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SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) – An 18-month-old girl survived a car crash in a frigid Utah river after being strapped in a car seat upside-down for some 14 hours before being found by a fisherman, officers said.

The condition of Lily Groesbeck was upgraded from critical to stable but critical condition at a Salt Lake City hospital, but her 25-year-old mother, Lynn Groesbeck of Springville, was found dead in the car, police said Sunday.

“She is doing remarkably well considering the circumstance. The doctors have been hopeful so far,” the mother’s sister, Jill Sanderson, told KSL-TV of Salt Lake City on Sunday. “We would like to express our appreciation to the Spanish Fork rescue team for saving the baby’s life.”

The fisherman discovered the car on its top about 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Spanish Fork River in Spanish Fork, about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City, police Lt. Matt Johnson said.

Investigators believe the wreck occurred about 10:30 p.m. Friday when a resident near the accident scene reported hearing a noise, Johnson said. The resident was unable to find anything unusual when checking the area near Provo.

The girl was found hanging upside down above the river that flowed through the car, and the water never reached high enough to touch her, Johnson told the Deseret News newspaper. Her mother was found in the driver’s seat.

The car struck a cement barrier on the bridge and careened into the river, investigators said. It landed under the bridge and was difficult to see from the road. Police are unsure why the car left the road, and the Utah Highway Patrol is assisting in the accident investigation.

Family members told police that Lynn Groesbeck left her parents’ nearby home in Salem about 10 p.m. Friday and was en route to her Springville home near Provo when the crash occurred.

She was enrolled at Provo College with a goal of becoming a medical assistant, Sanderson said, and had lived in the Provo area her entire life.

“She was very compassionate and a very loving person and always willing to bend over backwards for her loved ones,” Sanderson told KSL. “Her baby was the love of her life. She was an amazing mother.”

Three police officers and four firefighters who entered the river to push the car on its side and rescue the girl were released after treatment for hypothermia at a hospital.

The temperature dipped to the low- to mid-30s overnight while the girl was trapped in the car.

Police said they wouldn’t release further details Sunday unless the girl’s condition changes.

RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) – Sheriff’s officials say a teenager suspected in the deaths of a couple in northern Wisconsin and her traveling companion have been arrested in Indiana.

Authorities got a 911 call Sunday about 11 a.m. from a residence in the Oneida County Town of Piehl. Deputies say an adult male and adult female were found dead of an apparent homicide.

Investigators asked for help locating a 17-year-old female suspect who was believed to be traveling with a 22-year-old man.

The Oneida County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday night the two were found and arrested in Boone County, Indiana.

SHEBOYGAN- The search for two armed men continues in Sheboygan.

Officials say the men showed a gun and demanded money at the Fountain Park Motel on 8th Street late Sunday night.

They then left the scene.

No one was hurt.

If you have information, call Sheboygan Police at 920-459-3333.

GRAND CHUTE – The world of beer is now closer than many think.

The World of Beer franchise has tapped Appleton for its newest location.

The tavern will hold its official grand opening on Monday at 11 a.m.

World of beer features more than 500 bottles and 50 rotating taps of local and international beers in addition to a menu with beer-inspired dishes.

The tavern is partnering with many local breweries including Appleton’s Stone Arch Brewery, Appleton Beer Factory, Fox River Brewing and Hinterland Brewery of Green Bay.

The franchise currently operates nearly 70 taverns in 20 states.

WOB-Appleton will be open from 11:00 a.m.- 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 a.m.-2:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

FOX 11’s Pauleen Le spent the morning checking out the World of Beer.

For more information on World of Beer, click here.

GREEN BAY- It will be mostly sunny Monday with a high near 46 and breezy southwest winds at 10 to 20 mph.

We’ll see plenty of sunshine Tuesday with a high near 55, which would be the first time we had a high in the 50s since November 4th of last year.

Mild weather and mostly sunny skies will be with us the rest of the work week with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s and lows near 30.

There’s even a chance for a few 60 degree temperatures in our area on Friday.

RACINE, Wis. (AP) – Authorities are conducting a death investigation after a body was found in Racine.

Officers responded to a home Sunday night in the same area where a homicide occurred early last week.

The name of the victim and cause of death haven’t been released by police.

