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Northwoods Projects Get State Building Commission OK

Lisa Gaumnitz-Wisconsin DNR

Three projects were given funding Tuesday by the state Building Commission.

The Art A. Oehmcke Fish Hatchery in Woodruff received construction money to continue the state's Walleye Initiative where larger walleye fingerlings are grown.

The Building Commission also approved pavement repairs at the Trout Lake Headquarters in the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest.

The design report and authority to expand the Copper Lake School Segregation Unit at the Lincoln Hills juvenile facility at Irma.

State Representative Rob Swearingen from Rhinelander is on the Building Commission.

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