Health & Wellness

In a lifeline for Wisconsin's struggling rural communities, the state secured roughly $200 million from a new $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program to expand mental health services. Farmers facing suicide rates 180% above the national average stand to benefit from 24-hour helplines, free counseling and telehealth vouchers. The funding arrives amid binge drinking epidemics and provider shortages plaguing the Badger State's countryside.