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A new highway sign featuring both the Ojibwe and English languages will now greet drivers as they enter Lac du Flambeau on Highway 47.The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is the 7th tribe in Wisconsin to work with the state Department of Transportation to get the dual language signs.
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As house fires rise nationwide, researchers at Michigan State University are working to make buildings more fire-resistant -
As we experience some uncomfortable humidity in the Northwoods this week, you may have heard the term “corn sweat” being thrown around. -
A Wisconsin professor called the new federal tax cut and spending bill a "defining piece of legislation," which ultimately tested Republican lawmakers' loyalty to President Donald Trump -
Hodag STAT is part of a larger mission to help save lives this summer. CBC is taking the tour to Merrill August 7 and Wausau August 12. -
Health care leaders worry rural hospitals could be hit hard by Medicaid spending reductions in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." In the Midwest and Great Plains, Oklahoma and Kansas could face the highest risk of hospital closures and service reductions. -
Conservation Warden Bradley Dahlquist was presented the Haskell Noyes Warden of the Year Award this month -
The old hospital on Highway 17 in Phelps is now a pile of rubble that will soon be completely cleared.Work started this summer to tear down the blighted property. -
This year marks the 10-year anniversary and the collection of 100 million photos.
Tuesday, August 26 at 6:00 P.M.