerald. www.bennetgoldstein.com

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Bennet Goldstein’s Biography

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Bennet Goldstein reports on water and agriculture as Wisconsin Watch’s Report for America representative on the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk — a collaborative reporting network across the Basin. Before this, Goldstein was on the breaking news team at the Omaha World-Herald in Nebraska. He has spent most of his career at daily papers in Iowa, including the Dubuque Telegraph Herald. Goldstein’s work has garnered awards, including the Associated Press Media Editors award for an explanat…

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“Service Stigma: Disabled or not, Wisconsin veterans face job challenges.”

“Service Stigma: Disabled or not, Wisconsin veterans face job challenges.”

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Should you eat fish from the Mississippi River? Depends on which state you ask.

Should you eat fish from the Mississippi River? Depends on which state you ask.

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Wisconsin towns brace for next fight on local control over large farms

Wisconsin towns brace for next fight on local control over large farms

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Why fish consumption advisories in Great Lakes states like Wisconsin carry their own risks

Why fish consumption advisories in Great Lakes states like Wisconsin carry their own risks

Some believe Lake Superior's fish consumption advisories misleadingly brand all fish as unsafe and stigmatize…

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Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish

Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish

PFAS are the latest concern in Lake Superior, where fishing is central to the lifeways of the Red Cliff Band …

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How Ojibwe tribes in Wisconsin resisted efforts to deny treaty rights

How Ojibwe tribes in Wisconsin resisted efforts to deny treaty rights

Ojibwe tribes have fished in the Great Lakes for centuries, but throughout their histories, have faced numero…

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In rural Wisconsin, a town pushes aside a plan to build a massive data center

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By Bennet Goldstein Verified
| Green Bay Press-Gazette Verified
Bennet Goldstein Wisconsin Watch May 12, 2026, 5:03 a.m. CT Cassville — An attorney read from a laptop propped atop a snowplow. To his left was a Caterpillar street grader, and to his right, a dusty workbench. A disheveled American flag hung next to a red toolbox in the center of the impromptu stage. Dozens of southwest Wisconsin residents recently forsook part of the local high school’s track-and-field meet so they could cast their votes inside the town of Cassville’s garage.
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In rural Wisconsin, a town pushes aside a plan to build a massive data center

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By Bennet Goldstein Verified
| Route Fifty Verified
An attorney read from a laptop propped atop a snowplow. To his left was a Caterpillar street grader, and to his right, a dusty workbench. A disheveled American flag hung next to a red toolbox in the center of the impromptu stage. Dozens of southwest Wisconsin residents recently forsook part of the local high school’s track-and-field meet so they could cast their votes inside the town of Cassville’s garage.
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In Rural Wisconsin, A Town Pushes Aside a Plan to Build a Massive Data Center

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This story was originally published by Wisconsin Watch. An attorney read from a laptop propped atop a snowplow. To his left was a Caterpillar street grader, and to his right, a dusty workbench. A disheveled American flag hung next to a red toolbox in the center of the impromptu stage. Dozens of southwest Wisconsin residents recently forsook part of the local high school’s track-and-field meet so they could cast their votes inside the town of Cassville’s garage.
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