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‘Let it burn’ is advice for battery fires

Firefighters who respond to fires at lithium-ion battery storage units and other energy facilities are likely to be very limited in what they can do to extinguish the flames, according to Phillip R...

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Mother’s Day fire destroys Jump River barn
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Mother’s Day fire destroys Jump River barn

For generations the Brooks barn on Hwy 73 in Jump River has been a landmark for those in northwester...

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Connecting the pieces, Planning for sewer regionalization project from Medford to Stetsonville is on schedule for 2027 work

The pieces are continuing to fall into place for a sewer regionalization project between the village of Stetsonville and the city of Medford. David Walter of Short Elliot Hendrickson, the engineering firm the village is working with for the project, reported at the May 11 Stetsonville Village Board meeting that engineering work was progressing and that a preliminary route had been determined fo...

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Memorial Day has been celebrated for more than 150 years in U.S.

“The 30th day of May, 1868 is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fi...

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County committee hears wireless and fairgrounds updates
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County committee hears wireless and fairgrounds updates

The Taylor County Buildings, Grounds and Parks Committee agreed to enter into a contract with Countr...

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Animal rights activists crossed the line

Sympathetic media stories and pictures of cute dogs aside, the domestic terrorists who attempted to take the law onto themselves and descended a Madisonarea animal breeding and research facility last month with the intent of stealing the animals crossed a line. Organizers, in particular, should face severe consequences for their actions as a deterrent to others. In March, a group of self-descri...

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Bipartisan deal is a breath of fresh air

Gov. Tony Evers, assembly leader Robin Vos, and senate majority leader Devin LeMahieu released a plan that would spend down $1.8 billion of the state surplus and in the process allow taxpayers to keep more money in their pockets and greatly bolster state aid for special education programs. Gov. Tony Evers, assembly leader Robin Vos, and senate majority leader Devin LeMahieu came together this w...

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