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DETROIT - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has surveyed flooded streets and neighborhoods across the Detroit area to assess damage caused by what he calls a ``record event of rain.''
In a video (http://bit.ly/1p2sl5Z ) from Oakland County International Airport in Waterford Township, Snyder says the Emergency Operations Center will help make assessments on whether federal assistance will be needed.
ACROSS WISCONSIN - Wisconsinites didn't spend as much on personal products in 2012 compared to the rest of the country. Consumer spending grew by three percent in Wisconsin between 2011 and 2012. That's less than the national average of four percent.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's numbers look at what people spend their money on.
LAC DU FLAMBEAU - The Lac du Flambeau tribe and state agreed Tuesday to send more resources to the tribe's Indian Child Welfare Department.
The department provides case management and counseling for children and families. It also licenses foster homes and monitors children who have been placed in off-reservation foster homes by the county.
MARQUETTE, MI - The Marquette City Police Department has released the name of the 37-year-old Wisconsin man who died participating in a mountain bike race.
Police say Peter Bausch died during the Ore to Shore race Saturday.
RHINELANDER - A Rhinelander man faces two felonies for rolling a car over and pinned a woman under the car.
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office say 27-year-old Louis Stone was backing up with a woman standing on the step on the side of the car. The criminal complaint shows the car tipped because of speed and the angle of the wheels.
TOWN OF PELICAN - A power line fell on a propane truck at a camping ground in the Town of Pelican Tuesday morning.
The power line was knocked loose by a tree branch. It then fell on a truck that was delivering propane to the West Bay Camping Resort.
MADISON - Police across Wisconsin will be focusing on catching drunken drivers during a special enforcement action that begins Friday and runs through Labor Day.
Nearly 400 law enforcement agencies are participating in the campaign.
MADISON - A new report says Wisconsin state employees have one of the richest health insurance plans in the country and also pay among the highest premiums for that coverage.
The Pew Charitable Trusts released the report Tuesday. It comes as states are looking at ways to control growing public health insurance costs.
MADISON - Deer hunters can start buying bonus antlerless tags next week.
Hunters can only go after bucks in the northwoods this year.
But you may want an antlerless tag if you want to hunt in other parts of the state.
WAUSAU - Agricultural leadership gets a fun facelift at Northcentral Technical College.
A brand new program helps agricultural students get some leadership experience during the two day NTC Agriculture Academy.
MARATHON COUNTY - Hundreds of people gathered in Wausau to remember the two young girls killed in a car crash.
People held candles, cried and hugged at a vigil Monday night.
Two 12 year olds died because of the rollover accident.
MARATHON COUNTY - Prosecutors will press charges against the 16-year-old driver from last week's deadly car crash in Marathon County.
Police haven't released the driver's name, but they say she didn't have a driver's license.
The 16-year-old girl appeared in juvenile court Monday afternoon.
ANTIGO - A group in Antigo hope a balloon release will help them find a missing teen.
Kayla Berg disappeared five years ago Monday.
The group Missing Not Forgotten held a balloon release in honor of her.
Plover police are defending an officer who shot and wounded a man during a traffic stop, saying the man was trying to attack the officer with a knife.
A Stevens Point Journal Media report (http://spjour.nl/XdKW5c ) says Officer Andrew Hopfensperger shot 33-year-old Brett Lieberman on Friday evening.
LANSING, MI - State Superintendent Mike Flanagan is putting 11 of Michigan's 40 charter school authorizers on notice of possible suspension.
Authorizers at risk are Eastern Michigan University, Ferris State, Grand Valley State, Lake Superior State, Northern Michigan (Marquette), Kellogg Community College and school districts in Detroit, Highland Park and Muskegon Heights.
EAGLE RIVER - Organizers hope to cut hockey and figure skating costs with their auction this weekend.
One hundred fifty kids skate with the Eagle River Recreation Association. But hockey and figure skating can get expensive quickly.
NORTHWOODS - People in Wausau could see a big increase to their water bills. The increase in part is to cover the expenses of the recent harsh winter. The city still has water mains that are broken.
Smaller departments also had troubles this year. But that does not mean every area is seeing an increased cost.
HURLEY - In the geographically huge 25th state senate district, three Democrats want to advance to November's general election.
Voters will choose their nominee in Tuesday's primary election.
On the ballot will be Poplar businessman Gary Kauther, Park Falls Mayor Tom Ratzlaff, and current state Rep. Janet Bewley of Ashland.
WISCONSIN - The process for buying antlerless deer tags in Wisconsin will change starting August 18th.
Hunters in the Northwoods may need to make adjustments to their normal hunting routine. If you want to buy a license, you may need to buy an antlerless deer tag along with it, but that's only in areas where antlerless deer tags are available.
TOMAHAWK - Hundreds of plant varieties can be found in Wisconsin's forests and fields.
But what are they called? How can you identify them?
That's what you can learn at UW-Stevens Point's Treehaven center in Tomahawk.
RHINELANDER - Printpack in Rhinelander sees itself as a central piece in the Northwoods manufacturing economy.
The company makes packaging for products like candy bars.
Printpack now employs 175 people, and its plant runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
LAND O'LAKES - A Northwoods school just received national recognition for its commitment to environmental education and friendliness.
Conserve School in Land O'Lakes welcomes 60 high school sophomores and juniors from across the country each semester.
Those students take college prep classes with a focus on environmental stewardship.
MARATHON COUNTY - We now know the names of the two girls who died in a crash on Friday in Marathon County.
Reighlee Stevenson of Oshkosh and Desaree Landowski of Wausau died. They were both 12-years-old.
Stevenson died at the scene of the crash.
RHINELANDER - A major Rhinelander employer celebrates the completion of a new building today.
A grand opening is being held at the new Printpack building on Highway 17.
The new 200,000 square foot building replaces the Printpack building on Kemp Street in Rhinelander.
MADISON - Voters can cast their ballot without showing photo identification in Tuesday's primary election.
Still, poll watchers worry some could be confused thanks to a state Supreme Court ruling less than two weeks ago.
The ruling said the photo ID law is constitutional.
TOWN OF PELICAN - It can be difficult to throw a fundraiser. That's why community members combined two causes into one event Sunday.
The town of Pelican Community Club hosted a picnic behind the Pelican Fire Department.
They wanted to raise money for both the fire department and Kids In Need Program.
MERRILL - Organ donors give many people a second chance at life. A Merrill teen saved many lives after he died in a car accident in 2009.
Jordan Buehler's organs were given to people who were on the organ waiting list for a long time. Matthew Meyer is one of them.
FLORENCE COUNTY - Florence County prosecutors could file charges against a man police believe threatened a group of people at gunpoint.
The Florence County Sheriff's Office got a call from a man who was threatened while he was tubing with his family and friends on the Pine River Oxbow.
GREEN BAY - The head of the regional U.S. Environmental Protection Agency office says conditions in the waters of Green Bay could be ripe for the same kind of algae that caused the water in Ohio to be undrinkable for a few days.
Wisconsin Public Radio reports (http://bit.ly/1reXodi ) while in Milwaukee last week U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator Susan Hedman said the waters of Green Bay have significant algal blooms.
BOULDER JUNCTION - Hundreds of people celebrated in Boulder Junction Sunday. The town celebrated its 58th Annual Musky Jamboree as well as the Musky Day Fly-In Event.
"It's a huge day for us," said Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce executive director Theresa Smith.
About 10,000 people filled the streets in Boulder Junction Sunday.
