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Tamarack Health's Ashland and Hayward Medical Centers have each received a 2026 Crystal Vision Award from the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin.
According to a press release, both were named hospital partners of the year for their work supporting eye, organ, and tissue donation.
In 2025, donors at the two hospitals help provide the gift of sight to an estimated 18 people in Wisconsin, across the country, and around the world.
Six donations came through the Ashland Medical Center and 12
through the Hayward Medical Center.
Lance Rottola, director of nursing at the Ashland Medical Center, says every donation starts with a donor and a family who chose to give during a difficult time.
He says staff in Ashland and Hayward are honored to help carry out those wishes.
The Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin presented the awards during ceremonies at each hospital.
People can register as eye, organ, and tissue donors online or when getting or renewing a driver's license.
The city of Spooner will be holding its
It's fall cleanup day on Saturday, October 24th.
The event runs from 8 a.m.
to noon at the city shop on Paulson Drive and is open to city residents only.
Proof of residency is required.
Republic services will accept items including mattresses, furniture, scrap metal, and some household waste.
Leaf pickup will also take place that morning from 7 a.m.
to noon.
Leaves should be placed at the curb in biodegradable bags.
More information is available through the Spooner City Hall.
The Lakuta Ray Ojibwe School is holding a winter coat drive to help keep community members warm this winter.
Students in Mr. Grandberg's high school classes are collecting coats and jackets, gloves, hats, winter boots, and warm socks through October 16th.
Donations can be dropped off at the LCO High School near the gym entrance.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says it has not yet determined whether a groundwater release along Enbridge's Line 5 reroute in Ashland County was caused by an aquifer breach.
The release happened last week during pipeline installation beneath the Merango River.
Enbridge reported the incident to the DNR, and agency staff have visited the site.
In a statement to Civic Media on Tuesday, a DNR spokesperson says the site's hydrology is complex, and at this time it's unknown whether the release was
caused by an aquifer breach.
The agency says measured flow rates are about 5 percent of those recorded during confirmed aquifer breaches on similar projects in other states.
Pipeline installation at the site is now complete and the DNR says measures are in place to contain the groundwater flow.
The DNR is also working with Enbridge to install groundwater monitoring wells this week to determine the source of the release and whether there are adverse impacts to groundwater.
The Wisconsin court system has launched a new online portal for people seeking temporary restraining orders.
The new restraining order portal allows people to fill out and submit domestic abuse and harassment petitions from a computer or phone without first going to a courthouse to get the forms.
The portal walks users through the process and allows them to submit the necessary forms directly to their circuit court.
The portal went live statewide last month following a summer pilot program in eight counties, including
during that pilot, 72 petitions were filed through the portal.
Chief Justice Jill Korofsky says the goal is to make it easier for people to seek court-ordered protection during an urgent or difficult time.
Right now, the portal can only be used for domestic abuse and harassment temporary restraining orders.
Child abuse and individual at-risk petitions still have to be filed on paper or through the court system's regular e-filing process.
The portal is available on the Wisconsin court system website.
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For Muskie 101 News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters that the state's annual youth deer hunt is this weekend.
The hunt runs Saturday October 10th and Sunday October 11th and is open to hunters 15 and younger.
Youth can hunt with or without completing hunter education, but they must be supervised by an adult mentor.
For hunters younger than 11 and those ages 12 to 15 who have not completed hunter education, the mentor must be at least 18 have completed hunter education.
and have a current hunting license.
The mentor must also stay within arm's reach.
Hunters ages 12 to 15 who have completed hunter education must remain within visual and voice contact of an adult mentor.
The DNR is also reminding hunters that blaze orange or fluorescent pink requirements are in effect during the youth hunt.
At least half of the clothing worn above the waist must be blaze orange or fluorescent pink including any head covering.
That requirement also applies to archery and small game hunters during the youth hunt.
For more details, visit the DNR's Youth Hunt web page.
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is accepting applications for its Bi-Local Bi-Wisconsin Grant Program.
The program provides funding to farms and other Wisconsin agriculture and food businesses to help process, market and distribute locally grown food products.
The department has up to $200,000 available for this year's grant cycle.
Individual projects can receive between $5,000 and $50,000 with funding available for up to three years.
Applicants include farms, food processors and distributors, retail food businesses, and agricultural tourism operations.
The funding can be used for expenses including personnel, consultant services, materials, and supplies.
