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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: Tuesday, April 28, 2020

The WXPR news of the day features:

  • Curbside pickup for all businesses in Wisconsin will now be allowed starting Wednesday
  • Rhinelander City Administrator Daniel Guild saw no change in his paid administrative leave status after a Monday meeting
  • Minocqua is advocating for a regional reopening of the economy as the tourism season nears
  • Wisconsin officials are trying to address coronavirus outbreaks in group home settings
  • A local group of volunteers has produced more than 2,600 masks to give away to people who need them
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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