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How farmer-led research could revolutionize the relationship between agriculture and researchers

The relationship between farmers and researchers has not always been a collaborative one. Douglas Jackson-Smith, professor and Kellogg Endowed Chair of Agroecosystem Management
in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University, wants to change that. For decades, researchers and farmers have largely worked in siloes only coming together when the scientists have research that points to something to preserve soil health like crop cover or crop rotation.

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Industry and environmental advocates warn that the attacks on federal agencies and funding freezes will be “cataclysmic” to the Great Lakes region if not reversed, risking drinking water contamination, fish populations, and the well-being of all those that rely on the Great Lakes system. Read the full story by the Guardian.

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Michigan EV industry on a knife-edge as energy project delays mount across region

Catch the latest energy news from around the Great Lakes region. Check back for these biweekly Energy News Roundups. 

Michigan’s investments in electric vehicle manufacturing are in jeopardy following what the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency called the “most consequential day of deregulation in U.S.

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After the 2023-2024 ice season was the lowest on record with average ice cover at 4.3% across all five lakes, the 2024-2025 ice season has measured up to the near normal conditions predicted by the U.S. National Ice Center in December. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Newly appointed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is refocusing the agency with priorities that align with those of Michigan leadership that lead to the 2014 Flint water crisis. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-epa-flint

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The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season begins Friday when the larger of two locks in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. opens. Ships will soon be on the move to and from Lake Superior ports, including Duluth, Superior, Two Harbors and Silver Bay. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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As the shipping season winds down early to mid-January, the Great Lakes freighters require upgrades and repairs and have a variety of regional ports where they can conduct winter lay-up through a meticulous process to select the best port for the freighter’s needs. Read the full story by the Alpena News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-freighter-lay-up

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The volunteer Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program, lead by the Michigan Clean Water Corps and sponsored by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, is hosting trainings for participants to learn about monitoring protocol and data collection that contribute to resource management over the past 50 years. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches. Winds gusting as high as 40 to 45 mph may produce areas of blowing and drifting snow in open areas. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Brown, and Kewaunee Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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After 132 years, team finds wreck of the Western Reserve in Lake Superior

By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio

This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.

The gales of Lake Superior thrashed against the Western Reserve when it cracked in half with 28 souls aboard on Aug. 30, 1892.

The roughly 300-foot steel steamer had been considered one of the safest afloat when it was built in 1890, faster and stronger than wooden steamers common at the time.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches. Winds gusting as high as 40 to 45 mph may produce areas of blowing and drifting snow in open areas. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Brown, and Kewaunee Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Areas of blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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Federal appeals court upholds 2023 Great Lakes Fishing Decree

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.

A federal appeals court ruling on Thursday means the latest version of the Great Lakes Fishing Decree will stand.

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A PLACE IN THE WATERSHED Caring for places that are meaningful, even if we don't live there Amanda Kruger poses at Cave Point County Park, enjoying the views of Lake Michigan. “I’m most grateful for the sense of home. That I belong,” said Amanda Kruger, researcher. “I feel loved. [...]

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Over 14 Exotic Pets Surrendered, To Be Rehomed Fourteen animals were turned in at an exotic pet surrender event in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, at the beginning of March. thirty-five people attended and there was a Facebook Reach of 19,000 people.  Included in the surrenders were clownfish, crescent geekos, ball pythons, a chameleon, and an axolotl! The [...]

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The Western Reserve was en route to Two Harbors, Minnesota, when it was lost during an August storm 132 years ago, leaving only one survivor. A team from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced this week that it had finally located the 300-foot ship this past summer.  Read the full story by The Minnesota Star Tribune.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees fired in February were responsible for managing invasive sea lamprey. Without their control efforts, sea lamprey populations threaten the Great Lakes fishery.   Read the full story by The Cool Down.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250317-lamprey-threat

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Progress on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam is once again at a stalemate, and several local lawmakers are calling on state officials in Illinois to help end delays for the project. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, run by billionaire Elon Musk, cut its latest round of employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including technicians who work with Canadian scientists to monitor water quality and levels in the lakes. Read the full story by CBC.

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The neighborhood of Yorkville in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, approved joining a national class-action lawsuit against four chemical producing corporations, including 3M and DuPont, seeking compensation for contaminating several towns’ public water systems with a group of chemicals known as PFAS.  Read the full story by Shaw Local News Network.

