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She/her. Associate Editor with @rail_pro_mag. 2020 grad Marquette University. Formerly a reporter with Wisconsin State Farmer newspaper.
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Langlade County townships under fire for charging farmers to haul manure

Langlade County townships under fire for charging farmers to haul manure

Wisconsin State Farmer — The towns of Peck, Polar and Wolf River in Langlade County are under fire for ordinances that charge farmers using heavy hauling equipment to haul manure on town roads. Three organizations - Venture Dairy Cooperative, Wisconsin Dairy Alliance and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce - wrote open letters to the towns asking them to rescind the ordinances.
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Wisconsin Livestock Expo puts on big youth show in absence of state fair

Wisconsin Livestock Expo puts on big youth show in absence of state fair

Wisconsin State Farmer — While the state's biggest livestock exhibition shows were cancelled this year, the Wisconsin Livestock Expo made up for it with a week-long event at the Racine County Fairgrounds. Youths got the chance to exhibit their beef, sheep and swine, a chance that many of them would not have had otherwise due to the many county fair cancellations following the Wisconsin State Fair's cancellation in May.
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Feltz Family Farms and Dairy Store features unique milking robots and retail space

Feltz Family Farms and Dairy Store features unique milking robots and retail space

Wisconsin State Farmer — When Ken Feltz's children came back home from going to college a few years ago, he said it was time for a change of scenery on the farm. One of Feltz's sons, Jake, had an interest in computers and robotics when he came back to the family dairy farm.
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Wisconsin Farm-Related Fatality Report resurrected, offers data on ag deaths

Wisconsin Farm-Related Fatality Report resurrected, offers data on ag deaths

Wisconsin State Farmer — The Wisconsin Farm-Related Fatality Report, which was inactive between 2006 and 2020, is now being updated again to offer insight on the state's ag-related deaths. The report said Wisconsin farm fatalities reached 41 in 2017 and 34 in 2018, a rise from the last report, which claimed 25 deaths in 2006.
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COVID-19 pandemic creates new normal for summer ag internships

COVID-19 pandemic creates new normal for summer ag internships

Wisconsin State Farmer — While Wisconsin's ag industry is struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, summer internships have changed or even been cancelled for some college students. Jenna Broege, a Janesville native who is a senior in University of Wisconsin-Madison's dairy science program, said she waited months to hear her internship with Jones Market in Fort Atkinson was cancelled.
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Farmers and sandhill cranes have complicated relationship

Farmers and sandhill cranes have complicated relationship

Wisconsin State Farmer — Just a few decades ago, sandhill cranes were a rare sight to behold in Wisconsin. But since then, their population has grown exponentially and they're causing economic distress to crop farmers. Matt Gies, a corn, soybean and wheat farmer from Berlin, said the cranes appear in droves once the snow starts melting in spring.
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'Fair necessities': Wisconsin State Fair offers food favorites in drive-thru program

'Fair necessities': Wisconsin State Fair offers food favorites in drive-thru program

Wisconsin State Farmer — WEST ALLIS - The Wisconsin State Fair may not be happening this year, but you can still get your favorite sweets and treats by driving right up to the vendors along the Milwaukee Mile this year. The state fairgrounds are open for business for a full four weekends July 23 to August 16 for people to come buy fair food.
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'Best job I could have ever asked for': Manitowoc County ag agent retires after 33 years

'Best job I could have ever asked for': Manitowoc County ag agent retires after 33 years

Wisconsin State Farmer — Scott Gunderson knew he wouldn't be a farmer at an early age. He grew up in a family of five brothers on a small dairy farm of 10 cows. He had a passion for animals from the beginning, but one of his older brothers ended up taking over the farm before he could.
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Changes eyed for high-capacity well application process after Kaul opinion reversal

Changes eyed for high-capacity well application process after Kaul opinion reversal

Wisconsin State Farmer — The Department of Natural Resources is adding a new list of environmentally-conscious criteria to high-capacity well applications amid a contentious legal battle. The agency now has the power to consider whether high-capacity wells would potentially disrupt other nearby bodies of water, giving the DNR more power over the wells.
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Organizations, volunteers step up to the plate to keep producers in business and people fed

Organizations, volunteers step up to the plate to keep producers in business and people fed

Wisconsin State Farmer — The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive economic fallout among Wisconsin agribusiness, but many volunteers have organized to ensure these producers stay alive during the crisis. Kristy Tremelling, a fourth-generation dairy farmer in Spring Green near Madison, has begun selling T-shirts to support dairy farmers.
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New Alice in Dairyland Julia Nunes selected as Abigail Martin prepares to say goodbye

New Alice in Dairyland Julia Nunes selected as Abigail Martin prepares to say goodbye

Wisconsin State Farmer — Julia Nunes has been selected to take over as the 73rd Alice in Dairyland, who serves as an agricultural ambassador for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection in a one-year stint. The selection ceremony took place in Walworth County.
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Wisconsin saved Plymouth's rail line, but drivers at risk because of inadequate safety measures

Wisconsin saved Plymouth's rail line, but drivers at risk because of inadequate safety measures

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — An 11-mile railway in southeastern Wisconsin plows through forests and farmland, past parks and public schools, from Plymouth to Kohler. For nearly 30 years, no trains ran on the line. In some cases, towns had even ripped the rails from the roads.
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Sober bars are catching on in the U.S. but Wisconsin's drinking culture may make them a tough sel...

