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UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said Monday that adding paid parental leave allows the university to stay competitive in recruiting for graduate students and employees. Source: LacrosseTribune.com

Chemical manufacturer 3M will begin payments starting in the third quarter to many U.S. public drinking water systems as part of a multi-billion-dollar settlement over contamination with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and several consumer products. The Minnesota-based… Source: LacrosseTribune.com

The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died. Lou Conter was 102. The Arizona lost 1,177 sailors and Marines in the 1941 attack that launched the… Source: LacrosseTribune.com

Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports a two-vehicle crash occurred Friday afternoon, March 29, 2024, in rural Ontario, WI, in the town of Forest. At approximately 12:45 PM, the Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center was notified of the crash that occurred on County Road F, near Harris Road. Lucas Paul Downing, age 34, of rural Kendall, WI was operating a 2007 Kia Spectra, traveling east and uphill. Diane Luisa Brewer, age 67, of rural Ontario, WI was driving west and as she crested the hill, she saw the Downing vehicle had crossed the centerline. Attempting to avoid a head-on collision, Brewer steered right. The left, front corner of the Downing

On March 27th A citizen came across $600.00 sitting in the dispensing drawer of an ATM at the Hillsboro County Market in the town of Hillsboro.  He called the sheriff’s office to turn it in.  Based on surveillance footage from the store, the owner was identified.  The cash will be returned to the owner. Source: WRJC.com