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Birdfeeder Dangers Submitted: 06/28/2009
SPOONER - State wildlife officials say animals face a new danger this summer: bird feeders.

The Department of Natural Resources says some feeders can accidentally kill other wildlife such as raccoons and skunks and even bear cubs.

The agency points to two cases in northwestern Wisconsin where bear cubs got their heads stuck in feeders while searching for food.



In one case the cub's mother freed it.

In the other, agency workers had to tranquilize the mother and cub and then remove the feeder.

DNR Wildlife Technician Robert Hanson says people shouldn't feed birds or any other animals during the summer.

They know how to forage for themselves well enough.

If people insist on feeders, they should be on strong poles at least 8 feet high.


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Record High Turnout Expected in Wisconsin Primary Submitted: 09/02/2010

MADISON - A record-high 28 percent turnout is predicted for Wisconsin's primary on Sept. 14.

State elections officials made the estimate on Thursday, citing highly contested statewide races for governor as well as local legislative and congressional contests.

Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy says there appears to be tremendous interest in this election.

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Veteran Reacts to Staff Sgt. West's Death Submitted: 09/01/2010

TOWN OF CONOVER - A local veteran says he feels West's family's pain.

Harold Kressin of Conover is an Army veteran.

Kressin says it's hard to hear about soldiers losing their lives overseas, and it's especially hard when they're from your community.

Harold Kressin, Army Veteran, says, "Everytime a man gets killed or a woman gets killed in service, it's just heart-breaking to me, I cry. Because these people are not going to have the freedoms that we have."

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Conover Soldier Killed Submitted: 09/01/2010

- The Defense Department says a soldier who lived in Conover, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday.

36-year-old Staff Sgt. Matthew West was one of five Fort Carson soldiers killed when their unit was attacked with an improvised bomb.

West's sister, Kristine Willis, tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle that her brother was a 1992 graduate of Gaylord High
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Fire Destroys Local Garage Submitted: 09/01/2010

TOWN OF CONOVER - Fire destroys a garage in Vilas County.

It happened in the Town of Conover at 3551 North Country Lane.

The Conover Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call around four Wednesday afternoon after the owner noticed fire around his feet while welding in the garage and called 911.

When firefighters arrived the garage was fully engulfed.

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Summer Tourism Wrap Up Submitted: 09/01/2010

- Labor Day marks the unofficial end to summer and the wrap up of the summer tourism season.

With the holiday, just a few days away, Newswatch 12 looks at how the Northwoods economy fared this year.

Newswatch 12 spent Wednesday in Minocqua speaking with resort owners and the Minocqua Arbor Vitae Woodruff Area Chamber of Commerce, otherwise known as MAVWACC.

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