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MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police say they have arrested one person for disorderly conduct during a demonstration calling for charges against a white police officer who shot and killed a black man in a downtown park in April.
Dontre Hamilton's family and supporters marched Tuesday from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to Red Arrow Park before staging the City Hall sit-in. It's unclear why the person was arrested.
CONOVER - We now know the name of the person who died in a house fire in Conover earlier this week.
84 year old Kathryn Bauer of Conover died early Monday morning.
Vilas County dispatch got the call before 3:30 in the morning. The house on U-S 45 was up in flames when first responders got to the scene. Firefighters were able to put out the fire.
MADISON - The state Natural Resources' board approved changes to Wisconsin's invasive species list this morning.
The changes are the first since the list was created five years ago.
There are about 100 invasive species on the list.
MADISON - Even after weeks of cold, people who want to head out on the ice need to keep safety in mind.
Mild temperatures this weekend could make ice fishing on Wisconsin waters a little more risky.
The Department of Natural Resources warns the ice may look thicker than it is.
MINOCQUA - Some kids might think police officers are intimidating or scary. But officers want to show them they're not. Officers in Minocqua helped kids choose presents for their families Tuesday.
"I like it because when I shop with him it makes me feel happy inside," said 7-year-old Krisy Patzliff.
Most 7-year-old girls love to shop, but Patzliff found it even more enjoyable because it was with a cop.
EAGLE RIVER - The Northland Pines boy's basketball team hosted Great Northern Conference rival Mosinee tonight.
This one was close in the first half.
Will Janklow brings up the rock.
RHINELANDER - The first big Friday night of high school hoops took place across the northwoods.
We start with a rematch of last year's sectional quarterfinal.
Rhinelander won that one over Wausau East 54-50.
GREEN BAY - The Packers game unexpectedly turned into a nail biter Monday night.
They went into halftime up 31-7 and held on for a 43-37 win.
Atlanta's Julio Jones ended the game with 259 receiving yards.
That made up more than half of Atlanta's total yards.
GREEN BAY - The Green Bay offense scores, scores, and scores.
They have scored more touchdowns and points this year than any team in the NFL.
That offense played a major part in Monday's 43-37 victory over the Falcons.
MINOCQUA - Two girls couldn't see their dad for six months because he was in a war zone. He came home to Wisconsin on Monday. His daughters were supposed to reunite with him at a ceremony at Volk Field the same day. Bad weather and illness kept them from making it to their dad's homecoming. Their mother wanted to make it up to them. She brought a very special surprise to both of their schools on Tuesday.
That special surprise was their father, Sgt. Charlie Imlah.
"I'm excited. I just want to see how she's going to react," Sgt. Imlah said before surprising his daughter, Chelsea, at school.
THREE LAKES - Al-Qaeda terrorists killed an American photojournalist this weekend.
Luke Somers was born in Britain but graduated from Beloit College in southern Wisconsin in 2008. But before he graduated, he worked here in the Northwoods.
Teaching Drum Outdoor School Director Tamarack Song says Somers and his girlfriend worked there six years ago for six months. The Three Lakes school focuses on teaching students how to survive in the wilderness. Somers helped him edit his first book.
RHINELANDER - The holiday season can be a lot of work when dealing with shopping, cooking, and visits with family and friends.
All that work leads to a lot of stress.
Oneida County Health Department workers want to help people deal with holiday stress.
TOWNSHIP OF DELL PRAIRIE - An Adams County man will be charged with his 10th OWI.
75-year-old John Przybyla was pulled over October 12.
He was driving north on State Highway 13 in the Township of Dell Prairie.
Officers pulled him over because he crossed the center line and had a broken tail light.
MADISON - The number of students receiving private-school tuition vouchers in Wisconsin is nearing 30,000, making the state a leader when it comes to taxpayer-funded tuition subsidies.
An official state headcount conducted in September determined almost 29,700 students were enrolled in the three voucher programs in Milwaukee, Racine and statewide. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1G9NEJF ) reports enrollment in voucher programs has grown significantly and will likely continue to do so under the leadership of Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature.
WISCONSIN - Changes could be coming to how the Wisconsin DNR deals with certain invasive species.
The DNR puts invasive species in a few different categories. The DNR might change what categories certain invasives are in.
If a species isn't in the state or is only in a few spots it will be a prohibited species. That means DNR workers are trying to prevent the species from getting into the state.
