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Firefighters from 6 departments and the DNR and Fish and Wildlife Service have been battling a forest and brush fire since Thursday.......closing down Higway 173 in Monroe County and contributing to a crash that killed a local woman, Friday. The cause of the blaze?

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Town of Lincoln Assistant Fire Chie, Mike Rezin. (RAISIN). He says the fire flared up again strong this morning...again shutting down the highway.