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Republican state Representative Bob Gannon has died. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) said in a statement that the 58-year-old Gannon died of natural causes, although an official cause of death has not yet been released. Steineke described the West Bend Republican as a “committed and effective” part of the GOP caucus, whose presence will […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Reedsburg emergency services have combined to provide area residents with free batteries for smoke detectors. Reedsburg Police, Fire and Ambulance, along with Rayovac Batteries, will be providing free 9-volt batteries for use in smoke detectors beginning on October 7th at the Fire Department’s Harvest Fest. The batteries will be limited to four (4) batteries per home and you MUST have old batteries to trade-in for the new batteries. Batteries will also be available at the Reedsburg Police Department – Front Counter beginning on October 8th. “Keeping fresh batteries in your smoke detectors is the best first alert against fires”, said Reedsburg Fire Chief Craig Douglas. “We want to make it as easy as

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″]

(Madison, WI)  —  Recent dry weather is helping speed up the harvest of Wisconsin farm crops. The Wisconsin Ag Statistics Service says 56 percent of the corn for animal feed has been harvested. But that’s still 11 days behind the average for the past five years as the result of wet fields in the summer, many of which didn’t dry up until September. Sixteen percent of the Wisconsin soybean crop is harvested, five days ahead of last year but about the same as the five-year average. Almost three fourths of the Wisconsin potato harvest is completed, and 53 percent of the state’s winter wheat is in the ground, seven days

Alyssa Fencil lost 100 pounds in the gym, part of her quest for taekwondo championship status. She'll compete for a World Championship this month.        Source: GreenBayPressGazette.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]