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The prevalence of white-nose syndrome has pushed Northern Long-Eared Bats to the brink of extinction.The bat species found in Canada and 37 states, including Wisconsin and Michigan, will be classified as Endangered at the end of January.
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A baiting and feeding ban will go into effect in Lincoln County on Monday. -
From 2019 to 2021, Wisconsin saw a slight uptick in the number of children lacking health coverage, with the number now at 54,000
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A new health risk survey shows that more than half of Wisconsin high school seniors questioned in the fall of 2021 reported having significant problems with feeling very anxious, nervous, tense, scared or like something bad was going to happen.
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A town clerk in Marathon County has been handed a withheld sentence for altering with a poll book during the 2020 presidential election
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A Lincoln County Sheriff's Lieutenant retired after months of paid-leave
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A flu shot is needed annually to protect yourself from the virus.
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The downtown storefronts of many Northwoods cities have been filling in over the last two years.Businesses have been moving into empty spaces partly because of the Main Street Bounceback Grant program funded by federal coronavirus relief money.
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A new state program that offers rebates through crop insurance is getting started, with supporters hopeful it will make the cover-crop movement stronger.
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Wisconsin's Republican representatives in Congress on Tuesday called on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to delete the video platform TikTok from all state government devices, calling it a national security threat.
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Wisconsin state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who was kicked out of the Assembly GOP caucus by fellow Republicans who said they lost trust in her after she pushed election conspiracy theories, is running for an open state Senate seat.
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