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MILWAUKEE - The debate over a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks will continue on, but this week, the team is focused on who they will pick in Thursday's NBA Draft.
The Bucks have the 17th overall pick.
They traded forward Ersan Ilyasova to Detroit earlier this offseason
LINCOLN COUNTY - The law requires sex offenders to report where they live.
In Lincoln County, a check was just done to make sure they were.
At the end of May, deputies checked the addresses of 55 registered sex offenders in Lincoln County.
RHINELANDER - The All American Lumberjack Show at the Boom Lake Log Jam in Rhinelander Saturday gave people the chance to see lumberjack work and competitions up close.
Loggers can thank heavy machinery for changing the way they work here in the Northwoods. Loggers don't really need dozens of lumberjacks in the woods anymore. Instead, they turn to a few people, joy sticks and a handful of $500,000 machines. But the lumberjacks offer a look at how things use to work in the woods.
Lumberjacks these days don't use quiet tools, but Nate Greenberg, who performs for the lumberjack show, says they're the tools of choice for the traveling lumberjack show.
MADISON - Thirty-three of 63 Assembly Republicans have sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker and Senate GOP leaders saying they will not support cuts in transportation funding that aren't spread out equally across the state.
The letter signed by a majority of Assembly Republicans sent Monday comes as legislative leaders planned to meet privately again Monday afternoon to try and reach a deal on roads funding and other outstanding issues holding up passage of the budget.
Some Senate Republicans have said they want to protect some roads projects like the Zoo Interchange in Milwaukee from being delayed by a cut.
TOWN OF DEKORRA - Authorities have released the names of a Lodi man and his 5-year-old son who drowned in the Wisconsin River.
The Columbia County sheriff's office identifies the victims as 29-year-old Elliott McKenna and his son, Andrew.
The sheriff's office got a call about 1 p.m. Friday that five people were in the river in the Town of Dekorra and yelling for help.
LANGLADE COUNTY - Antigo could replace its old tornado sirens with a new 24-hour warning system.
Both the city and Langlade County have been looking for a replacement since the sirens were shut down at the beginning of 2015. Now, city and county leaders are deciding whether to go with a new technology or turn the sirens back on.
"Selfishly, if money was no object, it would be wonderful for us to have another tool in the tool shed, that being the outdoor weather sirens," says Langlade County Emergency Management Director Brad Henricks. "But the community needs to take a look at fiscal considerations. Is that money well spent? Or are there other options on the table for them to take a look at?"
We now know the name of the 13-year-old boy found in the Wisconsin River Sunday.
Damon Johnson of Mosinee was swimming in the river just south of the boat landing at Ott's Park in Merrill.
Police were called when he went under and the group that was with him couldn't find him.
LINCOLN COUNTY - The Lincoln County government hopes to make broadband and high-speed internet available to the whole county very soon.
Administrators say internet is very slow or completely unavailable in some areas of the county.
County workers think bringing broadband to the entire county could help promote tourism and business in the area. A committee has now been assigned to work on this issue.
RHINELANDER - Storms gave emergency crews some extra work Monday.
There were a lot of downed power lines, and even some downed trees.
A tree on Dahl Street in Rhinelander, as well as a tree branch above it, was ripped to the ground.
WOODRUFF - Drivers know about the state's Move Over Law when it comes to emergency vehicles on highways, but now boaters need to pay attention to that rule, too.
The Wisconsin DNR passed a Move Over Law for boaters on June 1st.
Boaters who are within 100 feet of any emergency boats need to slow to a no-wake speed.
RHINELANDER - A trailer blocked the west bound lane of traffic on Highway 8. It happened late Monday morning west of Rhinelander.
The trailer was carrying a house. Some of the tires on it blew out because it was heavy.
Law enforcement was able to help move the trailer to a side road.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is making it easier for inmates who are accused of crimes — but not yet convicted — to bring cases of excessive force against jail officials.
The justices on Monday ruled 5-4 in favor of a Wisconsin man who sued jail officers for civil rights violations after they used a Taser gun and other rough tactics while transferring him to another jail cell.
The incident involved Michael Kingsley, who was jailed pending trial on drug charges. He claimed he only had to show the officers were unreasonable in using force.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker plans to donate to charity money he received in campaign donations from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by the Charleston church murder suspect.
Walker received $3,500 from Earl P. Holt, leader of the Council of Conservative Citizens, since 2011.
Walker spokeswoman AshLee Strong said Monday that Walker will donate the money to charity.
RHINELANDER - A new business in downtown Rhinelander hopes to help save people money.
The Festive Frog will open Tuesday, June 23rd.
The new store offers wedding and party planning and consulting. You can rent or purchase silk flowers and arrangements.
WONEWOC, WISCONSIN - As the number of small dairy farms in Wisconsin goes down, supporters hope for a comeback.
In April, Wisconsin dropped below 10,000 dairy farms for the first time since records have been kept.
That goes back nearly 100 years.
Boulder Junction kicked off its summer of free fishing seminars tonight.
Each Sunday night the town will offer a class taught by a fishing guide.
On Sunday Bill Sherer, who owns We Tie It Fly Shop, taught a class on how to fly fish small mouth bass.