A spokesman for the Racine Police Department says investigators are exploring several options to determine how the victim died.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made his name taking on public sector unions shortly after he took office in 2011.

On Monday, he will make his mark on private-sector unions when he signs a bill making Wisconsin a right-to-work state where workers can’t be forced to pay union dues.

Taking on the public unions led to the recall effort against Walker in 2012. That law effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers, resulting in plummeting union membership.

Walker, who is mulling a likely 2016 presidential run, didn’t introduce the right-to-work bill that cleared the Legislature on Friday, but he quickly got behind it after previously saying it would be a distraction and not a priority.

LAS VEGAS (AP) – After winning the Sprint Cup championship in their first season together, Kevin Harvick and his team came up with a new set of goals this year.

Near the top of the list was winning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Harvick, who grew up racing across the West Coast, had never won at Las Vegas and he told crew chief Rodney Childers “It would mean the world to him to come here and win.”

So Stewart-Haas Racing built him a fast race car for their first visit to the track, and the team felt it had a chance to win last year’s race. But a mechanical failure derailed his effort, and the loss stuck with them for the entire year.

“Just dwelling on that for 12 months and thinking about everything that you needed to do better and how much this race would mean to him, we just put a lot of effort into it,” Childers said.

Harvick pulled off the overdue victory Sunday, grabbing his first win of the season.

It came in just the third race of the season, and Harvick has been inching toward victory lane since he began his title defense. He finished second in the season-opening Daytona 500, was second last week at Atlanta and, dating back to last season, has six consecutive top-two finishes. He also has won three of the last six races dating to last season.

Harvick isn’t looking too far ahead, though.

“We just have to keep our heads down and keep doing everything that we’ve been doing,” he said. “This isn’t a bunch of guys that are just going to go out and brag. We’re going to race every week like we have never won a race before. That’s the kind of determination that you need when you are going to do this stuff.”

Harvick now has a win that gives him a near-certain berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, where he’d be guaranteed a shot to defend his title. The Chase format awards slots into the playoff via regular-season wins.

“It feels pretty good. I’m pretty excited about it,” Harvick said. “This whole Chase thing, there is a lot of strategy to get in to it. The best strategy is to go out and win races.”

Next up for Harvick? A stop at Phoenix, where he has won four of the last five races. His November win pushed him into the championship race.

Harvick led 142 of the 267 laps, and he beat Martin Truex Jr. to the finish. He did it while battling a vibration that developed after his final pit stop.

“It got to be a handful there at the end,” Harvick said. “For whatever reason, we got really, really loose the last run. Tires started vibrating and we were just kind of hanging on. Glad the race is over for our own good.”

Truex was second and now has three top-eight finishes to open the season. He only had one top-five finish last year, his first with Furniture Row Racing.

Ryan Newman, runner-up to Harvick in the championship finale, finished third and was followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a Chevrolet sweep of the top four spots.

Denny Hamlin was fifth in a Toyota and followed by AJ Allmendinger, a Chase qualifier last year.

Brad Keselowski was sixth and followed by Kyle Larson, Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano and Jamie McMurray.

The race had several small incidents, including one on lap 194 when Carl Edwards squeezed Kasey Kahne into an outside wall. Kahne then drove down the track and seemed to hit Edwards, sending him into a spin.

Edwards had to take his car to the garage and took the blame for the initial contact. “Completely my fault,” he said.

Jimmie Johnson, winner last week at Atlanta, had a strong car but his day was ruined by two different tire failures.

“The first one, they said the bead blew on it … that’s kind of a freak deal,” Johnson said. “The second one, it went soft. So there could have been some damage that caused it or some rub or something like that, and it went soft going into Turn 3 and I hit the wall, unfortunately.”

Jeff Gordon had won the pole for the race, but an accident in the closing minutes of Saturday’s final practice session sent him to a backup car. He had to drop to the rear of the field at the start of the race, and although he picked his way through traffic early, he had to avoid teammate Johnson’s contact with the wall. It sent Gordon’s car into the back of rookie Jeb Burton, and caused enough damage that Gordon had to go to pit road for repairs.

He finished 18th and went over to speak to Burton after the race.

In sports as in life, nothing worthwhile ever comes easy.

