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MOLE LAKE - Jeep enthusiasts from all over will find themselves in the Northwoods the next few days. The Jeep Jamboree will be held Thursday through Saturday.
This is the 19th year it's being held in Forest County. It's the sixth year in Mole Lake.
MINOCQUA - Technology changes everything, even the way we read books. These days we can read books on laptops or tablets. We can even listen to them.
That is why the Minocqua Library is part of Wisconsin's Digital Library. The digital library allows users to sign out books and audio tracks from almost anywhere.
RHINELANDER - A 2-car crash hurt a man in Rhinelander Thursday. It happened on Highway 17 and Hat Rapids Road around 11:30 a.m.
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office says a van going north on 17 was trying to turn left on Hat Rapids Road.
UKRAINE - A Malaysian Airlines plane has apparently been shot down over eastern Ukraine.
A Ukrainian official says a passenger plane with 295 people aboard was shot down over a town in the country's east. And Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace.
NORTHWOODS - We know Wisconsin is big on agriculture-- but did you know it's also a big player in aquaculture?
Fish farms are where locally-grown, fresh fish are grown, and you have an opportunity to visit one this weekend.
MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are researching alternative methods by which growers can pollinate cranberries.
With the collapse of honeybee populations, researchers are looking at the possibility of using wild bees.
MADISON - An appeals court upholds the conviction of a Wisconsin dairy farmer for the sale of raw milk.
The 4th District Appeals Court Thursday agreed with a ruling by a Sauk County Circuit judge.
VILAS COUNTY - The Vilas County Sheriff now calls Sandra Schinke's cause of death "undetermined".
Schinke was the 55-year-old Sayner woman last seen alive in April 2012.
A hunter found her remains in the woods east of Sayner last September.
WAUSAU - A Wausau man has sued his former employer for firing him allegedly over having a gun in his car.
Ethan Shepherd contends window and door maker Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork violated Wisconsin's concealed carry law when it fired him.
RHINELANDER - Paddleboarding seems to be getting more popular in the Northwoods.
Mel's Trading Post in Rhinelander started carrying paddleboards in the store five years ago.
NORTHWOODS - "We've got a pretty good number of doves today," says DNR Wildlife Biologist Michele Woodford, pulling up to a dove trap in the Northwoods Wednesday morning.
Woodford checks her traps and bands the birds inside twice a day.
MADISON - A new project will look at the impact farmers markets have on their communities. The findings could even help improve your favorite markets.
There are more than eight thousand farmers markets nationwide.
MADISON - Wisconsin Democrats are asking Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to drop their defense of the state's gay marriage ban, arguing it's a waste of money.
MADISON - A federal judge has given the Wisconsin Club for Growth three more weeks to work on an agreement over making public documents related to an investigation into whether Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign and conservative groups broke campaign finance laws.
MINOCQUA - Most of the time we think of science and reading as two separate subjects, but the Minocqua Library found a way to combine them into one this summer.
Fizz, Boom...Read! is the name of the library's reading incentive program for kids this summer.
ANTIGO - Thousands of tourists come to Antigo during the summer, but the city wasn't always Langlade County's biggest attraction. Without the steam-engine locomotive, Antigo might not even be on the map.
Towns like White Lake, Lily, and Langlade were actually bigger than Antigo.
DOOR COUNTY - A severe hailstorm has caused significant damage to crops in northeastern Wisconsin.
An agricultural researcher tells the Door County Advocate (http://gbpg.net/1r3AffZ ) the hail crushed cherry trees, grapevines, winter wheat, corn and other crops in Sevastopol (seh-vas-TOH'-pahl) Monday night.
EAGLE RIVER - When Colby and Landen Murphy visit the Northwoods from Orlando each summer, they look forward to doing a few things:
"Go fishing, go tubing and go boating, and play in the lake," said seven-year-old Colby.
MARATHON COUNTY - People in Marathon County should be even more careful to avoid mosquito bites.
Two dead birds found in the county late last month tested POSITIVE for West Nile Virus.
MADISON - If you protest on UW property, you could be banned.
Earlier, a judge issued a restraining order against a frequent protester at the University of Wisconsin System.
MADISON - A Lac Du Flambeau man will serve a two-year prison term for selling prescription drugs, according to a Western District of Wisconsin release.
Police arrested 28-year-old Derek Armstrong after he sold oxycodone to undercover agents in June 2013.
APPLETON - Two tree farmers from Marinette County have been honored with the DNR's Tree Farmer of the Year award, according to a DNR press release.
Alfred an Ethelyn Tewel, of Dunbar, won the annual award.
WISCONSIN - A new study from the UW-Milwaukee Center for Urban Initiatives & Research shows the majority of registered voters in Wisconsin believe funding for tourism advertising should stay at current levels.
The question was part of the center's quarterly Wisconsin Economic Scorecard survey.
GREEN BAY - A Green Bay police officer has been cleared of any wrong doing in a high-profile arrest that was recorded and posted on YouTube.
Police Chief Tom Molitor said Tuesday that Officer Derek Wicklund's use of force was ``justifiable.''
SHAWANO - The man who held a Wittenberg McDonald's employee hostage in April WON'T go to jail or prison. Instead, the State of Wisconsin will take over his custody and be in charge of his mental health.
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.
RHINELANDER - The case against a man accused of bringing a child to Rhinelander for sex will move forward.
43-year-old Michael Johnson is charged with two felonies for child trafficking and child enticement with sexual contact.
MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court says state law requires repeat drunken drivers to spend at least three years behind bars.
Monroe County Circuit Judge J. David Rice sentenced Clayton Williams of Warrens to three years in prison and three years of extended supervision in 2011 for seventh-offense drunken driving.
BOULDER JUNCTION - A new triathlon in Boulder Junction next year will help form a brand-new series of triathlons in our area.
Organizers hope it will make the Northwoods a triathlon destination.
RHINELANDER - Lakes in the Northwoods get crowded in the summer.
"In Wisconsin, we have about 615,000 motor boats that we register in the state. That doesn't include standup paddle boards and kayaks," said DNR Warden Jim Jung. "When we add all the visitors that come to Wisconsin, there's a lot of boat traffic."
