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Daily Bread for 8.9.25: Wisconsin Bear with Jar Stuck on Head Freed After 12 Days

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Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 91. Sunrise is 5:55 and sunset is 8:04, for 14 hours, 10 minutes of daytime. The moon is full with 99.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated.

On this day in 1173, construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.

Panoramic view (from left to right) of the campanile (Leaning Tower of Pisa), the Pisa Cathedral, and the Pisa Baptistry in the Piazza dei Miracoli. By Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Link.

Wisconsin bear with jar stuck on head freed:

A bear seen wandering around northern Wisconsin with a jar on its head has been freed, relocated and released.

Wisconsin Life | Walk in the woods with an old growth guide:

Forest guide John Bates leads educational walks through Van Vliet Hemlocks State Natural Area, one of Wisconsin’s rare old growth forests. Bates explains how fallen trees become nurse logs, supporting new growth of everything from towering hemlocks to tiny mushrooms in this 400-year-old ecosystem.

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