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PLOVER - Plover police a 77-year-old man died after being attacked his stepfather last week.
According to a Plover Police Department press release, Christopher Bonnstetter of Plover died Tuesday at St Josephs Hospital in Marshfield.
MADISON - A homeless man has been ordered committed to a state mental hospital for up to 46 years for the fatal beating of another homeless man in Madison.
Thirty-three-year-old Justin Brooks pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree reckless homicide. Brooks was accused of beating 61-year-old Robert Kuntz with a table leg as Kuntz slept on the Capitol Square nearly a year ago.
RHINELANDER - More than 31 million American students depend on a free or reduced lunch during the school year. But when school's out for the summer, their families have to find another way to feed their children.
But people in the Rhinelander area don't have to worry about that.
MADISON - The Republican Party of Wisconsin is challenging the nomination papers of a well-known Madison protester who is vying to unseat U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan.
The complaint filed Thursday with the Government Accountability Board alleges Republican candidate Jeremy Ryan told people they were signing a petition to legalize marijuana.
WISCONSIN - Power plants in the state would need to cut carbon emissions by 1/3 by 2030.
The Obama Administration released the more than 600 page proposal this week. Emissions analysts say the proposed regulations would give states the choice of how they would meet emission targets.
MERRILL - The woman who drove drunk and killed two people in 2012 will get out of jail on bond. She'll be sentenced in August.
26 year old Ashley Baumann posted a $10,000 bond today. She also signed a $40,000 signature bond.
NORTHWOODS - Tiny insects could hurt the population of young loons this spring in the Northwoods.
Black flies are biting nesting loons so much that the loons are abondoning nests in record numbers.
LAKE SUPERIOR - Visitors to sunny Lake Superior beaches this month will still see icebergs in the lake.
That shocking sight is a result of a long, cold winter.
The entire lake froze over for the first time in years.
ST. GERMAIN - People in the Northwoods get the chance to golf with some former Packers. But it is all for a good cause.
On Friday Angel on my Shoulder will host a golf scramble at the St. Germain Golf Course. The charity has several fundraisers throughout the year.
MADISON - The executive director of the Tavern League of Wisconsin says he is surprised to hear that four members of a drunken driving task force have resigned.
Those resigning sent a letter to the state Department of Transportation on Thursday saying the DOT has shown little interest in their input developing a meaningful plan to address drunken driving in Wisconsin.
LADYSMITH - A freight train derailed early Wednesday in Ladysmith.
Crews with canadian national spent the day clearing the tracks and removing rail cars.
COLUMBIA COUNTY - Neighbors complained about noise....and bullets landing in their yards.
Now the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has closed a piece of public land near Portage that became an unmanaged shooting range.
MERRILL - A Lincoln County jury found a 21-year-old Merrill woman guilty Wednesday of three charges in connection to an October 2013 heroin overdose.
Prosecutors believe 21-year-old Kristine Woellner injected a woman with heroin and left her in a gas station bathroom to die. She faced multiple felony charges.
TOMAHAWK - Homeless people and families in the Northwoods often struggle for a place to stay. For example, the Frederick Place shelter in Rhinelander has only been around for five years.
Lincoln County doesn't have a homeless shelter. That has forced homeless people in Tomahawk and Merrill to shelters in Rhinelander and Wausau.
VILAS COUNTY - A Northwoods special ed teaching assistant could have a jury trial this year.
Fourty-year-old Jody Ann Shepherd is accused of having sex with a minor under the age of 16. Wednesday, her attorney tried to suppress evidence for that jury trial, but he wasn't successful.
ACROSS THE NORTHWOODS - The Northwoods got plenty of rain and snow this spring. Now lakes and streams have more water. But it also means there is more water in the ground.
After a snowy winter and a wet spring many public water supplies have gained water. But some of that water is not available right away.
EAGLE RIVER - Engineering instructors at Northland Pines High School hope new technology will give students an advantage when they go to college or start a career.
WAUKESHA - Waukesha police have good news about the 12-year-old whose friends stabbed her 19 times and nearly killed her over the weekend.
Police Capt. Ron Oremus said Wednesday the girl is on the road to recovery, at least physically.
MADISON - The man who created Slenderman, a spooky character popularized in online stories, video games and films, says he's ``deeply saddened'' by reports that his creation inspired two girls to stab another in Waukesha.
WISCONSIN - You can accidentally hit a natural gas line when digging in your yard. That's why Wisconsin Public Service leaders want you to call the state's Diggers Hotline before you start digging outside.
There are many different utility lines like electric, natural gas, and cable buried underground. WPS locators will find and mark every line underground for free. Each service line is marked with a different colored flag.
WISCONSIN - Leaders at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation want you to keep an eye out for deer this month.
June has been the deadliest month for deer crashes over the last 3 years.
It was the worst month for injuries in 2012, with 75 people hurt or killed in vehicle-deer crashes.
RHINELANDER - A group that works with people who have disabilities wants to buy South Park School in Rhinelander.
The School District of Rhinelander has been trying to sell the building for more than a year.
RHINELANDER - Oneida County Public Health stands out as one of the best public health departments in the country. It received national accreditation for its commitment to health from the Public Health Accreditation Board.
The health staffers started working towards national recognition in 2008, although the accreditation program didn't become available until 2011.
RHINELANDER - Rhinelander's Police Chief will represent the Northwoods on the state's Law Enforcement Standards Board. The board makes policies for every law enforcement agency in Wisconsin.
Chief Michael Steffes will help the board understand how smaller agencies work. He believes that'll help the group create policies that work with agencies of all sizes.
DOWNTOWN RHINELANDER - As you drive through downtown, you may have noticed some new Hodags popping up near local businesses.
That's because Hodags on Parade officially started today. Nine small Hodags designed by local artist were put in their official display positions today.
GREEN BAY - Twice this week, Green Bay police needed to deal with drivers high on heroin with kids in the car.
Witnesses called police when they saw a woman swerving through traffic Monday afternoon.
MILWAUKEE - Convicted felon and former state Sen. Gary George is running for Congress in Milwaukee against fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore.
George filed signatures Monday to get on the ballot to challenge Moore for the 4th Congressional District seat she's held since 2005.
MERRILL - Prosecutors in Lincoln County accuse a Northwoods woman of injecting another woman with heroin and leaving her to die at a gas station in October 2013.
Kristine Woellner, 21, faces two felony charges in the case. Tara Bryant, the woman who overdosed, took the stand in Lincoln County Tuesday.
ANN ARBOR, MI - The aftermath of the long, frigid winter continues to affect Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes.
A research team funded partly by the University of Michigan finds that surface water temperatures over the deepest sections of the lake are expected to be at least 6 degrees colder than normal by August.
RHINELANDER - Waukesha police believe two 12-year-old-girls lured a friend into a wooded area and stabbed her 19 times.
Police think the suspects planned to kill the victim for months before attacking her on Saturday.
