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Check your hunting cabin for carbon monoxide, says WPS

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While most people have updated their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors at home, a Wisconsin Public Service spokesperson says you should also check your hunting shack as well.

Spokesperson Matt Cullen tells WXPR Radio to be safe, check the detectors at the shack. “No matter if you are one of the tens of thousands of deer hunters planning to take part in the opening of the gun deer hunting season, or anyone else, it’s important to be aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide.

“Just like in your home or apartment, every hunting cabin should have a carbon monoxide and a smoke detector installed. That way you will be aware of the presence of carbon monoxide if it does appear inside your hunting cabin.”

Cullen says a heating safety inspection should be performed at the cabin. He says that’s just as important as the other safety precautions you are implementing. “Making sure the area around the heating system is clear.

“You should check the vents and flues to make sure they are clear of animal nests or debris that could block them and cause carbon monoxide to be trapped indoors. You may want to check the flame on your furnace. You should have a blue flame coming out. If you have a yellow flame, it might need professional adjustment

Carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless. Warning signs of poisoning include sudden flu-like symptoms, dizziness, headaches or sleeplessness, pale complexion, and cherry red lips, nausea or vomiting, fluttering heartbeat. It could lead to unconsciousness and death.

On a separate point, Cullen also cautions hunters to be aware of power lines and electric distribution equipment.

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Another Wisconsin city opens up deer hunting inside city limits

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Another Wisconsin city is opening up a deer hunt inside its borders.

The Richland Center Common Council finalized plans Tuesday night to allow bow hunting on city-owned property.

Hunters will have to wait until after the nine-day gun season to try out the new hunt. Only allow bow hunting is allowed, no guns. Hunters must stay more than 300 feet away from any walking paths.

Richland Center has seen an uptick in problems like car-deer crashes and Lyme disease within city limits.

Gov. Evers, Nygren to continue fight over mental health funding for farmers

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The battle of funding mental health programs for Wisconsin farmers will move into the courts next. 

The Republican co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, Representative John Nygren of Marinette, has sued the governor in an effort to have him release some records. 

Democratic Governor Tony Evers and Legislative Republicans have been fighting over the 100-thousand dollars in funding since the new budget went into effect.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture has been asking lawmakers to release the money since July. Former secretary designee Brad Pfaff was recently fired by the Senate, after starting that fight with the Joint Finance Committee

School board discusses tax hike for Milwaukee Public Schools

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Milwaukee Public Schools are getting ready to ask voters to support a property tax hike for the first time in nearly 20 years. 

One version would almost double the tax levy so about two-thousand teachers could be hired.  That 640-million dollar proposal is called the “gold standard.”

A 320-million dollar referendum would add just under one-thousand teachers and staff members to the district.

New rules and regulations for gun deer season

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The 2019 gun deer season is almost here, and the Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters to check the rules for their area.

Big game ecologist Kevin Wallenfang says one nice change this year that hunters will have a chance to bag a doe anywhere in the state.  

“This is the first time in about ten years where we have had some antlerless permits allowed in every county of the state so there’s no buck only units this year.” 

Wallenfang says there’s some new special hunts for the farmland regions of the state.

“Our Holiday Hunt which occurs over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday, and we’ve got an extended archery and crossbow season now that runs through the end of January.”

Some more areas of the state have been added to the C W D deer feeding ban list. “There’s been some new counties added to that because of chronic wasting disease detections within those counties.”

For more information, check out the regulations online at https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/hunt/deer.html. 

Speaker Vos, Minority Leader Hintz spar over slow legislative session

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Democrats in the state Legislature are criticizing majority Republicans over what they say is a lack of action this year.

Assembly minority leader Gordon Hintz says Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald are slow-rolling legislation. 

“It’s a do-nothing legislature that’s not moving on legislation, that’s not addressing issues, and that is giving very few opportunities for the Governor to sign things.” 

Hintz says it’s a calculated effort to downplay the effectiveness of Governor Tony Evers. “No one but the Speaker should be blamed for how anemic this legislative session is, and I think the public deserves better.”

“There’s no reason why we can’t take meaningful action on a number of the most important issues facing our state.”

Speaker Vos says Democrats aren’t playing ball with Republicans. 

“Most of the proposals they would like to bring up are ones that are only supported by their party. Most of the ones we’re bringing up, the Speaker’s Task Force on Clean Water, Suicide Prevention, they are strong bipartisan efforts.”

Speaker Vos says last session Democrats complained about the speed of legislative proceedings.

“We have done a lot an awful lot of good things, we have a successful state budget that none of them voted for or really participated in.”

The Assembly will likely meet one more time before the end of the year. 

Dairy company Dean Foods files for bankruptcy

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One of the country’s largest dairy companies is filing for bankruptcy.

Dean Foods will be working with Dairy Farmers of America to restructure. State ag spokesman Rick Hummel says for now, it’s business as usual for consumers and farmers. 

“Under Chapter 11, that allows the company to continue its operations while they’re restructuring, as opposed to a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy.”

Hummel says they haven’t gotten any reports of checks not being paid to farmers. 

“Our department will be following up with Dean to make sure that payments to producers will continue to be made on time.”

Dean lost its biggest customer last year after Walmart took over its own milk production.

Expect snow and cold to hang around this week, says NWS

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This early blast of winter weather will be hanging around for a number of days.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Taylor Patterson says you’re not mistaken if this seems out of the ordinary.

“Yes, yes, this is quite unusual for early November. As far as temperature wise, well below normal, and then for the snow, both Milwaukee and Madison, we’ve had records set for consecutive number of days with snow on the ground.”

Patterson says we can expect cold temperatures and more snow. 

“Expect Tuesday morning to be really cold with temperatures in the single digits. For the highs on Tuesday, we’re expecting highs to be in the teens or low twenties. As we get into Wednesday, Wednesday night, we could see another round of precipitation and some snow.”

Expect sunshine and temperatures near freezing on Thursday.

We Energies Cookie Book 2019 edition now available

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The We Energies cookie book is back for 2019.

Spokeswoman Amy Jahns says the books track all the way back to 1928 when the Wisconsin Electric Company was just starting to hook up customers to electric appliances. 

“We needed to teach our customers how to use those electric appliances, and what better way to do that than show them how to bake cookies?”

Jahns says this year’s book honors the 91 years of the Cookie Book’s history. 

“We asked our customers to send in recipes and memories of baking with their grandmas over the years, and we got some really great submissions.”

500 recipes were sent in and over 30 of them made it to the print edition. You can request a copy or get a digital version of the book online at their website.

Sen. Ron Johnson’s Homeland Security committee briefed on threats to US

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Senator Jon Johnson’s homeland security committee got a briefing on threats to the US on Tuesday.

Senators heard about an increase in threats from domestic terrorism, including a growing threat from white supremacists. Over 100 suspected domestic terrorists were arrested this year, with over 1000 investigations ongoing at any time.

David Glawe with D H S also briefed senators about an attack on US citizens in Mexico by a drug cartel.

Senator Johnson says Mexican gangs have more control over the southern border than either the US or Mexican authorities.