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Gov. Tony Evers stopped in Antigo as part of his annual statewide "Pothole Patrol" tour, highlighting road improvements and the workers behind them. Joined by Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Kristina Boardman, Evers worked alongside local public works crews filling potholes while discussing transportation investments across the state. The governor says Wisconsin has repaired thousands of miles of roads since 2019, improving infrastructure in communities large and small.

A crash in Price County killed a woman and hurt three other people. The Price County Sheriff’s Office says the two-vehicle crash happened on State Highway 111 and County Road J in the Town of Harmony. A 74-year-old woman from Kennan who was driving a van died at the scene. Three people from Eau Claire traveling in an SUV suffered serious injuries. They included a 57-year-old man, a 54-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST), in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, will open its new state-of-the-art Compostability Testing Laboratory in the Waste Education Center. State and federal funding helped with the creation of this new laboratory, which is only one of two academic labs approved to certify products for compostability. “Takes you through the whole testing process, from start to finish of packaging materials.