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Health Department interns work on well-testing study

HURLEY - The Iron County Health Department has three summer interns this year, who are working on testing the area wells as part of an effort to study the county's groundwater.

Mariano Maniscalco, a biochemistry major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuing a certificate in global health; Kristina Femla, who recently graduated from UW-Stevens Point with a degree in hydrogeology; and Pang Vue, an environmental health major at UW-Oshkosh started their summer internships earlier in June.

This summer's testing will focus on the southern part of Iron County, with the northern part of the...