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Local news for Friday, August 12, 2022.

A fire early Monday morning heavily damaged a building that housed long-time Minocqua business Copy Cat Printing. Police said no one was injured in the fire. It shut down traffic in the area for several hours Monday morning. Wisconsin’s primary election is quicky approaching. Voters will decide the Republican candidate for governor, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, and the Vilas and Lincoln County sheriffs. Finally, ten students who are incarcerated at McNaughton Correctional Facility graduated with a heavy machinery certification from Nicolet College last week.

Republican incumbent Rob Swearingen and his Democratic challenger Eileen Daniel came down mostly on party lines at a WXPR-hosted candidate forum for Wisconsin’s 34th Assembly District. You can hear the full forum tomorrow at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on WXPR. Then, as you head to the polls next month, you may notice your current representative is not on the ballot. That’s because many state assembly lines shifted after the 2020 redistricting process. Finally, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources launched a new program to help local fire departments dispose of firefighting foam with PFAS chemicals.

It’s beginning to look a lot like winter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with snow falling and high winds toppling trees and causing power outages. Then, there’s a new interactive online tool for people to find more information about PFAS in Wisconsin. And Wisconsin residents looking for a health plan, or who want to change their policy, can do so starting November 1, when enrollment through the Affordable Care Act begins.

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