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6:52 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Minocqua Family Boasts Not One, But Two Geography Whiz Kids

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Asha Jain, a Minocqua seventh-grade student, will be participating in this year's National Geographic Bee, hosted by Alex Trebek.

Wisconsin is being represented in the National Geographic Bee this year by the sister of a boy who took second last year.

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Environment
6:01 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Anti-Mining Activists Gather In Penokee Hills This Weekend

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The Penokee Hills will be the site of a weekend gathering for anti-mine activists, both native and non-native.

Native and non-native people will join tomorrow at a river downstream from a proposed open-pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Range.

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Life
4:00 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Cyclists Gear Up For Conclusion To Bike To Work Week

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Bike culture is a multi-faceted creature, one that incorporates everyone from hipsters to older generations out for pleasure rides.

  Rain across part of Wisconsin today may have put a damper on plans to end this week's Bike to Work Week with one more ride.

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Agriculture
3:30 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Wisconsin Congressmen Want To Cap Public Crop Insurance

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In the event of crop failure, most farmers are covered by both private and public crop insurance.

Two Wisconsin congressmen want to help cap how much taxpayers pay to insure farmers.

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Environment
3:30 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Mysterious Virus Plagues Ammunition Plant's Famous Salamander

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The abandoned Badger Army Ammunition plant, which has provided a habitat for a unique, legless strain of salamander.

A virus is infecting salamanders at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo.

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Life
11:24 am
Fri May 17, 2013

Exhausted Wildfire Fighters Get Thanks And (Finally) Sleep

Credit Wisconsin DNR
The fire began on the afternoon of May 14, 2013. It quickly consumed nearly 9,000 acres of pine and mixed hardwood forest.

The scene included thanks all around to firefighters at the Germann Lake Fire Command Post in Gordon, Thursday.

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Life
5:00 am
Fri May 17, 2013

Study Shows Food Stamp Users Eat Same Diet As Everyone Else

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The study shows that food stamp users eat more fruit, but fewer vegetables.

  A recent study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the federal food stamp program, looks at what participants eat.

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Economy and Business
5:00 am
Fri May 17, 2013

Senator Baldwin Wants Tax Break For Craft Brewers

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A lineup of some of the craft beers Wisconsin has to offer, including some from Sprecher Brewing, New Glarus Brewing, and Minhas Brewery.

  U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc) says she's trying to help small Wisconsin craft brewers get a federal tax break.

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Economy and Business
5:34 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

Jobs Report Shows Positive Big-Picture Trends, But A Dismal-Looking April

Governor Scott Walker's administration released numbers showing that Wisconsin added 32,000 private sector jobs in 2012.

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Environment
5:07 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

DNR May Delay Exploration License For Penokee Mining Company

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) may want more information on exploration plans from the company that wants to mine the Penokee Range.

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