“We never give up, we work as a team,” Xavier junior Rachel Siciliano said. “We tell each other to always keep our heads in the game, we’ll always come back.”

The Xavier girls basketball team learned that first hand Saturday, fending off a vaunted Valders team 52-47 in overtime. The team clinching their first trip to state as a member of the WIAA

“It’s a feeling I’ve never had, pretty amazing. Siciliano said. “There are no words to say how it feels, unreal.”

“It’s why I moved back to Appleton,” Xavier coach A.C. Clouthier said. “I wanted to come back to Xavier and do this. I’m so proud of our school, community and these basketball girls.”

For this veteran-laded Hawks squad, it was the character-defining win they’ve waited a long time for.

“We went to state in seventh grade and since then we haven’t been back there,” Xavier senior Peyton Ufi said. “Basketball is basically our life and we finally put it together.”

These bright eyed girls now turn their attention to the bright lights of the Resch Centrer, where they’ll meet Hayward in the Division III state semifinals. Tip-off is set for Friday morning at 10:45 a.m.

“We have to get back in the gym Monday and get prepared mentally,” Siciliano said. “Tell ourselves we can do this.”

“We still have a lot of work to do,” Clouthier said. “Need to be confident, have a bit of luck and make some shots down the stretch.”

A team soaring to new heights and dreaming of their moment in the clouds. In Green Bay, Dylan Scott Fox 11 Sports.

WASHINGTON, DC – Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein wants Hillary Clinton to fully explain actions related to her private email account.

“She’s the leading candidate, whether it be Democrat or Republican, to be the next president. And I think she needs to come out and state exactly what the situation is,” Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said.

“Whether or not she’s given all the emails, I mean the fact is, we really don’t know, because if she’s the only one who has access to them, she can redact what she wants,” said former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR).

Some lawmakers also want to know if Clinton broke any federal rules.

Clinton says she turned over 55,000 pages of government-related communication to the State Department.

And the former secretary of state wants the emails to be made available to the public.

Last summer while State Department lawyers noticed Clinton sent information during the Benghazi investigation from a non-government email account.

Last fall the State Department asked for access to Clinton’s personal email account.

Clinton turned over thousands of printed emails last winter and asked the documents be reviewed and released.

President Obama says he’s pleased with Clinton’s decision to publicly release the emails.

“The policy of my administration is to encourage transparency. And that’s why my emails through Blackberry that I carry around, all those records are available and archived. And I’m glad that Hillary has instructed that those emails that had to do with official business need to be disclosed,” said President Obama.

FOX 11 wanted to know how a local politician balances personal and work accounts.

For more than a decade Jim Schmitt has been mayor of Green Bay. Since he’s been in office, he’s always had a work phone and a personal phone.

“There’s a difference between what you’re going to use taxpayers’ dollars for to help the city and what you’re going to use your personal cell phone for,” said Mayor Jim Schmitt.

Schmitt says his work phone is only used for work related business and as an elected official you have to know what you can and can’t do if you choose to use your work phone.

“Part of our job can be like maybe fundraising and you sure wouldn’t ever want to do that on company time or taxpayer dollars,” Schmitt said.

Schmitt is also given a city email address and uses the account to conduct city business and promote Green Bay.

He says any communication on his work phone is public information.

Schmitt says, in the past his office, has been asked to release information on his work phone.

“That’s called sunshine [law] and they’ll just pick a day like March 4th and say they want to see all the mayor’s emails. That’s fine. It’s not as exciting as I think they’d hope but they’re entitled to the city phone, it’s theirs,” Schmitt said.

Schmitt says, as the mayor, it’s easy for him to keep his personal and work phones separate.

“I don’t think there’s a lot of grey. I think you’re doing the city’s business and you’re helping Green Bay get ahead and I think you have a personal life and that personal life shouldn’t influence the city life,” he said.

Mayor Schmitt is currently running for re-election.

Next month he will face Alderman Tom DeWane in the April 7th election.

GREEN BAY – An Allouez cigar lounge and tobacco business is getting ready to move to downtown Green Bay.

Titletown Tobacco has spent the last six years at 516 Greene Ave. in Allouez. It’s currently working to set up shop in Green Bay’s Broadway District, in the longtime Somewhere in Time Antique Mall location at 159 N. Broadway.

