New Addition to Spudfest
STARKS - You usually see ATVs on trails.
But today people in Starks made the All Terrain Vehicles live up to their name.
Nearly 200 people - some on ATVs - came out to the Starks town hall for Spudfest
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Local Rhinelander Headlines
UPDATE: Husband arrested for stabbing wife to death in Park Falls
PARK FALLS - Neighbors in Park Falls told us a husband stabbed his wife last night.
This afternoon, police confirmed Dawn Rambo WAS stabbed to death, and they do believe her husband did it.
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UPDATE: Neighbors react to death investigation in Price County
PARK FALLS - Park Falls residents don't know exactly what happened, but they know what they saw last night.
Police have confirmed a woman in Park Falls is dead.
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Hodag to appear on Travel Channel
RHINELANDER - We all know the Hodag is both fierce and awesome.
Now the whole nation will know...or at least, anyone watching the Travel Channel.
Travel Channel producers picked up the Hodag for their show, "Mysteries at the Museum."
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UPDATE: Body found in Langlade County
ANTIGO - A body found just west of Antigo does not appear to be a victim of of violence.
Late yesterday, someone walking in a wooded area came across a badly-decomposed body.
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Bear spotted near apartments
RHINELANDER - When you live in the Northwoods, it's likely you'll see a bear every now and then.
But you probably wouldn't want to see it near your porch.
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Banished brothers trying to get family back home
LAC DU FLAMBEAU - Punishment for a crime comes in different forms.
Guilty people usually go to jail.
But things can be different on reservations.
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Man gets life for killing nephews in fire
DARLINGTON - A southern Wisconsin man got a life sentence for helping set a fire that killed his three nephews and his brother's unborn child.
A judge sentenced Jeremy Wand yesterday.
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Woman Killed in Shawano County crash
SHAWANO COUNTY - One person died after a two car crash in Shawano County.
It happened around 2:20 yesterday afternoon in the Town of Morris.
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Old Northwoods factory site of "green" deconstruction
MERRILL - Most construction jobs involving tear downs send most of the debris to the landfill.
But one construction crew at the old Anson-Gilkey & Hurd window and door factory in Merrill is trying to do something different.
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Mentors needed for local grade-schoolers
RHINELANDER - A local mentoring program celebrates nearly a decade of success. But as students cycle through the program, and into adulthood, organizers find the mentors cycling out too.
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Proposed shoreland zoning changes could stretch county's resources
TOMAHAWK - People want clean water in their lakes.
The DNR does that by setting up restrictions. But they don't want to overburden local governments or discourage tourists from bringing their dollars to the Northwoods.
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Revolving door brings newest district administrator to Antigo
ANTIGO - In the last two years, a half-dozen high-level adminstrators departed the Antigo School District.
Now, they've named their third district administrator in three years.
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Business owners prepare to pass along ownership
RHINELANDER - Every community in the Northwoods wants their small businesses to grow.
In order for them to grow sometimes the business owner needs their children to take over the business.
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Unsung landowner has big impact in northern Wisconsin forestry
NORTHWOODS - The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest owns more than a million acres in Wisconsin's Northwoods.
State and county forests hold hundreds of thousands.
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Time to get vaccination shots for kids
RHINELANDER - It's back to school time.
State health officials want to remind parents to gets their vaccination shots for their children.
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Mentors needed for local grade-schoolers
RHINELANDER - A local mentoring program celebrates nearly a decade of success. But as students cycle through the program, and into adulthood, organizers find the mentors cycling out too.
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Red Eye Brewing Co. gets green recognition
WAUSAU - Wisconsin loves its beer – and we’re not just talking big names like Miller.
Microbreweries have popped up all over the state. One in Wausau now has special bragging rights.
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One woman dead after severe weather strikes north
MENOMINE COUNTY - Severe storms that moved through northeastern Wisconsin left a woman dead.
In Menominee County, a driver was killed by a falling tree in Keshena Wednesday night.
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Wisconsin officials warn of dishonest debt collectors
WISCONSIN - Wisconsin officials are warning consumers about phone calls from unscrupulous debt collectors.
According to the state Department of Financial Institutions, the caller states he is attempting to serve a summons and if the consumer does not ``act immediately,'' he or she will be arrested.
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Sites listed for possible speed limit increase
MADISON - Wisconsin's four interstates and Highway 41 to the Fox Valley are the roads most likely to have 70 mph speed limits.
That's if a proposal to raise the speed limit passes the state Legislature.
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Antigo sports new street banners
ANTIGO - Downtown Antigo looks a little more festive this summer.
The city put in new seasonal street banners on Fifth Avenue and Superior Street.
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City of Wausau to take up issue of extreme public drunkenness
WAUSAU - In Wausau's parks, you can relax with family, friends, and even a drink. But city leaders say some people drink way too much in city parks, and that ruins it for everyone.
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Langlade County food stamp numbers among highest in state
ANTIGO - Since the recession beginning in 2008, American unemployment numbers keep dropping slowly but steadily.
But that's only one measure of the economic health of our communities.
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Wausau looks at public drunkenness ordinance
WAUSAU - Wausau wants to do something about people who get really drunk and wander around in public.
A city committee has recommended Wausau adopt a public intoxication ordinance.
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Young people learn how to create arcade games
RHINELANDER - Video games are sounds most parents don't want to hear during the summer time.
What they might not know is these kids are learning to create arcade games.
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Northwoods offers Pressure Canning Class
THREE LAKES - You might remember enjoying homemade jam on your breakfast toast, or a jar of preserved carrots from the garden with dinner.
But did you ever wonder how to make that yourself?
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Help! I need a teenager
RHINELANDER - Director of Library Services at Nicolet College, Todd Mountjoy, stopped by to share some of the trendy and useful apps people, and teens, are using today.
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Ship program questioned by federal watchdog group
MILWAUKEE - A federal watchdog agency questions a program that benefits a shipyard in Marinette.
The U.S. Navy's is spending 40-billion dollars on the littoral combat ship program.
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Baldwin touts Wausau clinic as tangible example of Affordable Care Act benefits
WAUSAU - “This is the Affordable Care Act in action. It’s actually working to help the community.”
Standing inside a partially-constructed dental clinic area, with boards, saws, drywall, and laborers all around, Bridge Community Health Clinic Executive Director Laura Scudiere showed off the progress they’re making Tuesday in Wausau.
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