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		<title>DEFENDING OUR NEIGHBORS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Middle Wisconsin Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	Please join the League of Women Voters WI and the Wisconsin Farmers Union for a discussin about 287(g) agreements and other forms of collaboration between local law enforcement and ICE.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WHAT IS AFFORDABILITY</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Krizek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every morning, millions of Americans wake up and face the same quiet arithmetic: Will this paycheck cover the rent? Can we afford the copay? What do we cut from the grocery cart this week? These are not abstract policy questions. They are the lived reality of working families across this country — Democratic, Independent, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heart of the 7th CD Picnic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/heart-of-the-7th-cd-picnic/"><img title="Heart of the North Candidates" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Heart-of-the-North-Candidates-218x300.jpg" alt="Heart of the 7th CD Picnic" width="218" height="300" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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		<title>Tribute to Dr. Al Gedicks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Middle Wisconsin Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 02:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am saddened to bring you the news that Dr Al Gedicks has passed away. I will leave you this by Zoltan Grossman who says it best. ~Nancy &#160; Tribute to Dr. Al Gedicks   By: Zoltan Grossman Wisconsin (and the world) has lost a giant. Dr. Al Gedicks, a driving force of environmental justice alliances [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>This Issue is a Tribute to Dave Svetlik</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 02:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This edition is dedicated to Dave Svetlik. Dave was a brilliant man as well as one of the founders of Middle Wisconsin. Dave contributed thoughtful pieces he truly believed in on a regular basis to Middle Wisconsin. Sadly, Dave passed away on Friday, May 8, 2026. Losses like Dave make me think of legacies. What [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Palestinian Peace Photo Exhibit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Michalski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/palestinian-peace-photo-exhibit/"><img title="Wausau poster-1" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Wausau-poster-1-240x300.jpg" alt="Palestinian Peace Photo Exhibit" width="240" height="300" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	Please join us on Monday, May 4 at 5 pm at the First United Methodist Church for the opening reception.  We are grateful to be able to share this exceptional photo exhibit, our speakers and the chance for dialogue with you.  It will also be available for viewing at the First United Methodist Church and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebrate Earth Day In Wausau With Us</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Barth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Photo Credit: Tom Kilian For those who love and respect the natural world, Mother Earth, and for those who love the people we share this very special planet with, this has been a troubling year.  As never before, both our planet and her people have been under assault, in rhetoric and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stop ICE Warehouse Detention Protest 4/25 12:00-2:00 Rib Mountain Drive</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Hornung]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; &#160; Our neighbors are being picked up and hauled away. We are learning now this has been happening in very small numbers for years. But now those numbers are being ramped up to meet quotas. ICE head, Todd Lyons, said he would like his goons to implement a system of trucks that rounds up [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>No Kings March 28</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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	Join us as many of the local groups come together for this big event. League of Women Voters of Marathon County, Indivisible. and the Marathon County Democratic Party. Disgusted with the way so many things are going in our country? I am mad as hell and I know you feel the same. The situation is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Radical Climate Agenda</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/radical-climate-agenda/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Landsman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 10/7/25, NPR reported that the EPA had cancelled a Biden era program, Solar for All (SFA), along with a $25 million SFA grant to the Hopi Reservation where nearly 3,000 people lack access to electricity and the rest have unreliable electrical service. Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the grant would’ve supported solar [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Smart Investment for Wisconsin</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/a-smart-investment-for-wisconsin/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Too many people think of public services as expenses. Public spending is a burden on taxpayers that must be reduced and controlled. But taxes are the dues we pay for civilization. Taxes provide the capital needed to invest in all the things we need for a successful society. Public spending fuels the investments in people, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>This is why we feed kids at Thanksgiving</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Middle Wisconsin Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; This is why we feed kids at Thanksgiving: ​Hello everyone, Growing up in a single-parent, low-income household, I’ll never forget the strangers who showed up with food and gifts during the holidays. Their kindness inspired me to give back. That’s why I started this project—and thanks to your generosity, in 9 years we’ve raised $106,753.65 and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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