“The bar area is going to be relatively small,” said Glen Sherman, who owns Titletown Tobacco and the bar business, known as Prohibition Spirits. “It will serve both the bar patrons and the people who want to take their drink into the lounge area.”

Inside the virtually empty space, it may take a little bit of imagination to envision what Sherman has in store for his new Broadway District store.

“Right behind the bar, this section will be the walk-in humidor, then we’ll have the retail counter in front of that,” Sherman said of the front portion of the building.

It should only take a couple months to build out the space, Sherman says, complete with an upgraded ventilation system to handle the requirements of a public cigar lounge and private, members-only second story space. The high-end cigar lounge and retail space will be rolled in with a small bar, featuring high-end spirits. Sherman hopes to have the new place open for business in May.

“It’ll be a smoke free bar that will have access to our cigar lounge,” said Sherman.

He says the leased space will be open seven days a week, with longer hours, compared to its Allouez location.

“It was difficult to find us,” Sherman said of the businesses’ current Allouez location, tucked into two strip mall storefronts in a residential neighborhood. “We need to be in a walking district. We need to be in a place where people are coming to, anyway.”

And the Broadway District was the right fit. District leaders say the addition of the ‘new business’ to the district only helps diversify it.

“To Titletown (Brewing Company’s) taproom developing, and the new market that’s coming in there, so I think there’s positive changes that are going to bring all kinds of demographics down to our district,” said Tara Gokey, executive director of On Broadway, Inc.

The business is still allowed to operate under the state’s smoking ban because its grandfather clause travels with the business; it is not opening a second location, but just relocating to a larger space.

“We cannot start a second location,” Sherman explained. “We can’t start any kind of new smoking business.”

A gem of a historic location that Sherman says will be lit up brightly – for those who imbibe in tobacco – as well as those who don’t.

Somewhere in Time antiques is already open for business at its new location at 900 Cedar St. on Green Bay’s near east side, near the downtown Greyhound bus station.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Frank Kaminsky scored 20 points and Bronson Koenig touched off a 16-0 second-half run with two 3-pointers to lead No. 6 Wisconsin to a 72-48 victory over No. 23 Ohio State on Sunday night.

The Badgers (28-3, 16-2) had already clinched the Big Ten regular-season title and top seed in the conference tournament. They tied a school record for league wins while extending the best start in school history.

Koenig had 15 points and Nigel Hayes 10 for Wisconsin, winners of three in a row and 13 of 14.

D’Angelo Russell had 17 points for the Buckeyes (22-9, 11-7), who had a three-game win streak ended. The student section chanted “One more year!” to the freshman – widely expected to go in the top few picks of the NBA draft – in the final minute.

The loss was coach Thad Matta’s first in March at Ohio State after going 13-0.

Down by as many as 17 points, the Buckeyes pulled to 46-39 on a 9-0 run with Russell scoring the first six points and then passing inside to Jae’Sean Tate, who finished with 13, for a three-point play.

But on consecutive possessions – the Badgers had three offensive rebounds on the second one – Koenig hit huge 3-pointers from the same spot on the left wing from in front of the Wisconsin bench.

After Ohio State missed a shot, Koenig drove the lane to make it 54-39 and push the Buckeyes back to arm’s length again.

Dekker and Kaminsky each added two more baskets to complete the 16-0 run that took more than 5 minutes and finally ended when Russell hit a jumper with 7:12 left. The Buckeyes never threatened again.

The Badgers controlled both ends while building a 37-23 halftime lead.

An 12-3 run gave Wisconsin an early edge. Dekker had baskets on a drive and a slash through the lane, Hayes and Koenig hit 3s and Kaminsky chipped in with a post move in the uprising.

Ohio State came out cold, with seemingly every shot contested. The Buckeyes were just 8 of 28 from the field (29 percent) by halftime and never led after the first two points.

Duje Dukan, averaging 4.6 points a game, gave Wisconsin a lift with seven points in a 2 ½-minute span.

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TIP-INS

Wisconsin: April could be a huge month for coach Bo Ryan and the Badgers – if, of course, March is also a successful month.

