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Viral disease infecting Wisconsin deer now detected in dairy cows

A viral disease infecting thousands of deer across Wisconsin has been found in dairy cows in Waukesha County, according to state officials. The samples came from dairy cattle that were not producing milk, according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, or ...

Breitung Twp accepts ‘huge asset’ in firefighting UTV

QUINNESEC — Breitung Township Fire Department has improved its response capabilities with the acquisition of a new utility terrain vehicle that allows personnel to reach remote areas and off-road sites. Township officials got a closer look at the equipment during a board meeting Monday as ...

Dr. Donald Jacobs, longtime area family physician, dies at age 95

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dr. Donald Jacobs, who treated generations of families during his more than 60 years practicing medicine in the region, died Sunday at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson. He was 95. His daughter, Cheryl Jacobs, said her father stayed lucid and able to direct how he wanted ...

Remember when?

This week’s “Remember when?” explores the Triangle Ranch, a failed attempt to “test out exhaustively the practicability of large-scale, capitalistic manufacturing methods in agriculture” by raising pedigreed Hereford cattle, according to information provided by the Menominee Range ...

Study: Isle Royale wolf population inbred but likely to last 20 years

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Researchers found Isle Royale wolves brought to the island in 2018 are likely to survive but are inbred and increasingly isolated. In 2016, ...

US ban on $1B in Canadian imports goes into effect

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The ban amounts to ...