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MADISON - The flu gets the blame for the deaths of three more children in Wisconsin.
That brings the total number of pediatric deaths to five.
The latest report from the state Department of Health Services shows this flu season is second only to 2009, when the swine flu caused the deaths of six children.
In the U.S. this season, Wisconsin is behind only Texas with seven pediatric deaths.
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ANTIGO - Social workers in Langlade County describe last year like a flood.
Applications for health insurance swamped Langlade County Social Services.
The county was one of many in the area facing challenges during the first-ever enrollment period after the Affordable Care Act was put in place.
This year's enrollment window ends in two and a half weeks.
It's going much differently.
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CRANDON - The School District of Crandon needs a new superintendent midway through the school year.
Jim Asher told the school board Monday he was retiring, effective immediately.
Asher told us he had been wrestling with the decision since November.
He said he made the decision "for him," and that it had nothing to do with the district.
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SUGAR CAMP - A recent grant might help students at Sugar Camp Elementary stay healthy this school year. The NFL and the National Dairy Council gave the school a $900 grant last week. The students get in shape by taking part in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program.
"Our kids are tracking physical fitness points and nutrition points every day on the Fuel Up to Play 60 website," said 4th Grade Teacher Robin LeMoine. "They are involved in the 100 Mile Club that we started here this fall, where we're walking one mile every day."
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RHINELANDER - Northwoods supermarkets want to be prepared for the Superbowl this Sunday. Some local stores have ordered a lot more food for this week to make sure they don't run out of Superbowl staples.
The assistant store director of Trig's in Rhinelander has ordered extra shipments of soda, pizza, and snack food. The store wants to be prepared but it doesn't expect food to sell as quickly as it does during other times of the year.
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MADISON - U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is asking that the lead investigator probing allegations of opiate over prescription and retaliatory practices at a VA hospital in Tomah take into account the testimony of whistleblowers.
In a letter Thursday, Baldwin asked that VA Under Secretary Carolyn Clancy consider concerns not addressed in an earlier report. Baldwin says an investigation published in March was not thorough in its reporting of opiate-prescribing practices.
Baldwin had recieved the report in 2014, but did not start advocating for the issue until an investigative journalism piece showed a 35-year-old Marine died of an overdose in the inpatient care unit.
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RHINELANDER - A Northwoods group that strives to help make students job-ready got special recognition from Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday.
Rhinelander-based Partners in Education, or PIE, was one of 17 individuals and groups honored with the 2014 Wisconsin Financial Literacy Award.
The non-profit started in 2009.
It works with local businesses and community leaders to offer additional educational opportunities for K-12 students in Rhinelander.
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