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WAUSAU - You can find adrenaline and speed at a race track, but nothing compares to racing 300 miles per hour in the sky.
46 Pilots from across the country competed in the EAA AirVenture Cup Race. This is the 17th year racers took to the sky, but it's the first time they made a pit stop in Wausau.
LAKE TOMAHAWK - Two things unite a special group of 24 of our nation's heroes - traumatic injury and softball. The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team is made up of veterans and active duty servicemen who served in the Global War on Terrorism.
"I thought the world was over. And I thought there was no way in the world I'd ever do anything again," Army veteran and Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball player Rick Wilk said of losing his leg.
MINOCQUA - It can take years to restore an old wooden boat. But some wooden boat owners are willing to put that time in because the finished product can teach people about antique boats.
People got the chance to show off their boats at 22nd annual Antique Wooden Boat Show in Minocqua this weekend.
ST. GERMAIN - Most communities sell cookies and pies to raise money for their kid's athletic programs. But athletes in the Northland Pines district get most of their funding from a blues festival.
The Joe Bucher Blues Fest is the biggest blues festival in northern Wisconsin. More than 350 people come to the festival every year. All of the money raised is donated to the Northland Pines sports teams.
MILWAUKEE - A 4-year-girl Milwaukee girl has been injured in an exchange of gunfire, but police say she was fortunate to escape with only a graze.
Police say it happened around 9:30 p.m. Saturday as the girl was sitting on a porch with relatives. Police say they weren't the intended victims.
BOULDER JUNCTION/MANITOWISH WATERS - Manitowish Waters and Boulder Junction will see hundreds of bikers pass through their towns. They've been working on the bike trail since 2009. Saturday, they celebrated the merge.
The Manitowish Waters Area Bike Trail is an 8 mile trail. One of the people who helped put the trail together says it will boost the local economy.
MEDFORD - 33-year-old Heather Johnson from the Village of Gilman died after she was hit by a train in Taylor County Friday.
It happened just before midnight near the intersection of West Riverside Drive and Railroad Street in the Village of Gilman. That's a couple miles west of Medford.
SHEBOYGAN - A gun rights activist showed up at First Lady Tonette Walker's visit to Sheboygan with an AK-47 strapped to his back to make a point that it's legal to openly carry a licensed firearm in Wisconsin.
Bill Polster also toted a Glock and Ruger pistol.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police say two men were shot while they were sitting inside a car on Lisbon Avenue and the car then crashed into a building.
A 20-year-old Milwaukee man died and a 32-year-old Milwaukee man was hospitalized with severe injuries.
MINOCQUA - It takes a lot of practice to get good at snowshoe baseball.
The Wounded Warriors gave the sport a shot Friday night…and it didn't work too well. On Saturday, the players got a chance to redeem themselves.
"Last night was something we've never experienced before.
LAKE TOMAHAWK - A lot of people come to the Northwoods to get away from the city life. One way to do that is camping, but if storms come through, you'll want to be prepared for it.
Saturday, a leader from the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest reminded people of what they should do if they're camping and storms are on the way.
MINOCQUA - Barbara Hilleque, 67, died when her car was rear ended on Highway 51 and pushed into the path of a small bus going the other way.
She left a lasting impression on many people in the Northwoods.
She spent her free time volunteering for multiple organizations.
ELTON - An afternoon of fishing might be your way of relaxing on a hot summer day.
But for brothers Terry and Tim Winkle, it's business, and their entire world revolves around fish.
LAKE TOMAHAWK - People in Lake Tomahawk could watch a special game of snowshoe baseball Friday.
The Wounded Warrior softball team was in town to compete against the Snowhawks. Lake Tomahawk raised more than $40,000 to bring the team to town.
ACROSS WISCONSIN - A new job plan from Democratic candidate for Governor Mary Burke focuses on her economic objectives with rural Wisconsin.
