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By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

February 5, 2021

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Karen Timberlake took over as DHS interim secretary last month, a post she had in the Doyle administration. She talks about the state's COVID response and what Wisconsin is doing to speed up the vaccine rollout.

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