Smoke alarms should be placed on the ceiling or as close as possible to it because that is the path smoke will travel in a house. New alarms last an average of 10 years, Nolte said.

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Another round of smoke could move into the upper Great Lakes region Thursday night into Friday. This is the second air quality advisory issued in Wisconsin in the past week, both as a result of ...

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