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - The U.S. House has voted to extend a program that has spent $1.6 billion on efforts to clean up the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has drawn bipartisan support from lawmakers across the eight-state region since President Barack Obama proposed it in 2010. It funds projects that remove polluted sediments, fight invasive species such as zebra and quagga mussels, restore wildlife habitat and prevent runoff that causes harmful algae blooms.
EAGLE RIVER - Vilas County snowmobilers eager to hit the trails can start riding soon.
State funded snowmobile trails in Vilas County will open Friday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.
Plenty of early snow had people thinking of getting on their machines, but trails were not open.
MADISON - Fewer than one in five adults smokes in Wisconsin.
Numbers released by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Monday show that 18 percent of adults smoke.
That's down from 20 percent in 2012.
WAUSAU - Wausau police officers saved two men who were stuck underneath a car Saturday morning.
Wausau Police Department posted dash cam video on its Facebook page.
Officers responded to the 300 block of Mobil Avenue. Two men were stuck under a car in the road. The officers lifted it off the men and pulled them from under the car.
CONOVER - Conover firefighters and Vilas County deputies want to know how someone died in a house fire in Conover Monday morning.
A little before 3:30 a.m. Vilas County dispatch got a call about a fire on U.S. 45.
The house was up in flames when first responders got to the scene. Firefighters were able to put out the fire.
RHINELANDER - Just like human workers in their 50s or 60s, Drago will retire in the next few years. He's the Rhinelander Police Department's K-9 unit. Police will host a party to raise money to buy Drago's replacement, and help another important program.
"Drago's a dual-purpose K-9, certified in narcotics and patrol work," said Sgt. Angela Mertz of the Rhinelander Police Department.
Drago's been on the force for more than five years. He assists with 50 to 60 investigations each year. Those investigations aren't just in Rhinelander.
MADISON - Fewer than one in five adults smokes in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Monday that the adult smoking rate is 18 percent, a 2 percentage point drop from 2012. It is consistent with the national smoking rate of 17.8 percent.
The 18 percent rate in Wisconsin is the lowest on record.
MINOCQUA - Rural school districts in the Northwoods often argue they don't get the funding they need from the state.
But while in the Northwoods last week, Gov. Scott Walker said he expects state aid to rural districts to increase.
Walker will help push through a state budget early next year.
CAMP DOUGLAS - About 160 Wisconsin Army National Guard soldiers return to Camp Douglas following their service in Afghanistan.
The 829th Engineer Company will be welcomed home during a Monday afternoon ceremony at a Volk Field hangar. The unit is headquartered in Chippewa Falls and has detachment armories in Ashland and Richmond Center.
DARLINGTON - A big house party in the small town of Darlington this weekend resulted in two dozen teenagers and young adults cited, mostly for underage drinking.
The Wisconsin State Journal (http://bit.ly/1vxb7fU ) reports party-goers scattered when police arrived early Sunday, some jumping out of second-story windows. No injuries were reported.
Police say the party started Saturday night at a Main Street residence and was busted by police at about 2 a.m. Sunday.
MARION TOWNSHIP, MN - Investigators believe some jewelry robbers followed their victims for several hundred miles from a trade show in Chicago before they struck at a rest stop in Minnesota.
Olmsted County sheriff's officials say four people dressed in black got out of a van at the Interstate 90 rest area near Rochester early Monday, smashed several windows on the victims' vehicle and grabbed three or four suitcases filled with gold and silver jewelry and loose diamonds.
MADISON - Wolf hunters went over Wisconsin's statewide kill limit by four animals.
The DNR ended the wolf season Friday.
It gave notice the season was closing after hunters went one wolf over the 150 animal limit on Thursday.
RHINELANDER - We often hear the sound of a chainsaw in the Northwoods.
Paul Bunyan Fest celebrates logging history in Eagle River.
Rhinelander just held its first-ever Boom Lake Log jam over the summer.
MADISON - A group of protesters is accusing Wisconsin wildlife officials of mismanaging the state's wolf hunt.
About a dozen protesters affiliated with the Wolf and Wildlife Action Group converged on the Capitol's steps Monday holding rusty leg traps and photos of injured wolves. They complained the Department of Natural Resources allowed hunters to go above the statewide kill limit this year. They also insisted trapping wolves and hunting them with dogs is inhumane.
The group marched to Gov. Scott Walker's office.
RHINELANDER - Many Wisconsin Christmas tree growers saw high tree sales last year.
Growers sold 33 million trees nationwide. That's the highest number in seven years.
Nine hundred of the 13,000 tree farms nationwide are in Wisconsin.
