Haylift project stirs emotion in Spooner
More than 100 semi trailers, pickups and cars rolled into Spooner on Saturday transporting 50,000 bales of donated hay from Waukesha County. Bill Fox, a bus inessman and county board chair, said the scene moved him during an evening news interview. He described the moment as emotional and said few at the fairgrounds remained unmoved.
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Waukesha County
Evening News
Washburn County Fairgrounds
Derek Olichwier
Donna Birch
Waukesha
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Wisconsin hay lift aids drought stricken farmers in northwest
A convoy of 110 plus trucks and dozens of volunteers delivered more than 50,000 bales of hay to Washburn Burnett Polk and Barron counties in northwestern Wisconsin. WMIL FM 106 hosted a fundraising drive raising over 216000 for Nellie's Farm Fund and the effort included escorts from State Patrol and a welcome at Washburn County fairgrounds.
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Milwaukee
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Reese Richards
Wmil FM 106
Washburn County
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Nellie
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Downstate
Howard Richards
Burnett County
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Reese Rickards
Northwest
Board backs farmland tax credits in face of reform
Wisconsin agriculture board refused to dilute Farmland Preservation tax credits, urging lawmakers to preserve incentives for farmland protection and soil and water conservation. It criticized shifting school funding off property taxes and called for targeted reform while maintaining rural land-use goals.
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