Ryan is one of 12 finalists for induction into the Naismith Hall of Fame. The class of 2015 will be announced on April 6 – the same day as the national championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Ohio State: Matta fell short in an attempt to become Ohio State’s winningest coach. He came in tied with Hall of Famer Fred Taylor with 297 wins.

The late Taylor was 297-158 (.653) in 18 seasons from 1959-76, winning the 1961 national championship with a team led by Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. Matta came into the game with a mark of 297-91 (.765) in 11 years at Ohio State. His teams have averaged 27 wins a year.

But now he’ll have to wait until the Big Ten Tournament to possibly end the tie.

UP NEXT

Wisconsin: The Badgers play the winner of No. 8-seeded Illinois and No. 9 Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament on Friday at noon at United Center in Chicago.

Ohio State: The Buckeyes, seeded sixth, meet the winner of 14th-seeded Rutgers and either Northwestern or Minnesota at 9 p.m. on Thursday night.

MIAMI (AP) – The Miami Dolphins have pulled ahead in the Ndamukong Suh sweepstakes, and their lead may be insurmountable.

The Dolphins were privately optimistic Sunday that they would seal a deal with the All-Pro defensive tackle shortly after free agency begins Tuesday. Suh’s multiyear contract is expected to reach nine figures and set a record for an NFL defensive player.

Miami began negotiating with Suh’s agent Saturday to hammer out the framework for a contract, but teams can’t talk directly with players until Tuesday.

Suh, whose contract with the Detroit Lions is expiring, has been hailed by many as the best free agent defensive player in a generation. He’s a three-time first-team All-Pro pick, including the past two seasons.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Smoke wafting from wood fires has long provided a familiar winter smell in many parts of the country – and, in some cases, a foggy haze that has filled people’s lungs with fine particles that can cause coughing and wheezing.

Citing health concerns, the Environmental Protection Agency now is pressing ahead with regulations to significantly limit the pollution from newly manufactured residential wood heaters. But some of the states with the most wood smoke are refusing to go along, claiming that the EPA’s new rules could leave low-income residents in the cold.

Missouri and Michigan already have barred their environmental agencies from enforcing the EPA standards. Similar measures recently passed Virginia’s legislature and are pending in at least three other states, even though residents in some places say the rules don’t do enough to clear the air.

It’s been a harsh winter for many people, particularly those in regions repeatedly battered by snow. And the EPA’s new rules are stoking fears that some residents won’t be able to afford new stoves when their older models give out.

“People have been burning wood since the beginning of recorded time,” said Phillip Todd, 59, who uses a wood-fired furnace to heat his home in Holts Summit.  “They’re trying to regulate it out of existence, I believe, and they really have no concern about the economic consequences or the hardship it’s going to cause.”

Others contend the real hardship has fallen on neighbors forced to breathe the smoke from winter wood fires.

The EPA typically relies on states to carry out its air quality standards. But states may not be able to effectively thwart the wood-burning rules, because federal regulators could step in to do the job if local officials don’t.

“If the EPA wants to come in here and enforce it, come on in. (But) I’m not going to help them,” said Michigan state Sen. Tom Casperson, whose law barring state enforcement of the EPA regulations takes effect March 31.

About 10 percent of U.S. households burn wood, and the number relying on it as their primary heating source rose by nearly a third from 2005 to 2012, the latest year for which federal figures were available.

The EPA’s new rules, which are to be phased in over five years, apply only to new wood heaters and won’t force anyone to get rid of their older models.

The EPA estimates the restrictions will reduce fine particle emissions from wood heaters by nearly 70 percent. It says that will result in an average of one fewer premature death per day and yield about $100 of public health benefits for every $1 of additional cost to manufacturers.

The rules mark the first update since 1988 for indoor wood stoves, which include both free-standing models and ones that fit inside traditional fireplaces. The EPA also is imposing its first-ever emission mandates on wood-fired furnaces and outdoor boilers, which use fire to heat water that is circulated through pipes to warm homes.

Nine states and dozens of communities already had required cleaner emissions for outdoor wood-fired boilers before the EPA acted, according to the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association.

The states objecting to the EPA’s standards include some of the biggest wood burners. Michigan ranked tops nationally in fine particle emissions from residential wood burning in 2011, the latest year covered by EPA statistics. Missouri and Virginia both ranked in the top 15. Bills to bar enforcement of the EPA regulations also are pending in Wisconsin and Minnesota, which ranked second and third, as well as in West Virginia.

