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ONEIDA CO. - Officers identified 54-year-old, Daniel W. Bohm of Plover, Wisconsin as the person who died in a two-car crash in western Oneida County.
The crash happened just before 11:00 a.m. Friday on Highway 51 south of County Highway L.
The car crossed the centerline and hit the truck.
Police don't know how a car flipped Friday evening, but they needed to fly one of the passengers to Marshfield.
The crash happened around 7 p.m. on County Highway K, west of Rhinelander. Both passengers were thrown from the car. Oneida County Sheriff's Department says the car went left, for an unknown reason and rolled over.
ONEIDA COUNTY - Improving job opportunities, attracting younger people to the area, and maintaining the natural beauty of our area. A group of people working or living in Oneida County believe doing those things will make the county more successful. That group will work for the next nine months to better understand the county's strengths and find ways to improve the community.
PARK FALLS - Park Falls could become a great place to land seaplanes. Park Falls Area Community Development Corporation Administrator Frank Kempf says two pilots are working with the city to see if the airport project is possible.
The Park Falls Airport runs along the Flambeau River. Kempf believes the project would work with the airport set up. Planes could land, refuel, then fly out.
MARATHON COUNTY - A heroin summit in Wausau Friday focused on what the drug is doing to Central and Northern Wisconsin.
Many people call heroin an epidemic in the Northwoods.
Leaders in the Northwoods say that many women are turning to the drug.
ONEIDA COUNTY - Emergency management experts think you should get ready for winter's severe weather now. You should especially get your car ready for the winter. That includes making an emergency kit.
Emergency workers say important items like water and blankets should always be in the kits. You should also put in things that your family will need.
MADISON - Wisconsin's bear hunters say they support a plan to study whether hunters are letting their dogs fight wolves.
Wisconsin law allows hunters to use dogs to chase down wolves. The Wisconsin Bear Hunters' Association was one of the driving forces behind that provision. Animal rights advocates, though, have raised concerns that the law sets up deadly dog-on-wolf fights in the woods.
MINOCQUA - People from across the Northwoods will get the chance to dig into juicy beef at Beef-A-Rama in Minocqua Saturday, but Friday, the vegetarians took the stage.
People could find close to 20 vendors at Veg-E-Rama in the Minocqua Park Complex Friday. Beef-A-Rama started the event two years ago to give people other options.
ONEIDA CO. - One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash in western Oneida County, according to the Oneida County Sherriff's Office.
The crash happened just before 11 a.m. Friday on US 51 a mile south of County Highway L in the Town of Nokomis.
Deputies say the crash was between a car and a truck towing a trailer.
ANTIGO - A mom in Antigo could spend twelve years in prison for allegedly smoking pot with her 15-year-old son.
38-year-old Julie Yerken is charged with first degree recklessly endangering safety, child neglect, and other drug charges.
CHICAGO - Flights have begun taking off and landing again at Chicago's two airports after a fire at a suburban air traffic control center forced hundreds of cancellations.
All flights in and out of O'Hare and Midway airports were halted for more than five hours, causing disruptions across the U.S. air travel network. More than 850 flights were canceled in Chicago alone.
MADISON - An appeals court decides against taking another look at Wisconsin's Voter identification law.
That clears the way for the law to be in effect for the November election.
The full 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said today it was equally divided on whether to reconsider the case.
MERRILL - A 5 year old boy died after being pulled from a hotel pool in Merrill last weekend.
Police in Merrill say the death of Anthony Moser is an accidental drowning.
Merrill Police Captain Corey Bennett the child was found unresponsive in the pool at AmericInn Lodge & Suites Saturday afternoon.
RHINELANDER - Warm weather means you may not be thinking of hitting the gym, but with colder, shorter days to come, it may be a good idea to get in that habit early. That's especially true for seniors.
The YMCA of the Northwoods in Rhinelander held it's active aging week this week. They offered free classes for seniors encouraging them to keep moving.
MARSHFIELD - A 22-year-old Wisconsin mom has welcomed her newborn daughter from the backseat of the family car.
Ciara Bauer of Spencer gave birth to the baby on her way to a local hospital early Tuesday morning. Emergency dispatchers told her husband, John, to keep driving, so the second-time mom delivered the baby on her own.
