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MADISON - Democrat Mary Burke is back on the campaign trail on the heels of a poll showing her trailing Republican Gov. Scott Walker by 7 points.
Burke was scheduled to campaign Thursday in Port Washington. Walker is starting his day in the Wausau area, then going east to Green Bay, Manitowoc and Sheboygan. Sen. Ron Johnson was campaigning with Walker.
CONOVER - The future of the Conover-Phelps Trail project remains in question.
The Conover Town Board was expected to decide Wednesday night whether to continue with its original plan, back out of, or change an agreement that would fund part of the trail in order to allow ATV use.
Instead, the board decided to meet next week to look at alternatives.
MINOCQUA - Retailers could set records this year for the highest Halloween sales.
Most of that money is going towards candy and children's costumes.
But Halloween isn't just for kids anymore.
WISCONSIN - Wisconsin wildlife leaders want to remind deer hunters to learn the boundaries of new management units by reviewing county lines.
The DNR reduced the number of traditional management units this year from 134 to 72 units based on county boundaries in an effort to simplify the hunt.
MINOCQUA - A Rhinelander sex offender could go back to prison.
Albert Chagnon allegedly made a booklet filled with photos of young Northwoods girls while he was still in prison in Oshkosh.
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office had a community meeting Wednesday. Parents at the meeting were given details about the booklet.
WAUSAU - Candidates for the 7th Congressional District debated over topics like mining, jobs, Ebola, healthcare, and other issues in Wausau Wednesday night.
Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin) and Kelly Westlund (D-Ashland) are running for the 7th Congressional District seat. The district covers part of 20 counties across northern Wisconsin.
The area lags behind the rest of the state economically.
ONEIDA COUNTY - A Rhinelander sex offender could be in more trouble. Albert Chagnon was released into Oneida County on October 7th, but now he's back in jail.
Chagnon allegedly made a booklet filled with photos of young Northwoods girls while he was still in prison. The Oneida County Sheriff's Office is holding a community meeting about the booklet tonight in Minocqua.
Police need to identify more than 250 girls whose photos are in the booklet.
ANTIGO - The Rapture Education Group will give a special presentation on owls on Halloween (Friday). The meeting will be geared for children and adults. Live owls will be at the event and three of them will be released in the wild at the end of the meeting.
"We get all the species you can find in Wisconsin, they come in for rehab," said Director of Education Abbey Krumrie.
RHINELANDER - Rhinelander's beloved Hodag will come to life thanks to a local cartoonist this week.
Thomas Barnett is painting the mural inside the Northwoods Community Elementary School.
"Mr. Losch, the principal, showed me this penciled Hodag that they had on the wall for years that no one ever did anything with. He had heard that I was an artist and asked if I'd be interested in coming in one of these days and doing something on the wall," said cartoonist Thomas Barnett.
WHITE LAKE - People in White Lake didn't pass a school referendum last spring.
The referendum failed by two votes.
The school will ask taxpayers for more funding again on Tuesday.
MILWAUKEE - Police are looking for the gunman who fire shots at an off-duty officer in Milwaukee.
Authorities say the 52-year-old University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officer witnessed a traffic accident Tuesday about 5:30 p.m. and following the striking vehicle which had left the scene. At one point the male suspect got out of his car and showed a handgun.
WAUSAU - A stabbing in Wausau put one man in the hospital, and another in jail.
Police report there was a dispute between two men who are related to each other. Things escalated and one man stabbed the other Tuesday night.
A 39 year old was taken to Aspirus Hospital where he's in stable condition. A 29 year old relative is in the Marathon County Jail.
MARSHFIELD, WI - Marshfield Clinic researchers are enrolling pregnant Wisconsin farmers in a study of children's allergies and asthma.
News-Herald Media reports (http://mnhne.ws/1FSghvR ) the clinic's National Farm Medicine Center plans to enroll about 100 expectant mothers who live on farms and 100 non-farm women.
WESTON - A big donation will help scouts in central and northern Wisconsin.
A man who went to a scouting camp in Rhinelander wants to help send more kids to camp.
The Samoset Boy Scout Council announced the $3 million donation Tuesday.
WAUSAU - Moderators focused on education, jobs, voter ID and other topics during Tuesday's 29th State Senate District race in Wausau.
