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TOMAHAWK - Thousands of people came out Sunday to see the Main Street Memories Car Show in Tomahawk.
People from as far as Minnesota came to see about 300 cars.
Tomahawk Main Street Inc. hosted the show, which has been going on for 21 years. Adults and kids came out to see many different cars, the oldest being a 101-year-old 1914 Model T Ford.
WISCONSIN DELLS - A 21-year-old Chicago man who went missing in the Wisconsin River near the Wisconsin Dells remains missing.
Police in Columbia County are using sonar to try and find his body. Police say the man went under water around 7:15pm on Saturday while swimming to shore and didn't resurface.
Divers worked until midnight to find the man. Search efforts continued Sunday morning. Police say the man was fishing on a rock island area and appeared to get caught in a current while swimming back to shore.
RHINELANDER - Many people in the Northwoods got the chance to try out canoes, kayaks, and paddle boards this weekend.
Mel's Trading Post held a paddle demo day in Rhinelander.
Anyone could come out to Hodag Park to try out the equipment.
ST. GERMAIN - There might not be snow on the ground right now, but that doesn't mean people can't enjoy snowmobiles.
More than 5,000 people were in St. Germain on Sunday for the Classic Sled Roundup.
The Snowmobile Hall of Fame in St. Germain organized the event.
TOMAHAWK - A crash in Tomahawk left a child in the hospital after being hit while riding their bike.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department got a call around 7:00pm on Saturday about a crash on County Highway A north of Tomahawk.
A 32-year-old woman hit a child riding on the shoulder of the road. The driver said she was distracted after dropping something in her car.
STAR LAKE - Three people remain in the hospital after a car crossed the center line on County Highway K in Star Lake on Saturday.
The Vilas County Sheriff's Office got the call of an accident around 3:45pm Saturday.
51-year-old Eric Sather of Conover was heading east when he crossed the center line and hit another car. 67-year-old John Schroeder from New Holstein and his wife, Jane, were in the other car.
NEENAH - A mother who survived a shooting on the Trestle Trail Bridge in Menasha has gone home from the hospital.
Theda Clark Medical Center spokeswoman Megan Schuessler says Erin Stoffel was released from the Neenah hospital late Friday afternoon.
The 32-year-old was critically wounded in the random shooting on the bridge May 3. Her 33-year-old husband, Jon, and 11-year-old daughter, Olivia, lost their lives. 31-year-old Adam Bentdahl, of Appleton, was also killed.
LAND O' LAKES - The Land O Lakes Area Artisans (LOLA) Center went through some remodeling for its classroom.
After a few months, the classroom is finally finished, and it's being dedicated to a woman who left a big impact on the community.
Friends and family got together to remember Sandra Brown, who shared her love of art with the Land O Lakes community. She passed away in 2010.
WOODRUFF - Two events in Woodruff helped raise money for two local groups.
On Saturday there was a craft fair and car show at the Woodruff Town Hall.
The Dr. Kate Museum organized the craft fair.
RHINELANDER - The Pioneer Park Historical Complex in Rhinelander opened Saturday for the season.
More than 75 people came to check out the museum in the first two hours it was opened.
It takes a while for workers to get used to working at the complex again.
WOODRUFF - A few weeks ago, a fire destroyed the Lakeland Senior Center in Woodruff.
We still don't know how the fire started. We do know, however, that the center probably won't receive insurance money to help pay for the rebuilding process, because, at the time of the fire, the center didn't have insurance.
The center apparently failed to pay its premiums, and the insurance company cancelled the policy.
CRANDON - Seven men and five women from Forest County decided that Ray Jones, 46, intended to kill Steven Roberts in March 2014. The twelve jurors returned a unanimous guilty verdict Friday afternoon. Jones was on trial in Crandon for attempted murder. The jury made its decision after one hour, 26 minutes of deliberations.
"When we get a verdict of guilty, which we're pleased to get, because that's justice being done in this particular case, it is more so a situation where it's relief that he didn't get away," said Forest County District Attorney Chuck Simono after the verdict.
Jones was on trial for his role in a series of assaults on Roberts last March. Witnesses testified that Jones and his friend, Justin Bey, repeatedly choked, kicked, hit, and stomped on Roberts over the course of two days. They then left him, in a battered state, in the remote woods east of Crandon as overnight temperatures dropped near zero. A pair of ATV riders found Roberts after he had been in the woods for about 20 hours. The man had several broken ribs and facial bones, and was suffering from severe frostbite.
EAGLE RIVER - One popular Northwoods tourist destination wants to make it easier for visitors to find information about all the attractions the community offers.
The Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center unveiled a new website design recently.
Chamber leaders wanted to make it more convenient for visitors who are already in the area, to find something to do.
EAGLE RIVER - One Northwoods community hopes to start a new tradition on Memorial Day Weekend.
Eagle River will host its first ever Memorial Day Arts and Crafts Show on Saturday on Wall Street. It will coincide with the annual sidewalk sale.
The Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce decided to host the event after another popular Memorial Day Weekend event ended.
BOULDER JUNCTION - As the weather gets warmer and fishing season comes into full swing, many people will head out on the water. If you're looking for a little help before that big catch, the Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce is offering its first free fishing seminar Saturday night.
The seminars are offered on the weekends throughout the summer. Saturday's seminar will be at Camp Holiday on Highway K in Boulder Junction at 7:00pm. Guides hope people take advantage of the seminar.
"They're fun," said Chamber Board Member and Fishing Guide Bob Bertch. "We just teach people about fishing. They can ask any questions they want, and they're free to the public. They can come and just sit down and enjoy and talk fishing. We get some nice crowds, and that's fun for us."