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Despite assurances that Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding has not been targeted by the Trump administration, the fretting will continue as long as the administration targets the EPA for indiscriminate cost savings. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250317-funding-cuts

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U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated he’d like to annex Canada and dispose of at least one international boundary treaty. However, the Canada-U.S. border stretches for 8,891 kilometers, across four Great Lakes and it will take more than a pencil and eraser to redraw. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.

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The Shaganash Island Lighthouse played a pivotal role in the development the greater Lake Superior region and in 2014 a group of volunteers from the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior (CLLS) embarked on a mission to restore it. Read the full story by Superior North News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250317-lighthouse-restoration

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I Speak for the Fish: Is it a rainbow trout or a steelhead?

Rainbow trout and steelhead are two of the most popular sport fish in the Great Lakes. They also hold three spots on my lifetime list of all-time great dives.

An 8-inch juvenile rainbow was the first fish I ever hand-fed in the Great Lakes. My partner, Greg Lashbrook, and I had fed fish before at several different Caribbean dive resorts.

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New PFAS bills aren’t the progress Wisconsin needs

There are two things we know for sure about PFAS. The first is that too many people in Wisconsin cannot safely drink their water due to contamination. The second is that corporations knew for decades that their products were toxic, but continued to use them which has led to our waters being contaminated. 

Because we carry those two truths with us, we oppose Senator Wimberger’s SB 127 and SB 128, the latest PFAS-related proposals before our state legislature, as we stand with communities dealing with PFAS-contaminated drinking water. These bills would not provide immediate assistance to those who currently can’t use their water, and they give away too much of our power to hold polluters accountable for the damage they cause. 

There are three big things the people of Wisconsin need to truly deal with the problem of PFAS.

People need safe drinking water. The bills don’t appropriate the funds the legislature set aside two years ago for PFAS clean up. As more areas test their drinking water and find PFAS, they need a flood of investment to help cities to improve their municipal water filtration systems and rural homeowners with private wells get grants to source clean drinking water. The bulk of this funding should come from responsible parties that caused the problem.

The so-called innocent landowner language in these bills is a solution in search of a problem. The Department of Natural Resources isn’t, and hasn’t, used its power under the Spills Law to go after landowners who weren’t the source of pollution. The real problem is how these bills have too broad of a definition of “innocent” landowners that could extend exemptions to entities like paper mills. 

The real solution to PFAS is twofold. First, Wisconsin should follow the example of Minnesota and Maine and ban the use of most PFAS. Second, Wisconsin should adopt a precautionary approach so that chemicals cannot be used in the state until they have been shown to be safe.

Wisconsin needs to get tough on corporations responsible for pollution. Without state leaders focusing on holding chemical corporations accountable for the pollution their products caused, the responsibility and cost of cleaning up their mess falls to taxpayers. These bills would allow those exempt from enforcement to let the DNR clean up properties at our expense. The agency doesn’t have enough staff or funding to do this now, even if the bills would pass. 

State leaders should be bending over backwards to make clean drinking water a top priority. The legislature has the power to invest in rural wells and municipal water filtration, bring drinking water standards up to federal levels, and support a full-court press litigation strategy against big polluters.

Be wary of the parts of SB 127 and 128 that would erode the strength of our state’s Spills Law. This is not the time to give away the power of a law that has worked for over 40 years so that legislators can appease the demands of corporate lobbyists.

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Gusty winds and a dry airmass will combine with dry grasses and other fine fuels to create elevated fire weather conditions today. Afternoon relative humidity values will fall into the 20s and 30s, with south winds gusting 30 to 40 MPH. Fires can easily start and rapidly spread due to these weather conditions. Use extreme caution if working outdoors with any sources of spark or open flame, and strongly consider postponing any planned open burning until a more favorable weather day.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Southern Marinette County, and Southern Oconto County Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Southern Marinette County, and Southern Oconto County Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will quickly increase this morning around or shortly after sunrise, then peak late this morning.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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At 246 AM CDT, wind gusts up to 40 mph were reported at times along a line of showers extending from near Willow Reservoir to 6 miles east of South Branch to near Luxemburg. Movement was north at 50 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Gagen, Popple River Headwaters Natural Area, Wayside, Gregorville, Popple River, Carter, Bavaria, Big Smokey Falls, North Otter Creek Natural Area, and Frazer Corners.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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At 1226 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near High Cliff State Park to St Anna. Movement was north at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Strong thunderstorms will be near... High Cliff State Park, Chilton, Northern Lake Winnebago, and Central Lake Winnebago around 1230 AM CDT. Darboy and Appleton around 1235 AM CDT. Little Chute, Kimberly, Kaukauna, and Brillion around 1240 AM CDT. Bellevue Town and Green Bay around 105 AM CDT. Other locations impacted by these storms include Curran, Wayside, Gregorville, Rankin, Freedom, Newtonberg, Howard, St John, Shirley, and Potter.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Southern Marinette County, and Southern Oconto County Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM to 4 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds will occur late Saturday morning.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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Cougar cubs found in U.P. for first time in more than a century

