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The Stevens Point Police Department wants to know what caused a plane to crash during an air show today.
Sergeant Tony Babl of the Stevens Point Police Department says the single plane was performing aerial maneuvers when it went down in a wooded area. The plane went down about 1000 feet east of the airport runway. The plane was a 1993 YAK-55M.
BARABOO - A tree fell on a tent at a Wisconsin campground over the weekend, killing a 10-year-old Illinois girl and injuring her father and brother.
The three were camping at Devil's Lake State Park in Baraboo, about 40 miles northwest of Madison. The tree fell Sunday about 4 a.m., trapping the girl and man. The 13-year-old boy was able to climb out.
MERRILL - Firefighters in Merrill got a call at 5:44 this morning about a house fire they believe may have been started by a storm. When firefighters arrived, smoke and fire were visible on the west side of the home on W5084 South Shore Drive in the Town of Merrill.
RHINELANDER - Dogs and owners in the Northwoods took advantage of today's great weather and got active Saturday morning.
The YMCA of the Northwoods hosted their first Tails on the Trail in Rhinelander Saturday. 28 dogs and their owners walked around Stoney Pines Trail.
MINOCQUA - People can find unique things at craft fairs.
The June Bloom Fair in Minocqua focuses on only selling local, handmade products.
The fair organizers screen each vendor that comes to sell their products.
TOMAHAWK - Investigators in Lincoln County want to know what caused a woman to drive off a road and roll her car over.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office got a call around 1:45 about a red minivan in a ditch on County Highway E near Greil Road.
When deputies arrived, they found a woman in her mid-50s in the car.
MADISON - A judge has provided some clarification on his order that halted an investigation of Gov. Scott Walker and conservative groups.
This month U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa granted a preliminary injunction halting the John Doe probe, saying it violated free speech rights. The investigation focused on campaign fundraising and spending during 2011 and 2012 recall elections.
CHIPPEWA FALLS - A 69-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed his wife and another woman and injured seven others in Chippewa County.
Gerald D. Larson was sentenced Friday for the September 2012 crash in Eagle Point that killed Lori Kay Barger and his wife, Karen.
NEILLSVILLE - The family of a man fatally shot by a Neillsville police officer has filed a claim asking the city and the officer for a $2 million settlement.
Officer Aaron Bembnister responded to a domestic disturbance call Dec. 13. According to a prosecutor's report, Ricky Taylor ignored commands to drop the knife. The report says Bembnister retreated as far as he could when he shot Taylor. The district attorney has said Bembnister was justified.
MINOCQUA - You don't normally see tutus and jingle skirts at a 5K race.
Today in Minocqua, young girls dressed in their best running gear to accomplish a big goal.
Girls On The Run held its 10th annual 5K run for girls who worked hard to make it across the finish line.
LAC DU FLAMBEAU - A Lac du Flambeau man will spend 40 months in prison for dealing drugs.
Brandon Vetterneck was sentenced Friday.
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - The Obama administration is proposing an updated blueprint for Great Lakes environmental restoration that puts greater emphasis on climate change and using science to select projects and measure their effectiveness.
MUSCODA - School officials say a possible gas leak sickened several students and prompted an evacuation at Riverdale High School in southwestern Wisconsin.
At least 17 students were taken to a Richland Center hospital Friday afternoon, while others complained of dizziness and nausea.
RHINELANDER - The Rhinelander Logging Museum will soon get a new decorative bench. Their current bench is aging and even eroded.
The Skubal family from Rhinelander will donate the bench to the museum. They're having Cheryl Campbell, a local chainsaw artist, do the work.
BARABOO - The principal at Baraboo High School has been suspended for two days without pay after he allowed a group of seniors to enter the school unsupervised.
The Baraboo News Republic says (http://bit.ly/1nBHaO8 ) principal Glenn Bildsten served his suspension Thursday and Friday. In a letter to parents and staff this week he accepted responsibility for the May 21 incident and apologized for damage to equipment at the school.
IRMA - A homeowner in Irma will need a hauling truck after it caught on fire in Irma Friday.
It happened on Faufau Avenue a little after 1 p.m.
The owner told the Merrill Fire Department a gas line might have caused of the fire, but firefighters aren't exactly sure how it started.
FLORENCE - Wisconsin will have to work to make up for lower-than-expected tax collections so far this year.
Through April, the state collected millions less than the same time last year.
Fiscal leaders expected some change after the Governor's tax cuts earlier this year.
RHINELANDER - Four new Dunkin Donuts locations won't be opening as soon as planned here in Northern Wisconsin. The late start to spring is to blame for the construction setbacks.
MERRILL - A Merrill High School senior never got to meet his older brother.
Matt Rekowski's brother Kyle died of leukemia when he was only four.
That was one of the reasons Matt wanted to go into the medical field.
MADISON - Conservative group Wisconsin Club for Growth has filed a lawsuit against the state board that oversees elections, arguing that it exceeded its authority and violated the group's rights by investigating ``virtually every conservative-leaning group in Wisconsin.''
MINOCQUA - The leader of the Minocqua Area Chamber of Commerce will resign.
The board of directors announced Kim Baltus's resignation Friday.
"Although, we are sorry to see Kim leave, at the same time we are certainly happy for, and supportive of, her decision. Kim's professional experience, quality skills, many talents and life experiences will provide a sound platform in her new position," Chamber President Buck Drossart said in a statement.
RHINELANDER - Wisconsin's Tourism Secretary believes a new Rhinelander festival will be a big success.
Stephanie Klett and the Department of Tourism gave Rhinelander $10,000 to help market the Boom Lake Log Jam.
RHINELANDER - Before you head outside this weekend, you should not only put on, but check your sunscreen.
Sunscreen can expire.
Heat and direct sunlight, especially, can lower sunscreen's effectiveness.
WAUSAU - Tonight the Wisconsin Woodchucks baseball team will debut the renovations to Athletic Park in Wausau.
The Woodchucks are playing the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. Earlier this afternoon workers were making sure everything was ready for opening night.
MADISON - The American Civil Liberties Union is urging a federal judge to reject Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's request to stay any future ruling striking down Wisconsin's gay marriage ban.
A group of same-sex couples have filed a federal lawsuit arguing the ban denies gay couples civil rights that other married couples enjoy.
FLORENCE COUNTY - This time of year, one of Wisconsin's signature spring flowers carpets Northwoods forests.
The large-flowered trillium is in its flowering stage in many parts of the area.
This is what flowers covering one part of Florence County look like.
FOREST COUNTY - The Forest County Economic Development Partnership will need to find a new executive director.
Jim Schuessler stepped down Friday as the group's leader. He had been with FCEDP since its founding in 2011.
MADISON - A federal judge says he's concerned that a Wisconsin law that requires abortion providers to get hospital admitting privileges is inflexible.
U.S. District Judge William Conley made the remarks Friday as he wrapped up a week-long bench trial to gather information in a lawsuit challenging the mandate.
WASHINGTON, DC - Many northcentral Wisconsin veterans from last century's wars came home to precisely nothing.
No parades, no cheering crowds, no hugs and kisses.
CRANDON - The Forest County Potawatomi tribe takes clean air seriously.
They're one of only five tribes in America with a special air-quality designation, a Class I designation from the EPA.