Many parts of Wisconsin's rural areas, like the Northwoods, lags behind the rest of the state economically; for example, five of the ten Wisconsin counties with the worst unemployment rate in the state are in the rural portions of the Northwoods, according to June unemployment numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
ESCANABA - There's a certain nostalgia, to be sure, about trapping.
"A lot of us even kind of try to look like the old mountain men. Maybe you've noticed," says the grizzled and bearded Dave Linkhart, a trapper and officer of the National Trappers Association.
MARINETTE COUNTY - The Marinette County Sheriff's Office believes the man who killed himself after a police chase Thursday was dealing with depression. He had also recently become agitated.
Robb DeGroot, 43, of Green Bay shot at Police during a car chase Tuesday.
WISCONSIN/THREE LAKES - Wisconsin continues to be the best state nationwide when it comes to producing cranberries. One Northwoods farm is preparing to make this year even better.
James Lake Farms in Three Lakes harvested close to 8,000 barrels last year. They hope to meet those expectations this year.
MINOCQUA - Many people enjoy boating during the summer months.
This weekend you can check out the beauty and workmanship of antique boats in Minocqua. More than 50 boats will be on hand for the 22nd Antique and Classic Wooden Boat Show. The event is free to the public and features classics from the early 1920's to the 1960's. It will kick off tonight with a boat parade before the Min-Aqua Bat waterski show... and continues all weekend on the docks of The Boathouse Restaurant.
ARBOR VITAE - We know the name of the Minocqua woman who died in a car crash in Arbor Vitae Thursday morning.
Barbara Hilleque, 67, died when her car was rear ended on Highway 51, and pushed into the path of a small tour bus heading the other way.
RHINELANDER AND MINOCQUA - Summer gets us outside playing games on the lake or in the yard, but with cooler temperatures this year, trips to the lake may not be as popular.
That impacts certain businesses in a good way. Imaginuity toys stores in Minocqua and Rhinelander have noticed a difference in the toys they've sold this summer.
RHINELANDER - You can learn how to improve your garden while also supporting a Northwoods hospice provider.
The Master Gardeners of the North and Ministry Hospice will host a garden tour Saturday, July 26th. People will get to tour six gardens in Rhinelander's historic courthouse neighborhood.
MADISON - Wisconsin leads the nation in the production of mink pelts.
Some of those pelts come from the northwoods, with mink farms in the Tomahawk and Irma areas.
The state accounted for one in three U.S. pelts last year.
WOODRUFF - Three people rest in the hospital after a boat crash on Lake Tomahawk.
It happened near Indian Shores in the township of Woodruff.
MARINETTE COUNTY - The Marinette County Sheriff's Office believes a 35-year-old man killed himself after shooting at deputies during a police chase Thursday in Marinette County.
A person called the sheriff's office just before 3 p.m. saying they were in their car, getting shot at by a person in a black Chevy Tahoe.
MILWAUKEE - U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has introduced legislation aimed at increasing the number of doctors at Veterans Affairs medical centers and reducing wait times.
The Wisconsin Democrat said in a statement Thursday that the bill would create 2,000 residency positions over five years at Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide.
NORTHWOODS - A warming climate could challenge many of the plants and animals that live in the Northwoods.
People in Boulder Junction learned about some of those risks at the Community Center Thursday night.
MERRILL - Instead of just dreaming of being a firefighter, some children in Merrill actually got to try it out.
The Boys and Girls Club of Wausau went to Northcentral Technical College's Public Safety Center of Excellence in Merrill on Wednesday to explore careers in emergency fields.
GREEN BAY - The only publicly owned team in U.S. professional sports is holding its annual shareholders meeting.
The Green Bay Packers are expecting more than 12,000 shareholders Thursday for the meeting at Lambeau Field. The Packers have about 364,000 owners.
NORTHWOODS - A former Wausau business man will spend 11 years in prison for defrauding more than a million dollars from homeowners and investors.
54-year-old Jay Fischer was found guilty of felonies of racketeering, theft, and fraud. He committed mortgage fraud through his Marathon County business Valley Title.
