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Republican and Democrat for Congress like Obama help for rural colleges, broadband

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Rural areas of Wisconsin would benefit from proposals by President Obama in his State of the Union address.That from the two people squaring off for northern Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District seat.Mike Simonson reports.

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