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Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had ...

The Travel Scouts have all the recent cruise news, including good news from Carnival, a death in Nassau, and a big change from MSC Cruises.

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The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has identified a case of highly pathogenic ...

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The most up-to-date data from the CDC, which was released in early November, showed Pennsylvania and New York had reported ...