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On November 22, 2025 single mother Nikki Bettis and her seven youngest children finished paddling the Mississippi River, reaching...
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Atotal of 16 ancient Indigenous canoes have been discovered beneath Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota, and these canoes are now a...
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