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Former Wisconsin Governors Team Up for COVID-19 Vaccine PSA State Senate Passes New Voting Laws Joint Finance Committee Approves Duck Stamp Price Increase Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce Receives JEM Grant Weinbrenner Shoes Expanding to Meet Demand

Teen drowns while swimming with friends in Mercer Lake Wisconsin Department of Health Services relaunches “You Stop the Spread” campaign to encourage Wisconsinites to get the COVID-19 vaccine A bill to restart the Park Falls and Wisconsin Rapids paper mills was voted out of committee and on to the full Wisconsin Assembly Wisconsin GOP election bills to restrict absentee voting draw bipartisan opposition Eagle River Chain of Lakes Association brings U.S. Power Squadron for boat safety checks

Wisconsin assembly committee votes on “Mill Bill” to reopen two mills in North Central Wisconsin Three Merrill residents face federal charges for bringing meth to Wisconsin Wisconsin prisons to resume in-person visits Feed Our Rural Kids works to open four children’s pantries in local schools

Evers announces plans to seek a second term as governor during weekend state Democratic convention Northland Pines athletic director resigns over stolen food Wisconsin DNR offers grants to promote ATV and UTV safety Crandon International Off-Road Raceway sets major summer events

Golf courses hope to keep customers who turned out during the pandemic Graduation ceremonies closer to normal in northern Wisconsin Stay hydrated to help avoid heat related illness Off-Road races will have traffic impacts for Antigo

Vilas County to get second judge Budget-writing committee removes $15 million for unemployment services from budget Evers visits Merrill dairy farm Minocqua concerned about private piers on public property Heart of Vilas County Trails keeping busy after pandemic biking boom

Wisconsin COVID-19 hospitalizations hit lowest recorded levels “Mill Bill” scheduled for an assembly hearing today to allocate funding for idled Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids Neenah paper mill with about 300 employees to shut down Aquila is selling interests in copper and gold deposits in northern Wisconsin to a start-up company Female turtles move away from water for nesting season

U.S. Postal Service plans to move mail sorting from Wausau facility to Green Bay Child trauma in Michigan soars during pandemic Memorial Day ceremonies across the Northwoods honored fallen soldiers Warmer weather brings out mosquitoes and ticks

Oneida County police officer dies in ATV accident Nearly half of Wisconsin prison inmates are fully vaccinated Speech pathologist finds success treating COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ Professor documents stories of people dealing with PFAS Six-county lakes meeting will focus on threats to lakes and available resources

Gun sales remain high in northern Wisconsin Volunteers help keep aquatic invasive species from spreading Boaters urged to stay safe on the water COVID-19 cases, deaths declining in Wisconsin Marathon County Library Director resigns