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Every weekday at 1:06 p.m., WXPR Public Radio airs a local news roundup with all of our top stories from the last 24 hours.You can keep track of this newscast by subscribing to the WXPR Local Newscast podcast, wherever you get your podcasts.

WXPR's Midday Newscast: Monday, August 3, 2020

In Monday's headlines:

  • An inmate disturbance at Lincoln Hills was controlled over the weekend
  • The COVID-19 testing site scheduled for Tuesday in St. Germain has been canceled
  • State logging associations are supporting legislation giving economic relief to timber harvesters
  • Birds at an Antigo rehab center need donations of meat for food
  • Marshfield Clinic now fully owns two additional hospitals in the region
Ben worked as the Special Topics Correspondent at WXPR from September 2019 until November 2021. He now contributes occasionally to WXPR. During his full-time employment, his main focus was reporting on environment and natural resources issues in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of The Stream, a weekly series.
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