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RHINELANDER - One local group wants to make sure you can get fresh local produce even during the winter.
The Lean Coalition is partnering with the YMCA of the Northwoods for a new indoor winter farmers market. The Hodag Farmers market closed on Saturday.
But you won't have to wait long to get your fresh produce. The indoor winter farmers market opens this Saturday.
WHITEWATER - The Antigo marching band took 3rd place at state on Saturday. The competition was held in Whitewater.
The marching band had a successful season this year. The band won 1st place at 4 competitions.
This was the 13th year the band has gone to state. Last year they took 2nd.
EAU CLAIRE - Authorities say nine people have been arrested in a child sex trafficking sting in the Eau Claire area.
Police released more details about the sting at a Monday morning press conference. The La Crosse Tribune (http://bit.ly/1t4JNc8 ) reports nine men, ranging in age from 20 to 60, were arrested on preliminary charges of use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, attempted child enticement and attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child.
ONEIDA COUNTY/MARATHON COUNTY - The Marathon County jail doesn't have enough space for all of the county's inmates. That's why the Marathon County Sheriff has started housing some inmates in Oneida County.
There are 20 Marathon County inmates in Oneida County's jail right now. The jail has housed more than 90 inmates from Marathon County since the spring.
RHINELANDER - Most people don't get to meet their great, great, great grandchildren. It's one of the perks one Rhinelander woman has after turning 100 years old. All six generations of her family got together Sunday to celebrate their unique family.
"I wouldn't let anything ever happen to you," said 100-year-old, Bea Kofler.
MONICO - People living in the Northwoods get the chance to see dozens of stars on a clear night, but with the temperatures dropping, it might not be as enjoyable.
A planetarium in Monico gives you that experience without bone chilling temperatures.
TAYLOR COUNTY - More than 60 cats and kittens will need to be nursed back to health. They were found in a home filled with garbage and junk.
The Taylor County Humane Society got the cats and two dogs last week after their owner passed away. The humane society says the animal's owner can be described as an animal hoarder.
Many of the cats are sick, hungry, and very weak.
MADISON - Wildlife officials are closing two more wolf hunting zones in northern Wisconsin.
The Department of Natural Resources says Zones 1 and 4 will be closed to further hunting and trapping of wolves effective 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The DNR closed Zone 2 last week. Three of the state's six zones remain open.
MADISON - Workers have started removing nearly 140 dead or dying evergreen trees at Peninsula State Park Golf Course in Door County.
The Department of Natural Resources says a 2011 application of a broadleaf herbicide damaged the trees. The agency says federal environmental officials had approved the herbicide but later stopped its sale after determining it damages evergreen trees.
MADISON - Wisconsin residents can start heading to their local clerks' offices this week to cast early ballots for the Nov. 4 election.
Early voting is set to begin Monday and run through Oct. 31. Municipal clerks can hold early voting from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Friday during those two weeks, although each clerk can set his or her own hours. Clerks without regular office hours must make themselves available by appointment.
MADISON - A Wisconsin man has been arrested for allegedly urinating on a marked Madison Police Department squad car.
A police statement says officers observed the 21-year-old Dodgeville man relieving himself on the squad car late Saturday night near a bar on State Street in downtown Madison. It says several people warned the man that police were approaching, but he didn't stop.
RHINELANDER - Some people thought Saturday made a perfect day to get the family out and enjoy some fall festivities.
Hanson Garden Village in Rhinelander invited people to enjoy their free Fall Fest. They put this together two years ago.
You could find kids dressed up in their best Halloween costume. Plus families got to enjoy a tractor hayride and feed chickens.
WISCONSIN - Some people worry about Ebola spreading through airports.
One nurse from Dallas flew to Cleveland while she had the virus. Now, some people want to know what they can do to protect themselves when they fly.
Local doctors think the chance of Ebola getting to north-central Wisconsin is very low. They don't want people to be afraid to fly because of the virus.
GREEN BAY - The Green Bay Packers will soon begin demolishing a former Kmart store and other buildings the team owns on property west of Lambeau Field.
Building permits at the Village of Ashwaubenon show that next week work crews will begin tearing down the former Pomp's Tire store, a Hardee's restaurant and several buildings left on the former Big Lots property. The Kmart building and a chiropractor's office will be razed in November after asbestos is removed.
SHAWANO COUNTY - A 22-year-old man is dead after the pickup truck he was driving hit a house in central Wisconsin.
According to the Shawano County sheriff's department, the house was struck at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday on Highway 45 near the village of Birnamwood.
WABENO - Texting and driving can lead to serious and deadly accidents. That's why students in Wabeno put together a real life situation involving drinking and texting while driving Saturday.
