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PHILLIPS - People come from as far away as Milwaukee and Green Bay every year for the Price County Fair.
This year's fair starts Wednesday.
The same fairgrounds area just outside of Phillips has hosted the fair for more than a century.
EAGLE RIVER - Organizers hope a fashion show will bring in more customers and more money to the Eagle River Memorial Hospital Gift Shop and Thrift Shop.
The Partners-Auxiliary of Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital hosted the All Dolled Up Luncheon and Fashion Show in Eagle River Tuesday.
TOMAHAWK - Treehaven in Tomahawk kicked off its first ever School Garden Symposium Tuesday.
Educators from schools all around the state were invited to attend. It's an opportunity for them to come and learn how to incorporate healthier habits into their schools.
FOREST COUNTY - Forest and timber leaders in Northern Wisconsin hosted Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) in Forest County Tuesday. The group of timber experts was touring areas of the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest (CNNF).
Both of Wisconsin's senators toured forests and forest industries in the north over the last two days.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) toured wood products businesses in Laona on Monday.
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RHINELANDER - Some students in the School District of Rhinelander will get Chromebooks starting this school year.
Freshman and sophomores at Rhinelander High School will get the computers to use at school and at home.
Some elementary and middle school students will also get to use them in the classroom.
STEVENS POINT - The Spudmobile is Wisconsin's newest addition in potato education.
The Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association unveiled the Spudmobile at Wisconsin Farm Technology Days in Stevens Point last week.
"It was a big project, 4 years of planning and development.
HOUGHTON, MI - Technicians have used a vessel that hauls passengers to Isle Royale National Park for testing a refined treatment method to rid ships' ballast water of invasive species.
Isle Royale Superintendent Phyllis Green says a marine engineering firm used the M/V Ranger III last weekend to try out prototype equipment for mixing chemicals that can kill organisms in ballast tanks.
MADISON - It's unclear whether a federal appeals court will release nearly three dozen documents linked to a secret investigation into Governor Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign.
Prosecutors have been looking into whether Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with conservative groups.
MADISON - Research by a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist will hopefully help in the fight against the Ebola virus.
The strain of the Ebola virus being used is one that cannot make people sick.
MADISON - Disabled hunters can still get out and enjoy their sport.
Wisconsin wildlife officials remind disabled deer hunters the deadline to sign up for a special disabled hunt is approaching.
LAONA - Logging and forestry leaders hosted Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) in Laona Tuesday to discuss harvesting levels in the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest (CNNF).
Baldwin toured the Nicolet Hardwoods saw mill and WD Flooring.
MERRILL - The city of Merrill allows its citizens to take part in a neighborhood watch on their cell phones.
The website and phone app called Nextdoor connects neighborhoods on a secure social media platform.
When you join Nextdoor, you are sorted into a neighborhood based on where you live.
PHILLIPS - A southeastern Wisconsin man crashed his car in the Price County woods last May.
It's what Jesse Rutherford is charged with doing after that which has him in serious trouble.
Prosecutors accuse Rutherford of pulling a gun on a church group camping in the woods nearby.
RHINELANDER - Nicolet College just got a very generous donation.
Dr. Lee Swank of Rhinelander donated five-acres of land to the Nicolet College Foundation. School leaders say the donation will have a big impact on students wanting to get a college education.
LANSING, MI - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says that with help from tribes and other partners more than 4.8 million fingerlings have been stocked this year in state waters.
The DNR Fisheries Division says that the fingerlings were reared in ponds that are critical for its cool water fisheries management.
CRANDON - At least two cars were part of a crash near Crandon Monday afternoon. The crash happened on Highway 8 in front of the off-road vehicle track in Forest County.
Officers at the scene wouldn't release any information about the crash.
RACINE - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says human waste has spilled on a highway in Racine County.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/YlOfYn) the spill caused traffic delays Sunday afternoon for about three hours on Interstate 94 eastbound.
EAGLE RIVER - Condo owners at the Wild Eagle Lodge in Eagle River hoped to install new piers this summer that would accommodate more boats, but that now seems unlikely.
Right now, they only have 40 boat slips on Duck and Lynx Lakes for more than 75 condos.
The DNR granted the group's request for 20 more boat slips in June.
RHINELANDER - The School District of Rhinelander will now run the Aspirus Community Fitness Center.
The school district held its grand opening Monday.
The center has been open for two years now.
MILWAUKEE - Dozens of people rallied in downtown Milwaukee to show solidarity for demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri who are demanding justice for Michael Brown, the black teenager killed by a police officer.
More than 100 people stopped traffic at a major intersection in downtown Milwaukee and a highway ramp Sunday and rallied at a park where 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton was recently shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer.
WISCONSIN - Hunters can now use a new web tool to find places to hunt game-birds.
It's called the Fields and Forest Lands Interactive Gamebird Hunting Tool, FFLIGHT for short.
COOK COUNTY, IL - Police found the man sought in a shooting outside of a bar in Rothschild earlier this month.
Rothschild police officers confirmed that Chicago police arrested Alex Hammoc around 2:45 Saturday morning. He is now in Cook County Jail in Illinois. He's not facing any charges in Illinois.
PORTAGE COUNTY - 30 years after the death of a woman in Portage County, prosecutors charge her husband with killing her.
Pamela Reinwand died of a gunshot wound to the head at her Plover home in May 1984.
Her husband, Joseph Reinwand, told deputies then that she committed suicide over an argument after a night at a bar.
WESTON - Most people don't normally help build their own home, but one family in Weston did with help from DC Everest High School students. Sunday, they finally got the keys to their new home.
"We'd like to present you with keys to your new home," said Habitat For Humanity Construction Supervisor Berland Meyer.
SUGAR CAMP - Some people search for fresh fruits and vegetables at the store or farmers market, but others have the privilege of it being boxed and delivered. Sunday, a small group of people had the chance to see exactly where their food comes from.
Evergood Farm in Sugar Camp gave a tour to Community Supported Agriculture members. This was their way of thanking them for supporting a locally owned farm.
NORTHWOODS - You can expect to see more state patrol officers on the streets this month and next month. They want to put an end to drunk driving.
The Wisconsin Department Of Transportation issued a statewide crackdown on drunk driving Friday. "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" will run until September first.
RHINELANDER - Invasive species in Northwoods lakes can do a lot of damage. They don't just push out native plants. They can also bring down your property value.
That's why concerned home owners formed the Rhinelander Flowage Association.
RHINELANDER - Students at Nicolet College can now get a degree in electromechanical technology. It's a brand new degree program that teaches people how to work with computer controlled mechanical systems.
The school is offering the program because a lot of local manufacturers need technicians that can work with automated assembly machines.
MADISON - A new report says Wisconsin would have saved about $206 million if Republican Gov. Scott Walker had decided to expand Medicaid coverage under the new federal health care law.
Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government would pay the entire cost of expanding Medicaid to cover everyone earning up to 138 percent of the poverty level through 2016.
PORTAGE COUNTY - Deputies in Portage County think speed and alcohol caused the driver of a car to crash just after 7 p.m. on Saturday.
The accident happened north of N. 2nd Drive on Interstate 39 in the Town of Hull.
