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Gov. Scott Walker recommended 120 census tracts, including those around the shuttered Oscar Mayer plant, to be eligible for new economic development tax breaks. Source: LacrosseTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The state Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection has placed all of Wisconsin under a quarantine for Emerald Ash Borer. Sharon Gilson with DATCP said the move makes sense, given the existing number of county quarantines. “Every single county in Wisconsin now is either under quarentine for EAB, or else they’re adjacent to a […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Find out what Wisconsin Rapids-area residents are reporting in their neighborhoods.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Mauston may have a new business coming to town.  The City of Mauston is working on a developer’s agreement with Don Slama from Hillsboro Equipment Incorporated.  The agreement would build an approximated 10,000 square foot building which would work as a sales repair showroom type building for John Deere Equipment.  Although not yet a done deal, the building would be located on Kennedy Street in Mauston near the Highway 82 Kwik Trip.  The deal and the building are expected to be done this year. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Mauston teacher Rachel Ann Tamborino has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Wisconsin Educators Association.  The grant will go towards Tamborinos Clothing/Food Pantry project she is starting to benefit students.  Tamborino knows not all children are able to purchase fashionable clothing and are teased because of it.  She wants to give kids of all income a chance to experience the shopping experience while still remaining free.  She hopes this will help eliminate the stigma of some students being labeled as “poor”.  Tamborino says the idea for this project came from her own students, suggesting opening up their own school closet.  The grant will go towards metal shelving, hangers, a