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Wisconsin’s bird flu outbreak is growing. The state’s Department of Agriculture yesterday said the flu has been found in a flock of backyard chickens in Rock County. Investigators say they killed all 22 chickens in the backyard flock to try and contain the outbreak. It’s the second domestic flock to have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The Department of Ag killed over two-point-seven million chickens at a commercial farm in Jefferson County after discovering the bird flu there.

There’s a warning about possibly tainted lettuce in western Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection yesterday said people should throw out bags of Ocean Mist Farms brand romaine hearts sold in the state. The fear is that the salad is tainted with Cyclospora. Most of the bags of lettuce were sold in western Wisconsin. DATCP says all of the suspect packages have the code ’22RHDM2L,’ with a harvest date of ‘MAR10.’ The lettuce was grown in Coachella, California.

Egg prices are going up and it’s being blamed on the bird flu.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture says tens of millions of infected chickens and turkeys have been destroyed in an attempt to stop the spread, including flocks in Wisconsin.  The Wall Street Journal reports egg prices are up 50 percent since January.

It’s severe weather awareness week in Wisconsin.  The annual statewide tornado drill will take place Thursday at 1:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.  During the drills people are asked to go over their severe weather preparedness plans.  If there’s a threat for severe weather Thursday the drills will be moved to Friday.

 A man accused of shooting two people in Wisconsin Dells last week is arrested in Indiana.  Police say the 22-year-old man was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Lafayette, Indiana over the weekend.  The suspect is accused of shooting two people in the 600 block of Vine Street last Wednesday.

Madison is one of the healthiest cities in America.  That’s according to WalletHub, which ranks Madison the 15th-healthiest city and the second-healthiest in the Midwest behind Minneapolis.  Madison ranked well in health care at eleventh and green space at 16th.  According to the report, the healthiest city in America is San Francisco and the least healthy is Brownsville, Texas.

Bryant Brenner has announced he will not return as the head coach of the Regis Boys Basketball team next season. Mr. Brenner, who is a math teacher at Regis High School and also serves as the head coach of the Regis Football team, has led the Regis Boys Basketball team since 2018. Mr. Brenner will continue with his teaching duties and will also continue to serve as the head coach of the Regis Football team. A search for his replacement

A Wisconsin community comes together after a shocking loss. Police in Sheboygan Falls are not providing many answers about the death of eight-year-old Oliver Hitchcock. He died over the weekend, just days after police say they found him at his mother’s apartment. She’s been arrested. Investigators are not saying what led to the attack, though they are calling it strangulation. Firefighters in Sheboygan Falls yesterday took to Facebook to ask people to wear purple today to honor Oliver’s life.

Police in Stevens Point say the suspect in last week’s shooting at a mobile home park had a small arsenal when they arrested him. Officers busted Daniel Reese Jr. on Saturday. He’s the main suspect in a shooting at a trailer park that sent one man to the hospital. Police say Reese sped away from them as they closed-in. Authorities say Reese had a pistol on him, and had several rifles and some body armor in his car.

The search for a missing UW Health surgeon is over. Authorities in Iron County, in far northern Wisconsin, say they found Kelsey Musgrove’s body yesterday morning near the Potato River Falls. She told friends that she was going hiking last week, but never returned. She was officially reported missing last Thursday. The sheriff’s department says they are looking into her death, but do not suspect foul play.