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The family of a Portage County farmer who died last summer from manure gas poisoning has donated $40,000 to the National Farm Medicine Center to help start a rebate program for farmers who want access to a portable gas monitoring device. Source: WisconsinAgConnection.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Landowners whose CREP contracts are expiring this year have until August 31 to re-enroll in the program, an option that might look more and more attractive in light of this summer’s floods in Wisconsin. Source: WisconsinAgConnection.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Leaders from the Wisconsin State Fair office in Milwaukee say they have decided not to schedule a ride similar to the one that killed one of its passengers in a recent accident at the Ohio State Fair. Source: WisconsinAgConnection.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

A pair of late inning home runs led the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the series finale at Miller Park on Sunday. Rookie Victor Caratini clubbed his first big league home run in the 7th to break a 2-2 tie and Kris Bryant added a solo shot in the […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Am I the only one who thinks this season of The Bachelorette feels a little off-kilter? Aside from the dubious ways that the producers handled the topic of race this time out, the hurry-up-and-wait pacing is throwing me off more than in previous seasons. We’re past those early episodes where everyone’s kind of goofy and then a half-dozen guys are cast off at a time. Now we’re in the thick of what feels like the neverending schlep towards the end. The drama has been cranked up to “all the feels.” Source: Isthmus.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]