WAUSAU - The case against a Weston man who's accused of putting a child's face in extremely hot water will move forward. 22-year-old Christopher Kolden faces a felony for child abuse.
It started when a 16-month-old child was taken to a Weston hospital in March. The child's burns were so bad the child was brought to a Madison burn center. Police say the burns looked intentional.
Kolden was the care giver for the victim at the time of the incident.
MADISON - Real men could wear pink in the woods under a bill legislators are preparing to unveil next week that would legalize blaze pink for hunters.
Rep. Nick Milroy, a Democrat from South Range in northwestern Wisconsin, plans to hold a news conference Tuesday to announce the measure.
A Milroy aide said Friday that Milroy was vacationing in the Boundary Waters and couldn't be reached for comment on the bill's details.
GREENVILLE, WI - The owners of a northeastern Wisconsin zoo say they do not believe a 5-month-old kangaroo and four baby goats that were taken will be found alive.
The animals from Special Memories Zoo in Outagamie County were reported stolen May 7.
Dona Wheeler, who owns the zoo with her husband, tells Post-Crescent Media (http://post.cr/1HxX3Mg ) that the animals require special care in the early stage of their lives.
MADISON - Lawmakers on the Legislature's budget-writing committee have killed Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate a small state agency that approves and regulates for-profit colleges.
The Joint Finance Committee nixed the idea without debate on Thursday.
David Dies, director of the Educational Approval Board, told the Wisconsin State Journal on Friday (http://tinyurl.com/m5rhna6) that it's better for the state and people who attend the for-profit colleges to keep the board operational.
MINNEAPOLIS - Documents are revealing new details about a Minnesota man authorities say tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group.
The documents say 21-year-old Abdirahman Yasin Daud conspired for at least a year to get to Syria along with others to fight and, in some cases die, for the Islamic State group.
MOSINEE - High school baseball will wrap up soon.
That means teams will be making their final push for the postseason.
The Mosinee Indians are one of those teams.
WAUSAU - Police in Wausau want to find the man who held up a convenience store overnight.
About 1:30 this morning, The Store gas station on Stewart Avenue was robbed by a masked man.
He ordered the clerk to load all the money into a black backpack.
EAGLE RIVER - You can get out on the water and help a good cause this weekend. Wildwood Outdoor Adventures will sponsor Paddle Fest on Saturday, May 23rd.
You can paddle board, kayak, or canoe starting from the Eagle River Inn.
Paddle Fest benefits Great Headwaters Trails and the Children's Museum.
CRANDON - Steven Roberts stumbled to the witness stand on Thursday. Missing part of his left foot, he mostly walks with a walker.
A Forest County jury will decide if what Ray Jones, 46, did to Roberts is enough to convict Jones of attempted murder.
"I got beat up for two days, and left out in the woods for twenty-some-odd hours in freezing cold weather," testified Roberts.
MADISON - The Legislature's finance committee has approved a host of changes to Gov. Scott Walker's floundering job creation agency, including removing the governor as chairman, dramatically reducing its reserves and eliminating a proposed $55 million in grants to fund regional loans
The governor has called on legislators to reform the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation's operations after years of problems at the agency. Issues have ranged from failing to track past-due loans to businesses to failing to demand proof beneficiaries have created any jobs.
The committee voted 12-4 to insert the changes into the state budget on Thursday. All four Democrats on the committee voted against it, saying the changes don't go far enough to rein in what they consider a rogue agency.
MERRILL - It looks like Lincoln County doesn't want to keep its fairgrounds after the county approved a measure on Tuesday offering to sell the property to Merrill.
According to Merrill City Administrator Dave Johnson, Lincoln County would sell the property to the city for $1. The county would also pass along $1.2 million of insurance money from the damaged grandstand, and then Merrill would take everything over from there.
"Which basically means they are abdicating their responsibility for a county fairgrounds," Johnson said. "They haven't maintained it for years. Many of the county board members admit that they haven't maintained it properly."
EAGLE RIVER - Board President Julie Paez says opening the center took a lot of community involvement.
"A group of likeminded citizens got together and started the project with the Eagle River Revitalization Program. They kind of started it, kept working on it, and then slowly the board got bigger and bigger, and started programing throughout the community," Paez said.
Organizers were using the other local businesses for studio space, but that will change.
RHINELANDER - The Rhinelander AmericInn earned an award from the world's largest travel website this month. TravelAdvisor gave the hotel its' fifth Certificate of Excellence Award. This puts them in TravelAdvisor's Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame. Workers believe travelers are taking notice.
"We have seen a frequency or an increase in the number of our reviews, so people are using the site more and more," explained Rhinelander AmericInn General Manager Erin Skinner. "As far as whether they choose us just because of TripAdvisor, it's hard to tell, but we do hear that from guests."
The hotel earned the award by getting reviews and positive feedback on the site. They average four-and-a-half out of five points overall, out of almost 250 reviews. Hotel managers say online guest feedback is the key to getting noticed.
LINCOLN & LANGLADE COUNTY - Some drivers in Lincoln and Langlade counties will need to give themselves more time for travel next week.
Road work on Highway 17 will start Tuesday.
Crews will work between Lincoln County Road Triple C and Dump Road in Langlade County.
ANTIGO - Some fruit growers in the Northwoods worry the cold overnight weather could hurt their crops this year. Farmers who grow more delicate fruits, like strawberries, are taking precautions.
The plants at Merry's Berries in Antigo are already in bloom. Blossoms reeze when the temperature drops below 32 degrees. The farm has already found some frozen blossoms.
"If they're brown, they're frozen," says Andy Merry, owner of Merry's Berries. "[They] probably froze last week when we had frost."
