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A new model for higher education in North Central Wis.

A new model for higher education in North Central Wis. A new model for higher education in North Central Wis.

When Samyris Thao decided she wanted to become a nurse, she didn't want to leave Wausau. She wanted to stay close to her family, continue helping care for her younger siblings and earn a degree tha...

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So a president cannot make laws, spend money, or start wars, and orange blabber has engaged in major military escalations, added trillions to the national debt, and ignores federal courts with his executive overreach. He’s violating the U.S. Constitution! Or how about Mitch McConnell, anyone know the legal definition on when a sitting, or lying, senator would be declared unfit to perform his ...

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