RHINELANDER - The Oneida County Sheriff's Office doesn't use its bulletproof armored truck very often.
But it can be the difference between life and death in high-risk situations.
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office owns a 10-year-old armored truck.
MADISON - State Superintendent Tony Evers has unveiled a plan for addressing Wisconsin's achievement gap between white and minority students in public schools.
Evers released the plan Thursday during his annual state of education speech.
The report is the work of a task force Evers formed in April to study the issue and come back with recommendations.
WISCONSIN - You probably won't see a different looking ballot for this November's election after a Waukesha County judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday asking for the change.
The campaign committee for state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R- Burlington) and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R- Juneau) filed the case earlier in September. The judge dismissed the case because it wasn't properly filed.
FIFIELD - If you like spending time outdoors, you can help the National Forest Service this Saturday. They need help cleaning parts of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. It's part of National Public Lands Day, and local volunteers will get clean up a historic trail.
"We have two events planned here for that day in the Chequamegon-Nicolet. One here at the Fifield Fire Lookout Tower and the other event is up at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center," said Forestry Technician Brady Howe.
MINOCQUA - The Wisconsin Singers performed in Minocqua on Thursday night.
This performance group from UW Madison doesn't consist of a bunch of singing majors. The members come from programs like pre-law, education and engineering.
The Wisconsin Singers are UW Madison's performing and entertainment group.
MANITOWOC - A Manitowoc woman is accused of beating and scalding her 5-year-old son who has Down syndrome.
Thirty-one-year-old Ruthann Gneiser is charged with child abuse.
According to the complaint, the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department received a call from medical staff at Aurora Medical Center Monday who said the boy had been brought to the center with heavy bruising on his back and scald burns.
LAC DU FLAMBEAU - The historic boys dormitory building in Lac du Flambeau now looks like a new, well maintained place.
But the building's past holds decades of memories, some of them painful.
In the early 1900s, the U.S. Government used boarding schools like the one in Lac du Flambeau to try and mold native children to white culture.
MINOCQUA/WOODRUFF - If you plan on driving to Beef-a-rama this weekend, you may need to allow yourself plenty of time and bring your patience.
Two lanes on Highway 51 in Woodruff will be closed down because of construction.
Organizers expect as many as 15,000 people to come out to Beef-a-rama. Some people worry two closed lanes will cause long traffic delays.
WISCONSIN - You probably won't see a different looking ballot for this November's election. A judge dismissed the case yesterday that was trying to get the ballot redesigned.
Republicans filed the lawsuit earlier this month. They argued that the ballots were confusing and unfairly benefited Democrats.
Some election workers have already sent out absentee ballots. A change might have caused issues.
MADISON - A spokesman for Democrat Mary Burke says no changes will be made to her campaign proposals, hours after Burke said at a news conference that she would cite any material that needs attribution.
Republicans have accused her of plagiarism.
NORTHWOODS - Few things better represent America's love of hot dogs than the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
You can check it out this weekend in the Northwoods.
The Wienermobile will be in Minocqua Saturday for Beef-A-Rama.
MOLE LAKE - The Sokaogon Chippewa tribe in Mole Lake wants more tourists to come to the area. They want to do that by promoting historical places on the reservation.
They restored a log cabin built in the 1860s. They hope to turn the log cabin into a welcome center.
MADISON - Nearly 26,000 adults who lost Medicaid coverage through Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus program after being kicked off earlier this year are being sent a letter this week telling them they have more time to sign up for private subsidized insurance.
FON DU LAC - Planned Parenthood has closed its Fond du Lac clinic, the fifth one in Wisconsin shuttered in two years due to a lack of state funding.
None of the health centers provided abortion services.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin CEO Teri Huyck says the closures are the direct consequence of the Legislature eliminating $1 million in state funding in the last budget.
RHINELANDER - A major downtown streetscape project in Rhinelander would cost nearly $1.2 million if city leaders follow through with the entire phase of the short term plan.
City leaders heard financial details of the proposal for the downtown area at a city council meeting Wednesday night.
The upgrades could mean more sidewalk space and more interest in downtown Rhinelander.
