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RHINELANDER - Artists will find out if they'll take home a prize Tuesday night at the Northern National Art Competition reception.
Artists from across the country submitted artwork to the art competition held at Nicolet College in Rhinelander this year.
Organizers expect about 200 people at the reception.
FOREST COUNTY - Prosecutors believe a Forest County man made meth and had other people buy ingredients for him.
36-year-old Shandon Tallier of Laona faces four felony charges.
Police became suspicious when Tallier bought ephedrine or pseudophedrine more than 50 times during the last year.
RHINELANDER - Kids found one of the biggest races of the year in the Northwoods Tuesday.
The Rhinelander District Library hosted their annual worm race.
Teams of two faced off with worms in hand.
ANTIGO - The Antigo Public Library can help high school students better prepare for college.
The library's page program helps students become familiar with all of the library's resources. The students get paid to work at least 12 hours a week during the school year. They have a lot of responsibilities like shelving books and helping the librarians.
RHINELANDER - The state Supreme Court made a ruling Tuesday that could impact what evidence can be used in rape cases.
It reversed the decision of a state appeals court in a 2011 case.
A defendant argued evidence of a previous consensual relationship with the victim should be allowed in court.
MADISON -
A spokeswoman for Trek Bicycles says its full page newspaper advertisement complies with Wisconsin law and is constitutionally protected free speech.
The Wisconsin Republican Party on Tuesday filed a complaint with the state elections board saying the ad that ran Sunday in Madison and Milwaukee newspapers was an illegal campaign contribution to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke.
BOULDER JUNCTION - Early Tuesday, Northwoods shoppers enjoyed an old fashioned Strawberry social and bazaar in Boulder Junction.
It was the 28th year the Community Church of Boulder Junction hosted the event. The bazaar featured many handmade items such as quilts, note cards and purses. There was also a White Elephant sale, tables full of baked goods and collectable cookbooks to purchase.
STEVENS POINT - Stevens Point police want to find the man who robbed a gas station last night.
A store employee told police a man came into the Southside B P on Church street just after 9:30 last night.
MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today on whether a prior sexual relationship can be considered in rape cases.
A Milwaukee man found guilty of rape challenged his conviction.
GREEN BAY - A federal judge in Green Bay throws out a lawsuit challenging Obamacare.
U. S. Senator Ron Johnson filed the lawsuit in January.
The Wisconsin republican argued members of congress received special treatment under the affordable care act -- in the form of subsidies.
MINOCQUA - One person is in the hospital after getting hit by a car on Highway 51 in Minocqua Tuesday.
The person was eventually airlifted to St Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.
It happened around 3 p.m. just north of the north loop in Minocqua.
WAUSAU - Wausau police say a drunken 12-year-old boy was taken to a hospital and kept overnight.
Lt. Mark Pankow says police were called to a Wausau home Saturday night after a neighbor of the boy reported he was intoxicated.
MINOCQUA - Important news for folks heading to work, or summer camp. You'll need to plan for construction work on parts of Highway 51 if you're heading to Minocqua.
Lanes on highway 51, both Northbound and Southbound will be closed.
EAGLE RIVER - Last year's Eagle River "woman of the year" will soon be considered a convicted felon.
Monday, Michelle Albaugh pled no contest to a felony for stealing $16,000 from the Eagle River Jaycees.
MADISON - Gay couples challenging Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriages are objecting to the state's request that the full 7th Circuit Court of Appeals hear arguments in the case.
American Civil Liberties Union attorneys representing eight same-sex couples challenging the ban filed an objection Monday to the state's request that the entire appeals court hear the arguments.
KESHENA - Most things on the Menominee Indian Reservation seem to have a waiting list.
The tribal daycare center?
Waiting list.
EAGLE RIVER - A Northwoods potato seed farm recently shared a big announcement.
Felix Zeloski Farms operates 1900 acres in Eagle River.
Zeloski Farms in Eagle River will now run under new ownership.
MUNISING, MI - State police are asking for public help in their investigation of the shooting death of a 47-year-old man following a police chase in the Upper Peninsula.
First Lt. Gregory Cunningham said Monday that investigators want to talk with anyone who came into contact with Timothy Mitchell on July 14, the day he died.
MERRILL - The Merrill Police Department wants you to keep your car doors locked. That's because a number of cars were broken into this weekend. There were also a few attempted burglaries.
All of the break ins happened in the neighborhoods north and east of the middle school in Merrill.
CRANDON - The driver of a car that crashed on Old 8 Road and killed a boy in Crandon last Sunday could spend up to 60 years in prison if he's convicted.
18-year-old Austin Ginter of Laona will face reckless homicide charges for the accident.
EAGLE RIVER - One in four Americans will need to perform CPR on someone. But 70% of those people feel helpless because they don't know what to do, according to the American Heart Association. Joe Hanson, a man who spends his summers in Eagle River, spent more than 45 years in the cardiovascular medical device industry. Over time he saw devices improve. But one thing that didn't was the survival rate of people who suffer from sudden cardiac arrest.
ACROSS WISCONSIN - Wisconsin's agritourism industry gives you plenty of ways to have fun and experience our state's agriculture firsthand this summer.
Agritourism ambassadors like "Alice in Dairyland" help get people involved.
SLINGER - People needed to be evacuated after two freight trains collided head-on in southeast Wisconsin.
The two trains crashed in Slinger, near Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE - Tonight's game will go ahead after a fire at Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The fire was contained mainly to a restaurant.
The fire started about two this morning at Friday's Front Row Sports Grill.
WAUSAU - Wounded veterans traded their wheelchairs for specially outfitted kayaks this weekend in Wausau.
About a dozen veterans participated in the outing at Wausau Whitewater Park on Saturday.
It was organized by Team River Runner.
RHINELANDER - Most kids won't be in the classroom during the summer time, but classes are full at one Northwoods school.
This is the 51st year of the School of the Arts.
MINOCQUA - People hit the water to raise money for animals in need Sunday.
The Northwoods Wildlife Center teamed up Chequamegon Adventure Company to raise money for the animal patients at the center.
MANITOWISH WATERS - A retired Marine colonel got the surprise of his life Saturday. He was reunited with a captain that he hasn't seen in close to 40 years. And they only live 3 miles away from each other.
Imagine waking up to a loud sound at 5:30 in the morning. Then add a group of men ambushing you in your room.
LANSING, MI - Michigan's application period for licenses to hunt antlerless deer is underway and continues through Aug. 15.
The Department of Natural Resources says hunters can seek one license in any open deer management unit statewide. A non-refundable fee of $5 is charged.
TOWN OF WOODBORO - UPDATE 7/20/14 12:05 p.m.
We don't know the condition of the motorcycle driver who crashed on Highway 8 on Saturday.
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office did release his name. 33-year-old Jed M. Travis of Weston crashed his motorcycle near Birch Bay Road in the town of Woodboro around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
