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PIXABAY.COM/One case of the Omicron variant has been identified in a specimen from a Wisconsin resident with recent travel history to South Africa. -
Wisconsin Department of Health ServicesThe Delta variant remains the most common variant in the state.
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A group supporting former President Donald Trump's agenda is working to bypass Wisconsin's Democratic governor to change the swing state's election laws. -
American Oversight, which sued to get the records, filed the motion for contempt in Dane County circuit court on Friday.
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The U.S. Forest Service plans to reduce the number of entry permits for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness next year, citing damage to natural resources, crowding and congestion.
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Hodag Park will light up once again with hundreds of thousand of Christmas lights.The Lights of the Northwoods display opens to the public Friday.
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In a four-three decision this week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court backed a "least-change" approach to redistricting in the state.
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Wakefield is one of the men charged in the death of Hannah Miller of Rhinelander.
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The Antigo Chili Cookoff returned yesterday. The event was cancelled last year.More than 40 cooks faced off to try and claim the traveling trophy and bragging rights.
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The Republican-hired attorney investigating the 2020 election has told Wisconsin lawmakers during a sometimes testy hearing he has filed a lawsuit to force officials in Green Bay and Madison to submit to a deposition.
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Michiganders are mourning the loss of four students after this week's school shooting at Oxford High School
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Richard Drew/APAt least 17 people on board the Norwegian Breakaway tested positive for COVID-19, including one probable case of the omicron variant. The cruise line said that all confirmed cases are asymptomatic.
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Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty ImagesMayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement on Monday, saying the decision was designed to help head off the worsening coronavirus surge.
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Wisconsin Historical Society
Vilas County is named after William Freeman Vilas, who represented Wisconsin in the United States Senate. But there was another man from the Vilas family who had an impact on the Northwoods. Logan Vilas was an adventurer who set several Northwoods firsts.
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