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Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice visits Menomonie to celebrate ADA
MENOMONIE — While on a nationwide trip, people in the City of Menomonie were able to welcome the Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice on Tuesday as one destination of many throughout the country. “We’re here to promote disability vote and how our votes matter, because a lot of the time people say, ‘Why do I need to go vote? One vote doesn’t matter,’” said Marilee Adamski-Smith, director of logistics and special projects of the Caravan for Disability Freedom and Justice 2024. “We just try...
Hundreds of locals object to expansion of Pierce Co. CAFO
Hundreds of people watched the DNR virtual hearing on the Ridge Breeze Dairy expansion from an auditorium in Elmwood. (Photo courtesy of GRO-WW) For more than three hours on Thursday evening, residents of western Wisconsin and water quality advocates testified in opposition to a proposed expansion to a Pierce County factory farm, complaining the expansion could harm local water supplies and that the company operating the farm has misled the Department of Natural Resources in its applications.
DNR To Host CWD Public Meeting In Pierce County
MADISON, Wis. (WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PRESS RELEASE) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will host a public meeting with the Pierce County Deer Advisory Council to provide information on chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin, local testing efforts and disease surveillance options being considered. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, in Spring Valley.
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