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MILWAUKEE - The Medical College of Wisconsin will play a leading role in a new $30 million study of sports concussions announced by President Barack Obama.
The study is a collaboration between the NCAA and the Department of Defense.
PARK FALLS - A federal safety organization could fine a Park Falls paper mill for exposing workers to toxic vapors.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA ticketed Flambeau River Papers for eight violations.
PARK FALLS - A Northwoods man faces three felony charges for stealing from a business. Police also accuse him of credit card fraud.
53-year-old Jeffery Kobus, of Park Falls, faces charges of credit card fraud, taking stolen property and stealing from Stueber's Ace Hardware.
TOMAHAWK - Today Tomahawk Lumber closed its doors. The company's owner, Tomahawk Log and Country Homes, wants to focus on its building business. But local contractors will still have a place to get their supplies.
Pukall Lumber in Arbor Vitae is helping Tomahawk Lumber ease its closing. The company will buy some equipment and lumber from Tomahawk Lumber.
RHINELANDER - South Park School in Rhinelander could get a new owner soon.
Someone made an offer to buy the building.
There haven't been students at the school since 2012.
MARSHFIELD - A Marshfield-based producer of stainless steel piping products and fabricated piping systems is asking the federal government to help stop predatory pricing practices from other countries.
The News-Herald Media reports Felker Bros. Corp. has petitioned the federal government for relief from predatory pricing practices, asking the government to impose a duty on guilty companies.
RHINELANDER - Sometimes the best learning can be done outside the classroom. Students in the Rhinelander high school building trades program spend part of the day building a house. Newswatch 12's photojournalist Dan McKinney gives us a behind the scenes look at how the project is coming along.
MADISON - A debate between all three Democrats and one Republican running for Wisconsin attorney general that originally was closed to the media will now be open.
The candidates are scheduled to debate at Saturday's annual meeting of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association. The hour-long, town hall style debate was initially closed because it's part of the statewide police union's candidate endorsement process.
MADISON - A Republican candidate for secretary of state is dropping out of the race because he believes the Legislature wouldn't work with him to restore power to the office.
Bill Folk was one of three Republicans signed up to challenge longtime Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette.
HARSHAW - Students in Rhinelander got the chance to learn more about invasive species today.
4th Grade students from Central Intermediate School went on a field trip to the Germain Hemlocks State Natural Area in Harshaw. They spent the day sampling for invasive earthworm species.
WAUSAU - A night out in the cold after a fall might be what killed a man found dead by Lake Wausau.
Wausau police identified the man today as 29 year old Ezequias Mendez-Perez.
MADISON - More than 40-percent of kids going to public schools in Wisconsin need help buying their lunch.
The Department of Public Instruction found that 43.3 percent of students were receiving free or reduced price lunches this school year.
CRANDON - Forest County Board leaders are happy to have hard data showing projections of a proposed off-road vehicle park in Forest County.
Wisconsin Off-Road Vehicle Park Incorporated (WORVPI) wants to work with the county to build the 10,000 acre off-road park. They gave a presentation to the board in a closed session Tuesday night.
CRANDON - A group of people in Crandon wants its mayor out of office.
They say Rob Jaeger wants complete control of the city, doesn't allow the public to speak at meetings, and tries to fire employees who disagree with him.
Larry Alsteen is leading a signature collection drive for Jaeger's recall.
RHINELANDER - You may feel like you're driving through a lake in some parts of downtown Rhinelander.
Now's the time of year when the city flushes fire hydrants.
RHINELANDER - Rhinelander High School senior Eric Fabich won a Chevy Malibu Wednesday. He won it for doing something simple - earning green cards in school.
Last year, the School District of Rhinelander began its Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports program. It recognizes students for doing things like being on time and helping fellow students.
NORTHWOODS - People in the Northwoods won't be allowed to hunt antlerless deer this fall. Most counties north of Highway 29 will be a bucks-only zone.
Wisconsin's Natural Resources Board approved that plan today. Two tough winters in a row have hurt the deer population.
TOMAHAWK - People take out their trash every week. But have you ever thought you could get a prize from that? Tomahawk started a program that rewards residents from taking out their garbage. Newswatch 12 met up with the winner of the program.
"It's just so easy to recycle and do the right thing. You help your city, you help the environment and I mean I won $40 just for doing the right thing," said Ryan Montalto.
WASHINGTON, DC - World War II and Korean War veterans from northcentral Wisconsin often faced too many enemy fighters, had too little to eat, and were exposed to too much violence at such a young age.
For many, it took too much time for our country to memorialize them.
MARQUETTE, MI - The record-setting cold that gripped Michigan last winter continues to leave its mark, with ice floes showing up on the shore of Lake Superior over the warm Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Some of the warmest temperatures of the year drew people to the beach in the Upper Peninsula, where they found abundant ice floating just off shore at Marquette.
RHINELANDER - Sunlight and warm weather can help many trees bloom, but some Northwoods pines aren't as green as they should be.
The pine trees closest to the roadways tend to look the worst. Many of the pines are still recovering from the stress of this winter. The winter cold is just one factor among several that affects the pines this time of year.
RHINELANDER - The Northwoods has a short growing season. But there's still time to plant a vibrant garden.
You'll just need to be a bit more careful. Gardeners say it's too late to start most plants from seeds.
WAUSAU - A Merrill man gets charged with four felonies after an elderly pedestrian died last October.
Prosecutors believe Evan Mooney was under the influence of drugs.
The 47 year old Mooney is charged of homicide by driving while under the influence of a controlled substance.
MILWAUKEE - One of two Milwaukee men accused in the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin pleaded guilty this morning to robbery.
Online court records say 36 year old Universal K. Allah was convicted of the charge, with sentencing set for late July.
WAUSAU - The city of Wausau will help the company that owns and operates the Wausau Center Mall.
The Wausau City Council unanimously approved a measure Tuesday night that would forgive the company from paying the city's ground lease.
FLORENCE - Pat's Foods will open a new grocery store in Florence in June.
That might not seem like a big deal.
But it is.
WAUSAU - Students can get UW college credit while in high school if their school offers dual enrollment classes.
Antigo High School and Merrill High School offer the dual enrollment program.
But high school students could get the chance to take those dual enrollment classes for free.
MADISON - The conservative group Americans for Prosperity is spending $866,000 on a new television ad that touts Gov. Scott Walker's policies without mentioning him by name.
Americans for Prosperity spokesman Christopher Neefus says the ad launched Tuesday will air for three weeks in all major markets.
LAONA - School administrators in Laona want to put some empty classrooms to use. This summer, they'll turn them into a day care.
The school district will convert two classrooms into a day care and after school program. Families can send their children six weeks to 12 years old to the day care.
LANSING, MI - Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder says he will quickly sign legislation gradually raising the state's minimum wage to $9.25 an hour by 2018 to preclude a pending ballot initiative to increase the hourly minimum to $10.10.
The current hourly wage is $7.40.
