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The State of Wisconsin is offering free coronavirus tests.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says you can visit say-yes-COVID-home-test-dot-org to order five free tests.  There are also still around 500 free community coronavirus testing sites across Wisconsin.

 A group of University of Wisconsin Health nurses is going on strike.  SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin says its nurses will notify the hospital of the strike tomorrow and will go on strike September 13th.  The union says nurses are going on strike for more quality patient care, safer staffing, and to get union recognition.

Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WiWiC) is hosting a women’s field day in Amery on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 1-4pm, at Blackbrook Farm. Co-owner Ayla Graden-Dodge, who is a WiWiC Conservation Coach, will lead a farm tour, which will be followed by networking time and a farm-sourced snack. The event is FREE and open to all interested women farmers, landowners and conservationists. Children arewelcome with supervision. RSVP at WiWiC.org. “To be able to see the increase in toads, worms and all

A large number of fraudulent messages claiming to be Facebook customer service representatives or automated customer service systems have recently been reported to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Bureau of Consumer Protection. These messages claim that a recipient’s Facebook account has been hacked, stolen, or disabled, and urge them to click a link in order to recover their account. If the link is opened, users are asked to “log in” to a website that appears

A Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper and Jackson County Deputy responded to a pick-up truck vs.mini-bike crash on County Road C in the Town of Albion. Both of the unit’s involved in the crashwere traveling east on County Road C when the male subject that was driving the mini-bike turnedleft into his driveway. The pick-up truck struck the back of the mini-bike causing the driver to fall offwhich resulted in injury. The driver of the mini-bike was airlifted from the scene.

There are now shoplifting charges against the Chippewa County mom charged in her son’s death. Prosecutors on Monday charged Natasha Bratland with stealing from the Walmart in Lake Hallie. Police say she stole about 40 dollars’ worth of items. Bratland is looking at child neglect charges in Taylor County after her son was hit by a train last summer. Police say Bratland told them she was already going to prison, so she didn’t think stealing from Walmart would make much

They’ve cleaned-up the Dollar General in Cadott enough to reopen the store. Local firefighters closed the store over the weekend because they said there were too many boxes in the aisles, and it was a fire hazard. Firefighters yesterday said the store can now reopen.

There are worries about the return of the bird flu in the Midwest. The USDA is monitoring after a flock of turkeys in Meeker County, Minnesota tested positive for the bird flu this week. Meeker County is west of the Twin Cities. Wisconsin hasn’t seen a bird flu case since May. Wisconsin ordered nearly three million birds destroyed because of the bird flu outbreak this spring.

Wisconsin’s election managers want a million-and-a-half dollars to deal with an uptick in election complaints. The state’s Elections Commission yesterday asked lawmakers for the money to create an Office of Inspector General. Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe says they need both the money and the I-G’s office because they had 50 complaints about the 2020 election. State Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, who is also running for Secretary of State, said it’s ridiculous that the Commission wants to create an agency inside of