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CRANDON - Update 10:55 a.m. Friday
The death of a woman in Crandon earlier this week appears to have been a suicide.
25 year old Savanna Larson of Lac du Flambeau died early Wednesday.
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TOMAHAWK - Tomahawk Berry Farm opened its gates Friday for the first time this summer.
The morning was what Tom Behling calls the perfect strawberry picking weather.
Behling has owned the Tomahawk Berry Farm for more than 30 years.
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RHINELANDER - All the spring rain this year makes it difficult for people to keep up with their lawns. It is especially hard on those who make their living off lawn care.
Steinmetz Landscape Design has been in business for 35 years. Owner and founder Alan Steinmetz says the amount of rain this season isn't something he's ever seen.
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MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker is hitting the road to promote cheese.
Walker announced Friday that economic development officials, members of his cabinet, lawmakers and University of Wisconsin officials will be spreading out across the state to celebrate growing cheese companies.
Walker is kicking off "Wisconsin Cheese Day" on Monday with a stop at Klondike Cheese in Monroe.
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MADISON - A federal judge says Wisconsin's use of solitary confinement in its juvenile prisons poses "acute, immediate and enduring" harm to young inmates and is ordering that it be dramatically scaled back.
U.S. District Judge James Peterson on Friday also ordered that shackling juvenile inmates and the use of pepper spray be used much more sparingly than now.
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MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that loosens fish farm regulations.
Under the Republican bill, fish farms no longer need permits to discharge material into a wetland if the wetland was created for fish farming. Natural water bodies can serve as fish farms and farms wouldn't need permits to construct or enlarge artificial water bodies connected to a navigable waterway. New permit conditions will be prohibited unless needed to meet water quality standards.
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ONEIDA COUNTY - Prosecutors think an Oneida County Sheriff's deputy used her job to steal cash, but she could get those charges dropped if she completes a diversion agreement with the court.
Sarah Gardner, 41, also known as Sarah Welcenbach, faces two felony misconduct charges in Oneida County.
According to the criminal complaint, prosecutors believe she paid herself about $1200 from a cash box her office used for drug investigations.
The diversion agreement says Gardner must pay the money back to the Sheriff's Office and complete a six-week accounting course at Nicolet College.
If she does those things, the state can ask to dismiss the case.
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