Disputes over wood heaters have sparked intense emotions- and legal battles – among neighbors. In late January, for example, an Indiana judge rejected a request from Mable and Gary Bowling for a preliminary injunction forcing one of their Rush County neighbors to stop using an outdoor furnace. The Bowlings claimed the smoke was unhealthy; the neighbors claimed the Bowlings had harassed them by repeatedly contacting police or firefighters.

Mable Bowling contends the wood smoke has worsened her asthma and led to other respiratory problems.

“What we’re breathing is slowly killing us,” Bowling, 61, said during a telephone interview occasionally interrupted by coughs.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fine particle pollution from burnt wood can get deep into people’s lungs, causing breathing troubles.

But burning wood can be cheaper for some rural residents than heating their homes with propane, oil or electricity.

Many of the largest manufacturers’ products meet the initial EPA requirements, but complying with the later phased-in rules could be more challenging. Manufacturers say some smaller companies may simply shut down.

Some critics of wood-fired heaters believe the EPA’s rules don’t go far enough. They note that in real-world use, the heaters often expel more pollution than in laboratory tests.

The hearth association estimates that two-thirds of the free-standing wood stoves currently in homes are more than 20 years old and may be greatly exceed emission standards.

“People hang on to their old wood stoves forever, and that’s a problem,” said Ed Miller, the senior vice president for public policy at the American Lung Association of the Northeast. “The key is there needs to be kind of a motivating factor to get you to give up the old stove.”

Total emissions are listed in tons. Per capita emissions are listed in pounds per person.

TOTAL EMISSIONS

1. Michigan: 39,691

2. Wisconsin: 32,901

3. Minnesota: 30,012

4. Pennsylvania: 23,634

5. New York: 22,939

6. Ohio: 21,635

7. California: 18,693

8. Washington: 17,070

9. Oregon: 15,034

10. Indiana: 12,146

PER CAPITA EMISSIONS

1. Vermont: 22.80

2. Wisconsin: 11.53

3. Minnesota: 11.22

4. New Hampshire: 9.85

5. Maine: 9.51

6. Michigan: 8.04

7. Oregon: 7.77

8. Idaho: 5.63

9. Washington: 5.00

10. Iowa: 3.77

BAYFIELD – It’s not like little Bayfield is a boomtown of wild west proportions. But the city of nearly 500 sees its fair share of business when the ice caves open.

Zak Schelvan, the manager at the 21-room Bayfield Inn says phones have been ringing off the hook since the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore ice caves opened last Saturday. Much like last year.

“It just kept building momentum with more and more people getting up to try and see them. Weekends, last year, from start to finish, were complete sellouts. This year, it’s looking like they will be again too,” said Schelvan.

But that can change daily depending on access to the caves.

Visitors explore the ice caves at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, March 2, 2015. (WLUK/Bill Miston)

Last year the ice caves stayed open for about two months. This year, it’s not likely the caves are going to last an entire month because of the changing conditions.

National Park Service officials say the ice caves were always a little local secret.

Kelly Linehan, Bayfield Chamber of Commerce Marketing Manager, says the 2014 ice cave season was unusual, with about 138,000 visitors. In 2009, about 8,500.

And this year?

Linehan says, “Over the course of the weekend, we saw 12,000 visitors out there. Last year, the first weekend that they were open, there was 1,500 visitors. So already those numbers are pretty skewed.”

Linehan says those tourists and their dollars prop up those whose winter livelihood depends on foot traffic through the door, for say a hot cup of coffee.

“It makes a big difference for all the local businesses to have that income come in,” says Joe Defoe of Big Water Coffee Roasters in Bayfield.

No matter how heavy or light the traffic is, traffic is better than no traffic.

Schelvan agrees, “It’s nice to have some action. Definitely this time of year.”

 

 

 

TWO RIVERS – Two Rivers Fire Department was called to an attic fire early Sunday morning.

Firefighters were called to 1020 17th Street around 6:35 a.m. for a report of smoke coming from the attic area of the residence.

Two Rivers Fire was able to extinguish the fire and bring it under control about a half hour later.

