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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says the virus was found in a healthy blood donor from Washington County, and in a bird in Chippewa County

The Oneida County Health Department hosted a meeting Wednesday night at James Williams Middle School in Rhinelander. Representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Department of Natural Resources gave updates to the PFAS situation in Stella and answered questions from the audience.

Wisconsin is set to receive $36 million this year as part of a $750 million national opioid settlement.What the Department of Health Service does with its share needs to be approved by the legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance.

The Department of Health Services says if you’re a home or building owner, or a child care provider, you should get your building tested for radon.

The death is a result of Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Wisconsin along with flu and RSV cases.Throughout the year, COVID case numbers have been on a bit of a rollercoaster, according to state wastewater monitoring data.

The federal government is ending the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11.

Wisconsin Republicans are signaling they may be willing to spend more to address PFAS contamination this session, weeks after research showed the toxic chemicals have seeped into the waters of Green Bay.

PFAS levels hundreds of times higher than what is considered safe for drinking water has been found in private wells in eastern Oneida County. PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals that have been linked to adverse health effects like high cholesterol, infertility, and lower immune response to vaccines. The news of contaminated wells in the Starks and Stella area, which is about 10 miles east of Rhinelander, has left many residents angry, worried, and with more questions than answers at this moment.