Sober bars are catching on in the U.S. but Wisconsin's drinking culture may make them a tough sel...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — If someone asked you about nightlife in Wisconsin that doesn't involve alcohol, you might be at a loss. You might even tell them to go elsewhere. And you'd be right - there are few things to do at night that don't involve getting at least a little buzzed on a Spotted Cow or a can of Miller High Life.
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3-year-old girl fatally shot in road rage incident, Milwaukee police say

3-year-old girl fatally shot in road rage incident, Milwaukee police say

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — A 3-year-old girl who was riding in a vehicle with her mother and three siblings was fatally shot in a road rage incident Saturday on the Milwaukee's north side, police said. A suspect is in custody. The shooting occurred after a near-collision around 8:30 a.m. near North 42nd Street and West Concordia Avenue.
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Wisconsin cheesemakers and Middle Eastern buyers meet and make deals at cheese trade show

Wisconsin cheesemakers and Middle Eastern buyers meet and make deals at cheese trade show

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — MT HOREB - A delegation from several Middle Eastern countries participated in an international buyers mission Friday, striking deals with Wisconsin-based cheese and dairy companies. The 14 member delegation included representatives from a variety of businesses, including distribution, retail and hospitality.
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TNT's 'Inside the NBA' draws raucous crowd on Fiserv Forum plaza before the Bucks playoff battle ...

TNT's 'Inside the NBA' draws raucous crowd on Fiserv Forum plaza before the Bucks playoff battle ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — There were chants of "Let's Go Bucks," "Fear The Deer," "Milwaukee" and ... well, feelings about Paul Pierce. He's with the other network, though. TNT's Inside the NBA studio show drew a sizable, raucous,crowd on the plaza at Fiserv Forum before Wednesday's Eastern Conference finals opener between the Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors, broadcasting live in the half-hour before tip.
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You can learn an ancient type of kung fu in Back Bay Park every Saturday

You can learn an ancient type of kung fu in Back Bay Park every Saturday

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — The art takes years of practice to train and discipline the mind to "be still." Clarke said it's unlike other martial arts, like karate and judo, in that the motions are fluid, not rigid. Some practitioners fight in kung fu competitions, but many more study its many forms for the development of personal power.
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Riverside Tigers win 2018 MPS Drumline Competition

Riverside Tigers win 2018 MPS Drumline Competition

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service — Jordan Cook-Carter, a senior at Riverside University High School, walked into the 2018 Milwaukee Public Schools Drumline Competition feeling cool and confident. With his experience, he felt as if his team was ready to face rival Rufus King High School again after Riverside's second-place finish behind Rufus King last year.
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Fight continues for law to provide driver's licenses to undocumented people

Fight continues for law to provide driver's licenses to undocumented people

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service — Voces de la Frontera is renewing its commitment to getting a law passed that would allow undocumented immigrants in Wisconsin to obtain driver's licenses. Advocates of the bill say the law would make roads safer, keep families together by avoiding threats of deportation and improve police-community relations by taking the fear out of police interactions such as traffic stops.
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Walking School Bus program at Lincoln to expand route, improve attendance

Walking School Bus program at Lincoln to expand route, improve attendance

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service — It's dark in Lincoln Village at 6:30 in the morning, but the Lincoln Avenue School Walking School Bus lights up the sidewalk. Adult volunteers wear bright, reflective vests and carry a big yellow sign that says, "Walking Bus." As children continue to join the sidewalk parade, neighbors smile and say hello.
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North Side residents hopeful Obama visit will improve voter turnout

North Side residents hopeful Obama visit will improve voter turnout

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service — Andrea Anglin saw former President Barack Obama when he visited Milwaukee just over 10 years ago on Labor Day in 2008. He and running mate Joe Biden were on the campaign trail for their first terms as president and vice president. Since then, Obama has visited Milwaukee in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
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Milwaukee nonprofit offers ex-offenders support, resources

Milwaukee nonprofit offers ex-offenders support, resources

Associated Press — MILWAUKEE (AP) - Caliph Muab'El entered the court system at 15 years old and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, of which 10 were spent in solitary confinement. Since he exited prison in 2010, Muab'El has been a face of the prison reform movement in Wisconsin.
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Fight against gun violence continues after March for Our Lives

Fight against gun violence continues after March for Our Lives

Marquette Tribune — Linnea Stanton and Izzy Staton are determined to keep the momentum of anti-gun violence activism going following the March for Our Lives rally March 24. Thousands marched for tighter gun control in downtown Milwaukee, alongside hundreds of thousands of other protesters in cities across the nation.
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North Side artist Evelyn Patricia Terry curates 'little gem' gallery

North Side artist Evelyn Patricia Terry curates 'little gem' gallery

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service — Tucked away on the North Side of Milwaukee, Evelyn Patricia Terry's century-old home displays art on every wall. The residence, built in 1904, is where Terry spent her childhood. It hasn't had any major renovations since she converted it to an art gallery in 2009.
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