CONDON, Mont. — Biologist Grant Hokit has come to this small meadow in the mountains outside Condon to look for ticks. A hiking path crosses the expanse of long grasses and berry bushes. As Hokit ...

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Marshfield Clinic Research Institute is asking Wisconsin residents to send in ticks.

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Biologist Grant Hokit, PhD, came to this small meadow in the mountains outside Condon, Montana, to look for ticks. A hiking path crossed the expanse of long grasses and berry bushes. As Hokit walked ...