Students in Family Career Community Leaders of America at Wabeno High School put this together to strengthen surrounding areas of rescue fire agencies.
They want teenagers to be more aware of distracted driving.
MINOCQUA - Volunteers can make a big difference in the lives of many people.
Hundreds of people in Minocqua came to the Food For Kidz meal packaging event today. The group relies on volunteers to help them feed hungry kids across the world.
Every 14 ounce bag of dried food will feed six hungry kids in Africa.
VERNON COUNTY - Drug investigators arrested a 45-year-old man after finding a rural western Wisconsin cabin filled with dried marijuana plants.
Vernon County Sheriff's Lt. Scott Bjerkos says the bust in rural La Farge Friday morning was one of their largest. The dried plants that filled a cargo van were estimated to be worth $100,000.
Sheriff John Spears says investigators suspect the plants were grown about 20 miles away in the town of Franklin.
MADISON - Taxpayers have paid nearly $900,000 in legal fees related to the John Doe investigation of coordinated efforts between the campaign of Gov. Scott Walker and his supporters.
Current caps negotiated with the private law firms, which have been increased as costs rise, allow the state to spend up to about $1.1 million.
The investigation is looking into coordinated campaign activity between the governor's campaign and outside groups, which is banned by state law.
WAUSAU - Some people worry not all hospitals know what to do when they get an Ebola patient.
Two nurses in Dallas got the deadly virus after treating a patient earlier this month. Some local hospitals want to make sure that doesn't happen if Ebola gets to Wisconsin.
Doctors don't know if Ebola will make it to Wisconsin, but they think it's possible because we live in a very mobile society.
ANTIGO - Growers depend on the quality of their dirt to maximize their crops, but there could be an easier way to make your soil healthier. Taking tests during the fall will also give you a head start for the spring growing season.
"For garden soils, if you're a home gardener, your fee is only going to be $15 dollars per sample," said Langlade County Agriculture Agent Stephanie Plaster. "You should really only need one sample for your entire garden.
MADISON - Republican Gov. Scott Walker is calling on the federal government to institute a commercial travel ban for West African countries affected by Ebola.
Walker announced his call for the travel ban on Friday, along with other steps to prepare in case anyone in Wisconsin contracts the disease.
RHINELANDER - The clock sat at zero. The game was over. The score was settled.
But the teams had one play left to run.
They lined up; ready for kickoff, and what happens next is an incredible act of sportsmanship.
MILWAUKEE - You could see new attacks from Governor Walker or his challenger Mary Burke during their final debate Friday night.
A Marquette poll released this week shows a statistical tie between the candidates.
Walker is looking to win his third election for governor. Political experts think he could make a presidential run if he takes this election.
SPRING GREEN, WI - Wisconsin authorities have charged a woman who they say raised more than $50,000 from charities and individuals by faking a cancer diagnosis.
Twenty-nine-year-old Theresa Strub of Lone Rock was charged in Richland and Sauk counties this week with eight felonies and three misdemeanors. Investigators say she used online campaigns and benefit days at local restaurants to raise money.
WAUSAU - Local doctors don't know if Ebola will get to Wisconsin. They think there is a chance it COULD end up in our area because people travel a lot. That's why some local hospitals are training to treat patients with the deadly virus.
Local hospitals don't have everything figured out yet. They're still learning and changing their rules on how to deal with an Ebola case. But Bill Wessels, chief medical officer at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, is VERY confident his staff is ready.
MINOCQUA - The Minocqua Police Department will keep more officers on duty starting next year.
They're changing when police officers will work.
The change will mean the department will have two officers on duty at all times.
RHINELANDER - The wolf hunting season might not last too long. One of the six zones will be closed after a few days of the season.
The DNR announced Friday they're closing Wolf Harvest Zone 2 to hunting and trapping.
Hunters could harvest only 15 wolves in that zone. They reached 12 Friday morning. So the DNR planned to close the zone in anticipation of captures Friday. Zone 2 was the first to close last year. It closed after 8 days.
MERRILL - Poison centers across the US expect to deal with more kids getting sick from e-cigarette juice. They think it's linked to the growing popularity of the device.
Health workers say the juice used for e-cigarettes can be dangerous if you touch it. Kids can get sick if they get a hold of the juice.
MINOCQUA - Some local kids decided to give out candy instead of receiving it this year.
A group of toddlers from the Arbor Vitae group, Moms of Preschoolers, headed to Avanti in Minocqua for some reverse trick or treating.
"We did the reverse trick or treat of handing out candy rather than getting candy," said Andrea Koput from Moms of Preschoolers of Arbor Vitae.