By Katie Thoresen, WXPR

This story was originally published by WXPR. WXPR is a community-licensed public radio station serving north central Wisconsin and adjacent areas of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Listen to their stories here.

Cougar cubs have been found in Michigan.

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* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Southern Marinette County, and Southern Oconto County Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM to 4 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds will occur late Saturday morning.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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Points North: Bear Trouble

By Ellie Katz, Interlochen Public Radio

Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.

This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio. 

One morning, about a week before Christmas, Bill Vagts stepped outside to sweep some snow off his porch.

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In the first round of layoffs in the Trump Administration’s effort to wither the federal workforce, more than 1,200 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) staff members were lost due to firings, deferred resignations and retirements. Reports say that another 1,029 NOAA employees will be let go in a second round of layoffs, bringing the combined reduction to 20% of the agency’s workforce. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250314-federal-layoffs

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A Sixth Circuit panel ruled Thursday that a 2023 decree negotiated by the U.S. government and a group of Indigenous Nations regarding fishing rights on the Great Lakes should be adopted, despite one tribe’s protest that the agreement violates its tribal rights. Read the full story by Courthouse News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

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The Poe Lock, and part of the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, will be opened early to all marine traffic by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on March 21 at 8 a.m., marking the start of the 2025 Great Lakes shipping season. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250314-early-lock-opening

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The mayor of Lorain, Ohio, joined 29 other U.S. and Canadian mayors from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative in Washington last week to advocate for maintaining trade relationships between the countries and to raise concerns about President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that they fear could devastate the region’s economy. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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The Great Lakes Seaway Development Corporation, which manages the U.S. side of operations on the waterway, warned residents on the St. Lawrence River that ice-breaking operations will start around March 15 in preparation for the navigation season. Read the full story by The Cornwall Standard Freeholder.

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Great Lakes Commission

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Bipartisan members of Congress from Great Lakes states are urging the state of Illinois to “promptly” end its delay of a $1.15 billion project to prevent invasive carp from infiltrating Lake Michigan. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250314-project-delays

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The historic railcar ferry S.S. Badger will begin its 2025 season on May 16 after a dry dock for a propeller shaft bearing repair that is expected to reduce interruptions to the Lake Michigan sailing season. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

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A regional assessment study of the St. Lawrence River has now been authorized, after the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake submitted a request for a study in 2020 and Canada’s environment ministry approved the request in 2021. One of the goals of the coming study will be to analyze the extent to which decades of development along the river’s shores have impacted Kahnawa’kehró:non from exercising their rights. Read the full story by The Eastern Door.

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Great Lakes Commission

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For decades, residents of Macomb County, Michigan, have endured the harmful environmental and health effects of combined sewer overflow discharges. The contamination of local waterways like Lake St. Clair and the Clinton River has put the safety and health of our communities at risk, causing problems ranging from skin infections to gastrointestinal diseases. Read the full story by The Oakland Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

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The Great Lakes Environmental Festival is returning to Manistee, Michigan, for a fourth time on March 22. This date is also World Water Day, and the festival will be focused on exploring the challenges of climate change and water-related issues. Read the full story by the News Advocate.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250314-environmental-festival

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At 929 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Pulaski to 5 miles northeast of Green Bay, or extending from 13 miles northwest of Green Bay to 5 miles northeast of Green Bay, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Half inch size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. The strong thunderstorm will be near... Pulaski and Bellevue Town around 930 AM CDT. Other locations impacted by this strong thunderstorm include Suamico, Flintville, Bay Settlement, South Chase, Uw Green Bay, Anston, New Franken, Kunesh, Howard and Leo Frigo Bridge.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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