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CHIPPEWA FALLS – Authorities say a 10-year-old girl has been detained in the death of an infant in northwestern Wisconsin.

According to WQOW-TV, Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk said the sheriff's office got a call Tuesday at a caretaker at a time in the Town of Wheaton saying a 6-month-old boy was bleeding from the head and was unresponsive.

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The infant was pronounced dead at a hospital in St. Paul, Minn. Kowalczyk said the girl told police she hurt the infant.

The girl appeared in Chippewa County Circuit Court on Monday. Bail was set at $ 50,000. The girl is in juvenile custody.

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