Three occupants including several pets were able to escape the fire.

No injuries were reported.

No information on damage to the house was available.

The Red Cross is providing assistance to the residents of the house.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Ingredients:

1 large round loaf sourdough or rye bread
1 cup mayonnaise
2 blocks (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sour cream
1/2 pound corned beef, chopped
A few dashes hot sauce
2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
1 1/2 cups sauerkraut, drained well
4 to 5 scallions, chopped, divided
Extra sliced rye bread or crackers for dipping

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut off top of bread and hollow out to create a bowl. Reserve removed bread and cut into chunks for dipping. Use a mixer and beat cream cheese, mayonnaise and sour cream until smooth. Stir in hot sauce, cheese, corned beef, kraut and all but a few scallions. Transfer to bread bowl and wrap bread in foil, leaving dip exposed. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees oven for 35 to 50 minutes or until bubbly. Top with the reserved scallions. Serve dip warm with bread and/or crackers for dipping.

ASHWAUBENON – Students from West Appleton High School join FOX 11’s Pauleen Le in the kitchen as Sunday’s Cooking with You guests.

The students share a savory crepes recipe filled with fresh fruit and a savory crepes recipe with a buffalo chicken filling.

Basic Crepes – makes 8 crepes ( from all recipes @ http://allrecipes.com/recipe/basic-crepes/ )

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• ½  cup milk
• ½  cup water
• ¼  teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and the eggs. Gradually add in the milk and water, stirring to combine. Add the salt and butter; beat until smooth. Allow to rest in frig for at least 2 hours for the starch to absorb the liquid. Before cooking crepes, strain through fine mesh strainer to remove any lumps.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately ¼  cup for each crepe. Tilt the pan with a circular motion so that the batter coats the surface evenly.

3. Cook the crepe for about 2 minutes, until the bottom is light brown. Loosen with a spatula, turn and cook the other side. Serve hot. May prepare in advance, stack between wax paper to prevent sticking.
4. Fill with your favorite fruit and roll tight. Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar or drizzle with your favorite syrup.

 

Buffalo Chicken Crepe – serves 4  – recipe created by Tyler Ford, Hannah Ofsdahl, and Matt West

Prepare Basic Crepes – @ http://allrecipes.com/recipe/basic-crepes/ )

Filling Ingredients

• 8 Crepes
• 1 Green Onion
• 2 Tbsp Hot Sauce
• 2 Tbsp Butter
• 1 Cup Milk
• 2 Tbsp Flour
• 1 Cup Chicken

Filling Procedure

1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour and stir until the butter and flour are well combined. Slowly pour in milk, whisking constantly as it thickens. Add more milk depending on desired consistency.
2. Add the hot sauce to the white sauce, add more depending on desired taste. Mix together thoroughly.
3. Add the cooked chicken in the sauce and stir till well mixed.
4. Slice the green onion, into thin diagonal slices.
5. Place two spoonfuls of the chicken/sauce mixture on each of the crepe shells. Roll tightly. Lightly drizzle sauce over the top of rolled crepe. Top with a dollop of sour cream.
6. Garnish with sliced green onion pieces.

APPLETON – Model airplane lovers have plenty to do and see at an annual show and auction taking place Sunday.

This is the 31st year for the Valley Aero Modelers R/C Show and Auction.

The doors open at 8 a.m. and the show begins at 9 a.m.

There will be a swap meet and many different models on display.

Admission is $5 but children under the age of 16 get in for free.

FOX 11 spent the morning checking out what viewers won’t want to miss.

For more information on the annual event, click here.

 

KUALA LUMPUR – Sunday marks one year since Malaysia flight MH370 disappeared.

A new report released Sunday states the battery for an underwater beacon on the plane expired a year before it vanished.

Investigators believed the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean killing all 239 people on board, but have found no signs of the plane or passengers.

Those behind the report said the significance of the expired battery is not apparent.

Investigators say the beacon on the cockpit voice recorder was working.

The 584-page report by an independent investigation group went into minute details of the crew’s lives – their medical and financial records, their training before detailing the aircraft’s service record – as well as maintenance schedule, weather, communications systems and other aspects that showed nothing unusual except for the one previously undisclosed fact of the battery’s expiry date.