The 29th State Senate District covers places like Wausau, Medford and Hayward. The geographically large district impacts a number of economically diverse areas. Incumbent Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon City) and challenger Paul DeMain (D-Hayward) are running for the seat.
Debates can turn into politically filled contests, but DeMain and Petrowski spent most of their time focusing on policy.
LINCOLN COUNTY - A Lincoln County man convicted of murdering his wife will appeal the jury's decision.
50-year-old Mark Bucki was convicted in April of murdering his wife Anita.
Prosecutors accused Bucki of choking and stabbing Anita.
MADISON - Wisconsin health officials have set up a plan for moving Ebola patients in the state to one of four hospitals.
The state Department of Health Services issued a news release Tuesday saying the agency will work with doctors caring for Ebola patients to move the patients to the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison or Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
TOWN OF STETTIN - A Marathon County man is suing the Town of Stettin for $4.5 million after two dozen deputies and an armored vehicle were sent to his home earlier this month.
Seventy-five-year-old Roger Hoeppner is seeking damages for pain, suffering, emotional distress, damage to reputation and economic loss.
RHINELANDER - Today's students will be business leaders in the future.
Some Northwoods schools want those students to be prepared to enter the workforce.
That's why students from Rhinelander High School and Three Lakes High School participated in Mini Business World on Tuesday.
BOULDER JUNCTION - A Paranormal group will visit the historic Summerwind mansion this week.
The ruined mansion is located on the shores of West Bay Lake in Vilas County.
On Thursday the Fox Valley Ghost Hunters will speak Boulder Junction community center.
RHINELANDER - Lily's House gives victims of domestic abuse and their children a safe place to stay.
The house is in Rhinelander.
They'll be moving to a new location soon, but they need to raise money to renovate their new location.
BOULDER JUNCTION - Peyton Manning might shine as quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
But in Boulder Junction, you know that Peyton Towne shines.
9-year-old Peyton loves the Denver Broncos, playing soccer and hanging out with his brother and sisters.
CONOVER - An Northwoods bike trail could be in jeopardy. Wednesday night, the Conover town board may consider backing out of an agreement that would fund the first portion of the Conover-Phelps Trail.
"The project is about to be authorized to be bid and actually built next summer," says Great Headwaters Trails President Jeff Currie.
That project is the first portion of a bike, pedestrian, and snowmobile trail that would connect Conover and Phelps. But it may not happen.
CRANDON - A Milwaukee man could serve prison time for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in February.
34-year-old Gerald Schleisner Jr. will take a plea deal in the case.
Schleisner originally faced four felonies. Those included charges for sexually assaulting someone younger than 16.
MADISON - Wisconsin's cows might produce the most milk ever this year.
Dairy farmers had another record-setting month of milk production in September.
If they keep up at this pace, Wisconsin will set a new yearly record.
RHINELANDER - Students in Rhinelander may face charges for sending photos on their cell phones and other electronics.
Oneida County Sheriff's deputies would only call the photos inappropriate. The Sheriff's office and the School District of Rhinelander are looking into what happened.
Deputies wouldn't release any more information about the investigation.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS - Wood County authorities have charged a 55 year old man who they say killed his brother and buried the body in his backyard.
Ronald Horan of Wisconsin Rapids was ordered held on $20,000 bond Monday on a charge of second-degree reckless homicide.
He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
CRANDON - People don't typically walk around cemeteries at night, but Monday night, a large group in Crandon wanted to learn about their community in a unique way.
The Crandon Public Library and Forest County Historical Society hosted their first "Flashlight Lakeside Cemetery Tour".
They did a tour like this in the summer, but Crandon's Public Library local history clerk, Amanda Flannery, wanted to have a wide variety of age on the tour.
MOSINEE - Dogs can be special members of the family.
For one Northcentral Wisconsin group, they're an important member of the hunting family.
"It is team work. You and your dog are a team. That's what you try and enjoy. Your dog reads you and you read your dog," said trainer Sally Peeters.
RHINELANDER - Oneida County's 4-H wants volunteers to know how to recognize signs of child abuse.
That's one of the main topics at their volunteer training tonight.
4-H volunteers need to report signs of abuse to social services or the police.
UW-Extension requires them to report it.
