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DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) - No family battles cancer alone, that's one of the messages organizers hope people take away from their event in De Pere.  Sunday was the third annual Jayma Van Straten Memorial Redbird Ribbon Walk at De Pere High School. Among the walkers was 8-year-old Eva Baker who was seein

The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the shrink wrap is coming off. The boat shrink wrap, that is — low-density polyethylene plastic prized for its flexibility and ability to keep vessels safe from the sleet, snow and rain of Maine winters...

Maine has more than 100,000 registered boats. At an average of 15 pounds of shrink wrap per boat (a 30-foot boat requires about 30 pounds), that’s more than 1.5 million pounds of plastic coming off boats around the state each spring, the vast majority bound for landfills or incinerators.

Right now, most of the shrink wrap Mainers use to protect boats is going in the trash.

Right now, most of the shrink wrap Mainers use to protect boats is going in the trash.

Supporters: 'I’m very happy the haters didn’t win, and hate didn’t prevail.'

The Education Week rankings recognized 11 faculty at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and one from the UCLA College.

The event will combines film and visual art to celebrate the culture and stories of artists from the western desert. It also offers the chance to collect artworks from the central desert.

The event will combines film and visual art to celebrate the culture and stories of artists from the western desert. It also offers the chance to collect artworks from the central desert.

Feb 17, 2021 Thomas Ryan Baker died suddenly on February 14, 2021. He was 47. He leaves behind his daughters Lizzie and Eva, who were his two proudest achievements, of which there were many. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 18 from 4-8 p.m. at Gunderson’s and funeral services will be Friday, February 19 at 1 pm at Grace Lutheran Church. Tommy was born January 11, 1974 in Bar Harbor, Maine, but lived most of his life in Fort Dodge, and most recently, Pocahontas. He is survived ...