WISCONSIN - The 2015 NBA Draft will take place on Thursday in Brooklyn.
Two Badgers hope to be lottery picks.
Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker think they can hear their names called in the first 14 picks.
RHINELANDER - Father's Day generally means treating dad to a special day in order to thank him for all he's done. One family in the Northwoods had an emotional Father's Day. They're in fact, remembering a father who died, while at the same time raising money for a son in need.
"We were here at 3:00 a.m. this morning," said Susan Wege, co-owner of Sportsman's Café. "Baking and getting things ready. We make all of our baked goods from scratch; pies and cakes and cookies, getting that all taken care of and getting the buffet set up and everything."
Now to most people, that sounds like a typical day of working at a restaurant.
A dive team has recovered the body of a 13-year-old boy in the Wisconsin River in Merrill Sunday evening.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's office received the call at 3:27 p.m. that the boy went under water, and didn't resurface.
The Merrill Fire Department Chief Dave Savony says the boy was found by a dive team around 7:15- 7:30 p.m. about 15 feet from where he was last seen.
SARATOGA - A 24-year-old Wisconsin Rapids woman died after she was thrown from her SUV during a crash early Saturday morning, according to the Wood County Sheriff's Office.
Kylie Larson was the only person inside the SUV when it crashed. She wasn't wearing a seat belt.
BLUE MOUNDS - Authorities have released the name of a man whose body was found last week in a silo on his property in Dane County.
The Dane County medical examiner's office identifies the man as 52-year-old Gary Pertzborn of Mount Horeb.
Pertzborn's body was discovered Thursday on a farm in Blue Mounds, about 27 miles west of Madison.
RHINELANDER - The American Marten sits on the state's endangered species list. The weasel-like mammal likes forests here in northern Wisconsin, but it needed to be reintroduced to the area.
Scientists also introduced it on the Apostle Islands, and it might actually be doing better there.
DNR Furbearer Specialist John Olson says researchers are trying to find out how the marten has actually survived on the islands. That could give them ideas on how to keep the animal strong in the Northwoods.
GREEN BAY - A Green Bay firefighter has died while on duty at a station house.
Green Bay Press Gazette Media (http://gbpg.net/1BvBOeT ) reports Lt. Michael Miller died in his sleep around 4 a.m. Saturday while working his shift.
A fire department spokesman says the 45-year-old Miller was an 18-year veteran of the department.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn says a Wauwatosa police detective who was shot and wounded is improving although he remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition.
Flynn also says a police dog found the suspect hiding in the basement of a home on Milwaukee's north side Saturday morning. He says the suspect, who has two felony convictions, was arrested without incident and was not injured.
And the chief says a $5,000 reward offer may have played a role in helping make the arrest. He says police got a good tip that the suspect was hiding in the basement.
VILAS COUNTY - The Nature Conservancy protects more than 230,000 acres of land and water all across Wisconsin. One of the protected areas is right here in the Northwoods.
About 20 people took a hike through the Catherine Wolter Wilderness Area Saturday morning. They enjoyed themselves, despite the rain.
"We fed the mosquitoes mostly," joked Naturalist Guide John Bates. "We hiked a small loop trail, about 2.7 miles, in rain and had a great time amazingly enough. Rain shouldn't stop folks and it didn't us this morning."
ARBOR VITAE - A few small things can make all the difference when it comes to your kids riding a bike this summer. Simple items like blinking lights can keep kids safe on roads and trails in the area.
Safety experts like Arbor Vitae Rescue Squad Member Ashley Stelmack says many kids also just assume that people driving cars actually see them.
"Remember to look up, look at what's in front of you. And as soon as they did that, it kind of opens their eyes like, something can hurt me," Stelmack said.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police have arrested a 20-year-old suspect in the shooting and wounding of a suburban police detective.
Police say a tip led them to the suspect. Lt. Mark Stanmeyer says he was hiding in a north side home late Saturday morning when officers arrested him.
Police had been searching since Friday morning. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had offered a $5,000 reward, but it wasn't immediately clear whether the reward led to the tip.
TOWN OF DEKORRA - A 29-year-old man and his 4-year-old son have drowned in the Wisconsin River in the Town of Dekorra.
The Columbia County Sheriff's Office says in a statement that it got a call about 1 p.m. Friday that five people were in the river and yelling for help.
Sheriff Dennis Richards says they were on a sandbar that gave way.
SARATOGA - The Wood County Sheriff's Office partially blames speed for killing a woman in a car crash Saturday night. The woman wasn't wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the SUV.
The crash happened just after 2 a.m. Saturday south of Wisconsin Rapids. It happened on Hollywood Road about a mile and half north of County Highway Z.
The sheriff's office says the SUV rolled several times.
SARATOGA - A 56-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man sits in critical, but stable condition after hitting a deer with a motor cycle last night, according to the Wood County Sheriff's Department.
The Wood County Sheriff's Department says the crash happened on Ranger Road in the Township of Saratoga. That was around 9:20 p.m. Friday.
The motorcycle and the driver hit the deer and finally came to rest in a ditch. Grant Gadsky was then air lifted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.
