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WISCONSIN - Before you go to bed Saturday night, don't forget to set your clocks back one hour.
That's because at 2 o'clock Sunday morning most of the country officially shifts back to standard time. That will give most of us an extra hour of sleep this weekend.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS - A sulfuric acid spill caused several streets to close down Saturday.
The Wisconsin Rapids Police Department says a tanker truck carrying the chemical had a loose cap. The driver realized his load was leaking. The spill caused several roads to close.
Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department called in their hazmat team.
ANTIGO - Some people might consider their pets apart of the family. It's important to keep them healthy and feed with the right nutrition's. That's why a pet food store opened Saturday.
Pawz n' Clawz opened their second store in Antigo. The original one is located in Rhinelander.
They want to make sure they're selling their customers all natural food for their cats or dogs. Plus inform them on what their store is based on.
RHINELANDER - The Northwoods Alliance for Temporary Housing needs your help taking care of the homeless. The alliance helps homeless people in Lincoln, Langlade, Forest, Oneida, and Vilas counties. Organizers just started the Everybody Deserves Shelter Campaign. Local businesses are helping run the campaign.
"We are working at establishing businesses ,within our hopefully five counties that we serve, that will offer customers and employees the chance to make a nominal one dollar donation," said NATH Executive Director Tammy Modic.
RHINELANDER - Both Governor Walker and democratic candidate Mary Burke want to get voters to the polls on Election Day.
Walker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie encouraged voters in Rhinelander Friday.
Burke's tour stopped in Rhinelander Saturday morning. Burke's message was simple. Get voters to vote this Tuesday.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police have arrested six people in connection with a fight that left one man dead.
Police say they were called to a fight on the city's southwest side at 2:30 a.m. Saturday and they found a 40-year-old man who had apparently been beaten. He died from his injuries.
OSHKOSH - Roads in an Oshkosh neighborhood are closed and neighbors can only return to their homes under escort as the FBI and local police investigate hazardous materials found inside a home.
Oshkosh police blocked off a four-block area Friday afternoon after a "potential hazardous material" was found in a home in the 800 block of Frederick Street.
MADISON - A federal report says the number of homeless people has declined slightly in Wisconsin.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report to Congress comes from a one-night count by local homeless advocacy agencies. Wisconsin's report says the number of homeless people declined nearly 1 percent this year compared to 2013 and dropped about 4{ percent from 2010.
RHINELANDER - The Hodag Gridiron Club wants to get the community more involved in Rhinelander High School's football team.
The team's season may be over this year, but the club is already raising money for the future.
The club held its first fundraising banquet tonight. They raffled off many different team items.
DALE - Authorities in Outagamie County say a body was found inside a house fire in Dale.
Deputies initially were called to the home around 5:30 p.m. Friday for a medical call. Deputies arrived to find the house on fire.
RHINELANDER - Gov. Scott Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour finished off Walker's Friday bus tour with a stop in Rhinelander.
The message from the group was clear. Get voters out to vote.
"What I hope is in the end, more so than air time, more so than names, is that voters like voters here will get out and talk neighbor to neighbor, where they get the facts," Walker said.
RHINELANDER - Sex offenders on probation or parole need to follow strict rules on Halloween. It's part of the state Department of Corrections' trick-or-treat safety plan.
Sex offenders need to stay home tonight. They can't wear any costumes or have any Halloween decorations up. Their porch lights also need to be off during trick-or-treating hours.
Sex offenders will be checked up on to make sure they're following the rules.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police have taken a vote that expresses no confidence in their chief after he fired a white officer who shot and killed a black man in a downtown park.
Union president Mike Crivello announced Friday that about 99 percent of the votes expressed no confidence in Chief Edward Flynn.
He did not say how many of the union's 1,600 officers voted, only that it was a majority.
MEDFORD - A 29-year-old man will spend 40 years in prison for shooting a Taylor County sheriff's deputy after getting sentenced in court Friday.
Police say Alexander Schneider told them he aimed for the deputy's face when he shot him in September 2013.
RHINELANDER - A lot of people in the Northwoods will put out decorations for Halloween. But one Rhinelander woman and her daughter have gone above and beyond. They've grown their display for the past 10 years to extend between their houses and covering more than 100 yards.
"We had four boys and we wanted a girl and she was born on Halloween, so my husband said, 'Look, we finally got our witch!'" said Linda Klaver.
RHINELANDER - Drivers got an icy surprise as they hit the road this morning.
People needed to show a little caution as they got used to driving on snow and ice again.
Some accidents tied up traffic for a time. In Wausau, one lane of Highway 29 was shut down near Highway 51.
MINOCQUA - Minocqua gets many tourists. An expansion to the town's chamber of commerce might bring and keep more people in the area.
Minocqua Area Chamber of Commerce board members broke ground outside of the chamber Friday. They'll be adding an extra 900 square feet of office space.
