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People across the country are reporting receiving random seed packets that appear to have originated from China.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection advises people to not plant any unsolicited seeds they may receive in the mail. The seeds remain unknown and may contain invasive plants.

Gov. Tony Evers’s mask requirement took effect Aug. 1.

Potentially hundreds of laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities are now eligible for federal aid that other unemployed workers have received during the pandemic.

Having posed a series of increasingly paranoid-sounding questions about the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Appleton City Council member William Siebers cleared his throat, preparing for the most outlandish yet.