🌱 Merrill dairy plant earns national recognition for standout worker safety record.

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• Merrill dairy plant earns national recognition for standout worker safety record.

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• Tuesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 73 and low of 58 degrees.
• Wednesday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 70, low: 55.
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📰 News we're reading

• IDFA announces Safety Recognition Award winners (dairyfoods.com) — Merrill gets a positive spotlight as Lactalis American Group's local facility earns a national worker-safety award from the International Dairy Foods Association. The recognition, shared with other plants across the country, underscores strong safety practices at one of the community's key employers and reflects broader efforts to protect dairy workers while keeping food production running smoothly.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Who is Central Wisconsin's standout HS Athlete of the Week? VOTE (wausaudailyherald.com)
• Woman rescued after clinging to buoy in Wisconsin River (wsaw.com)
• Wisconsin 2026 elections: Democrat John Kroll challenges 5-term GOP incumbent Patrick Snyder in 85th Assembly District (blogspot.com)

Weston

• Tunnel of Terror brings Halloween scares to Wisconsin car washes (wausaudailyherald.com)

Antigo

• AHS music department earns accreditation (gazettextra.com)

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