"It'll have a small kitchenette for gatherings and then a really large open concept room with all concealing. It'll have a new foyer for guest," said Minocqua Building Committee chairman, Mike Brighum.
RHINELANDER - Hire me then fire me. That's what a Northwoods candidate for State Treasurer wants voters to do.
Jerry Shidell is a libertarian from Rhinelander. You'll find his name on the ballot for State Treasurer. He plans on getting rid of the job.
Shidell says the treasurer doesn't have many responsibilities and the position costs too much.
RHINELANDER - The Northwoods Alliance for Temporary Housing needs your help taking care of the homeless. The alliance helps homeless people in Lincoln, Langlade, Forest, Oneida, and Vilas counties. Organizers just started the Everybody Deserves Shelter Campaign. Local businesses are helping run the campaign.
"We are working at establishing businesses ,within our hopefully five counties that we serve, that will offer customers and employees the chance to make a nominal one dollar donation," said NATH Executive Director Tammy Modic.
RHINELANDER - The School District of Rhinelander will get a little bit more funding from property taxes this year. Rhinelander passed a referendum in 2013.
The district gets 4 million dollars per year through 2016.
On Monday the district approved the tax rate and mill levy for the year. Taxpayers will pay $10.99 per thousand dollars of property values.
RHINELANDER - The mining issue might decide the winner of the 25th State senate district. The huge district covers a large portion of northern Wisconsin stretching from parts of Vilas County to parts of Barron County. Two types of mines have caused controversy in the district. A proposed taconite mine in the north, and sand mines in the west.
Gogebic Taconite is proposing a four-mile open pit taconite mine in Ashland and Iron County. Project leaders say the project will lead to 700 direct jobs, as well as numerous spillover jobs because of the construction of the mine.
PHILLIPS - A 47-year-old Price County man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering his wife. The murder happened just two weeks after William Rambo was charged with domestic abuse.
He could get released on extended supervision after serving his prison sentence. A judge will decide that after he serves that time.
It started August 22, 2013 in Park Falls. William Rambo and his wife Dawn had been arguing at their home at 284 2nd Street North. According to the criminal complaint, Dawn made William leave the house to settle down. He said they got into an altercation when he got back.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS - A 55-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of killing his daughter's ex-boyfriend.
Jurors deliberated for less than two hours Thursday before finding Joseph Reinwand guilty of first-degree intentional homicide.
Wood County Judge Greg Potter sentenced Reinwand to life in prison with no eligibility for extended supervision.
MADISON - Wisconsin election officials are predicting a little more than half of the state's voting-age population will go to the polls next week.
The Government Accountability Board officials said Thursday it expects about 2.5 million people will vote Tuesday. That's about 56.5 percent of the 4.3 million people in Wisconsin old enough to vote.
BOULDER JUNCTION - Northern Wisconsin likely faces the first significant snowfall of the year Thursday night.
That means highway departments are prepping for the start of snow-removal season.
Last year's winter was tough on Wisconsin highway departments.
ANTIGO - A clothing drive will help hundreds of families in Langlade County stay warm this winter. Salvation Army and AmeriGas will run the Keeping Our Community Warm clothing drive. The program clothed 350 people last year, but organizers say they'll need more clothes this year.
"We're always open for someone to volunteer their time," said AmeriGas Customer Service Rep. Julie Brandt. "Especially to go to the donation boxes and bring the coats to AmeriGas."
CRANDON - Kim Teschner looks like a healthy 28-year-old, but the mother of two from Crandon had the scare of her life this past July.
"It slowly started from my face and then just travelled down the whole right side of my body," Teschner explained.
Teschner became numb. She couldn't walk by the time she got to the emergency room.
RHINELANDER - Substitute teachers working for the Rhinelander School District will get paid more.
The district superintendent thinks the pay increase will make it easier for them to find substitutes. The district has had a difficult time finding subs since they started paying substitute teachers less than other districts.
Last year, they changed long term sub pay from 190 dollars to 135 dollars per day.
LAKE NEBAGAMON, WI - A standoff and shootout in northwestern Wisconsin ended after the suspect was shot and wounded by sheriff's deputies.
Douglas County sheriff's officials say the female suspect got into an argument with her mother Wednesday at a residence in Lake Nebagamon and pulled a gun.
The mother fled to a nearby home and called 911.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS - The attorneys for a 55-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man accused of killing his daughter's ex-boyfriend have rested their case after two days of witness testimony.
Joseph Reinwand is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the 2008 shooting death of 35-year-old Dale Meister. Reinwand decided not the take the stand Wednesday in his own defense.
Court documents show Meister had previously told several people that he was afraid Reinwand would try to kill him. Meister and Reinwand's daughter, Jolynn, were in the midst of a custody dispute over their child.
