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MINOCQUA - Business owners in Minocqua believe construction is making it difficult for customers to find a way into their parking lot.
They think the dirt and traffic cones make it more difficult for people to see.
Some restaurants have put signs to help people.
NEAR WITTENBERG - Police couldn't stop a driver from flipping his truck on Highway 29 this afternoon.
The crash happened near Wittenberg at the intersection of Highway 29 and Wittmorr. It shut down West bound traffic for more than an hour.
FOREST COUNTY - Members of the Forest County Board will look at an off-road vehicle park proposal Tuesday night.
A non-profit off-road group wants to build a 10 thousand acre vehicle park in the county. Consultants from Wisconsin Off Road-Vehicle Park Incorporated will show county leaders tonight where they want to build. They'll also show them projected profits and costs from the project.
WAUSAU - Investigators will try to figure out how a 33-year-old man ended up dead on the shore of Lake Wausau.
Wausau Police got a call just before 10:30 Tuesday morning from a friend of the man.
MADISON - Wisconsin Democrats are scheduled to approve a platform that reaffirms the party's current support for legalizing gay marriage and recreational marijuana use.
The party on Tuesday released its proposed platform and resolutions that were to be voted on by delegates at the Wisconsin Democratic Party convention which begins June 6 in Wisconsin Dells.
PORTAGE COUNTY - An anonymous letter could help police solve the murder of a Merrill woman.
The murder happened 30 years ago.
Now Portage County investigators want to find the person who wrote the letter.
WAUSAU - A father in Marathon county who drank too much made another mistake.
He might face charges for asking his 11-year-old daughter to drive.
MILWAUKEE - Herb Kohl did very well when he sold the Milwaukee Bucks.
He chose to share some of that windfall.
It was a surprise that left employees of the Milwaukee Bucks' arena stunned, and some in tears.
MADISON - Police and sheriff's offices around the country depend on crime labs to help them solve cases. But when the labs opened, science and technology wasn't as advanced, and couldn't provide definitive results.
"The methods today are so much better at identifying, you know, who the DNA profile could or could not have come from," says Dan Campbell, Forensic Scientist Supervisor for DNA at the State Crime Lab in Madison."
TOMAHAWK - Nick Heiner loves all of the Spiderman movies.
However, the Amazing Spiderman 2 will always be special to him.
That's because he got to go to the movie premiere in New York City and meet all of the stars in the movie.
MILWAUKEE - U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Gov. Scott Walker have come together to honor Wisconsin's fallen soldiers. They spoke Monday at Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee, where hundreds of people gathered.
Baldwin said it was a time to come together to remember American patriots and the values Americans share.
WASHINGTON, DC - Empty wheelchairs rolled by northcentral Wisconsin veterans this month in Washington, DC.
They represent those who didn't make it home from war.
Into one of the chairs was placed a picture, representing one specific solider.
WARREN, MN - Authorities are investigating the cause of a natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion in far northwestern Minnesota.
The Marshall County sheriff's office received a call about a large fire about three northwest of Warren just before 6:30 a.m. Monday. Flames were shooting over 100 feet into the air from a farm field.
TOWN OF NORRIE - The Marathon County's Sheriff's Department will investigate a deadly car accident in the town of Norrie.
Two cars crashed at the intesection of County Highway N and County Highway Y.
NORTHWOODS - Sunny skies, and warm weather made for some great boating this weekend. Hundreds of people across the Northwoods spent time enjoying the lakes.
We caught up with DNR Conservation Warden Supervisor David Walz on Little St. Germain Lake on Monday. Walz said the weather couldn't have been any better.
RHINELANDER - Civil War veteran John Campbell died in Rhinelander more than 100 years ago. His grave was unmarked in the Forest Home Cemetery up until last week.
Community members hosted a grave marking ceremony today for Campbell. Campbell's great-great-niece Bernadelle Toser started researching her family.
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - A group of U.S. senators is pressing federal officials to reconsider building another navigational lock at Sault Ste. Marie to provide a link for Great Lakes freighters.
The Poe Lock is the only one of the Soo Locks that can accommodate large vessels hauling most of the freight between Lake Superior and the other lakes.
RHINELANDER - You can help two great causes just by donating a can of tuna.
The Relay For Life of Oneida County needs 1,000 cans of tuna for its event on June 13th.
The tuna cans will be used to weigh down luminaries.
TOWN OF SARATOGA - Wood County deputies need to find two people who assaulted a 17-year-old girl Sunday night.
One person, 18-year-old Vitana Lopez is already in custody.
RHINELANDER - One Northwoods community tries to put on crowd pleasing events that will also boost the local economy.
Tomahawk hosted its 20th annual car show today.
Tomahawk Main Street puts the event together every year because it brings A LOT of people downtown.
MADISON - Scientists in Wisconsin and Minnesota are studying a little-known fish whose disappearance could mean smaller musky, pike and walleye in the states' inland lakes.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is three years into a long-term study of the cisco, or lake herring. Cisco are slender white fish that need cold, clean water to survive.
EAGLE RIVER - Many vendors rely on festivals to promote their products.
Festival organizers need many, different vendors to attract people to their event.
Organizers of Strawberry Fest in Eagle River always want new vendors to come to their festival.
RHINELANDER - The paper mill in Rhinelander wants to get back on track after a partial power outage caused some problems earlier Sunday.
Firefighters were called to the Expera Specialty Solutions mill around 2:30 Sunday afternoon because a lot of smoke was coming out of the building.
ST. GERMAIN - Most people don't want to think about snow gear right now. But a large crowd in St. Germain already started thinking about the winter season.
The Snowmobile Hall of Fame held its annual Classic Sled Roundup at St. Germain Town Park today.
FIFIELD - Most people use lawn mowers to keep their yard in good condition. But a couple of people in Fifield use theirs to race. Newswatch 12 found out how this unique sport made its way to the Northwoods.
Modified lawnmowers probably sounds and looks like go-kart racing.
MADISON - More than 1,000 photos of Wisconsinites have been collected for a memorial in Washington D.C. showing the faces of those who died in the Vietnam War.
The photos will be part of an education center built in 2016 near the Vietnam Wall.
HARSHAW - You don't normally see dozens of people on their Harleys driving through a cemetery. But organizers of the Memorial Day service in Harshaw wanted to pay their respects in a traditional but unique way.
"The mystique and heritage of Harley Davidson, nobody can explain. The mystique and heritage of veterans, nobody can explain. The two unite today," said former Wisconsin Senator Dave Zien.
RHINELANDER - The Rhinelander Police Departments wants parents to teach their kids to not play with lighters.
Firefighters put out a big grass fire today on the 300 block of Woodland Heights Terrace around 2 p.m.
CRANDON - Before technology came along, people used maps to get around. Those maps, along with other ones, were on display for everyone to see.
More than 150 maps were layed out in Crandon Saturday.
People viewed forestry, railroad, geographical and nature maps at City Hall. Members of the Forest County Historical Society put this event together.
RHINELANDER - People do different things to remember and honor veterans this weekend. A group of Northwoods boys wanted to honor their veterans by helping out in the community.
Troop 660 of Rhinelander put flags along Coon Street Cemetery Saturday. They've been helping the Oneida County Veterans Service for the past three years.
