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World - / Sep 6, 2026 - Wisconsin publisher and women's-rights pioneer Lester's remains return home 138 years after death - Lisle Lester, a journalist, publisher, actress and women's-rights advocate from Fond du Lac, died penniless in New York in 1888 at age 50. Her cremated remains remained unclaimed for 138 years. After efforts by local women and the Fond du Lac Soroptimists, her remains have now returned home for burial.

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World - / Sep 6, 2026 - Virginia teen dug pond for school project; 9 years later, wildlife thrives - What began as a school assignment with a shovel and a patch of ordinary lawn has, nine years later, become a miniature wildlife sanctuary in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. In 2017, 14-year-old Maggie decided to build a backyard pond as part of her

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