Applications for the grants are due November 4th.
You can find more information at datcp.wi.gov.
For Northwood's News, I'm Maddie Schaefer.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Democratic candidate for Governor David Crowley is proposing a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee County executive says the measure would safeguard reproductive freedom, though it's unclear if it would undo the state's current 20-week limit.
His Republican opponent, Congressman Tom Tiffany, called the proposal extreme and pledged to maintain current state laws.
Passing an amendment would ultimately require approval from two consecutive sessions of the legislature and a statewide vote.
In the clearest sign yet that the National Party is treating Wisconsin's governorship as a marquee race, national reinforcements are starting to come in.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a 2028 presidential prospect, campaigns with David Crowley this week in Racine, Kenosha, Beloit, and Milwaukee.
Crowley also leaned on Governor Tony Evers' endorsement, calling him his secret weapon.
Donald Trump remains the most prominent national figurebacking Tom Tiffany's campaign, having officially endorsed him in January of 2026, though no word yet on whether the president will make an appearance to back the Wisconsin Republican.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is warning residents about a new scam targeting drivers.
Officials say scammers are making calls and leaving voicemails claiming people have unpaid traffic citations that require immediate attention.
The message includes a fake link directing victims to make a payment for the supposed violation, transportation officials stress that the notices are fraudulent and should not be trusted.
Anyone who receives one of these messages is urged not to click the link or provide personal information.
The coolest things made in Wisconsin contest has narrowed the field down to eight local products vying for the title.
The field spans a diverse array of cool products from an electric rope shovel made in Milwaukee, custom pool cues from Nakusa, and handcrafted chocolate bars from Depeer.
Voting starts today and runs through Tuesday, October 13th.
The winner will be announced at the end of the month.
Record-breaking diesel fuel costs at the critical harvest time is just one toll tariffs have taken on Wisconsin farmers.
Civic media's James Kelly takes us to western Wisconsin for a farm rally.
A number of Chippewa Valley residents gathered at a local farm in Eau Claire on Monday morning to highlight the struggles farmers across the state are facing ahead of the November election.
The event specifically noted the cost of diesel fuel topping $6 a gallon for the first time ever as farmers enter the harvest season, the time of the year when they're using the most fuel on average.
George Paulzine, a fourth generation farmer in the region, summed up how much of an impact those additional costs are causing for the average farm.
The additional cost is between $45,000 and $60,000 a year on the average farm in Wisconsin.
That's just got to be eaten.
And Bryson Meltz didn't go up.
It's $45,000.
And there's not too many people that work out in the business world that could take a $45,000.
Paulzine also highlighted the long-term struggles the agricultural industry will face as it works to rebuild export relationships that have been broken.
A lot of people in the dairy industry and in the marketing ends of things that have spent their entire career developing these industry markets and world markets.
And we live in a global market.
I don't care what anybody says.
We cannot isolate ourselves.
And to rebuild and fix what has been broken
will take some time.
I'm James Kelly for Civic Media News.
The rally was organized by Chippewa Valley Indivisible.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is warning residents about a new scam targeting drivers.
Officials say scammers are making calls and leaving voicemails claiming people have unpaid traffic citations that require immediate attention.
The message includes a fake link directing victims to make a payment for the supposed violation.
Anyone who receives one of these messages is urged not to click the link or provide personal information.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
The Brewers win in San Diego.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with sports baseball.
The Brewers held on to beat the Padres three to one to advance to the National League Championship Series.
But once again, they'll face the defending champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Brewers Christian Yelich.
I mean, they're obviously a great team, you know, back-to-back champs, but we're a great team, too.
And, you know, we're going to grind.
We're going to play really hard and we're going to try and make it difficult on them.
And I got faith in the guys.
The guys got faith in each other.
And, you know, we're looking forward to a great series and, you know, a little bit of a rematch from last year.
What's going to be the difference this time?
Brewers manager Pat Murphy.
We're going in to beat him.
We earned it in the regular season to get the home field advantage.
And we're going to beat him.
We don't care who they have or whatever.
We're going to play good baseball and see what happens.
So the series began.
It is going to be mostly
sunny today with a high in the mid 60s this afternoon.
Tonight partly to mostly cloudy.
We're going to drop down into the upper 30s to low 40s tomorrow.
Mostly sunny with a high in the upper 60s to low
70s.