VA Secretary Doug Collins held a roundtable with Wisconsin veterans Thursday at the American Legion in Sparta before a planned visit the Tomah VA Medical Center.

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Testing for avian flu among Wisconsin dairy cows is being reduced, thanks to recent changes at both state and federal levels.

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The Governor's Interagency Council on Mental Health released a new statewide action plan Tuesday, identifying both current efforts to improve state programs as well as future goals around increasing access to support.

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Thirty-four cases of salmonella across 13 states have been linked to the outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said a new farm bill will help Wisconsin farmers.

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Several rounds of severe storms last week caused flooding in communities from Janesville to the Milwaukee area, as well as in northeastern and central parts of the state. 

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The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Wisconsin Corn Growers Association and three other state organizations signed on to a letter urging congressional leaders to pass what policy makers are calling the "Farm Bill 2.0."

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Ananth Seshadri, director and co-author of a report on health care costs, said increasing costs hurts Wisconsin's economic competitiveness because insurance is often tied to employment.

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The economic uncertainty brought on from war in Iran will likely drive up U.S. food prices, especially for fresh produce.

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City Clerk Nikki Elsen said the last remaining regular license and one of the city's few reserve licenses are expected to be granted at Thursday's city council meeting. 

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The GOP-authored legislation passed the Senate in March after years of back and forth between the governor and Republican lawmakers over how to spend the PFAS funding first set aside in the 2023-25 state budget.

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A leader of Wisconsin's state disease laboratory says a recent reduction in federal testing won't immediately impact the state's ability to test for infectious diseases, including rabies.

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Just like regular gas prices, the price of diesel has skyrocketed over the past month in response to the war in Iran.

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A Wisconsin university is using augmented reality to show staff from meat processing plants and farmers what it's like to look through the eyes of livestock.

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The kangaroo was in his outdoor enclosure Wednesday morning when he was spooked by an unfamiliar dog and escaped.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it would temporarily allow nationwide sales of E15. 

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The conflict has not only affected oil and gas prices, but has dramatically slowed shipments of nitrogen fertilizers from Gulf countries.

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This year's spring break travel season comes amid rising gas prices and long security lines at major U.S. airports.

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