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EAU CLAIRE - The Rhinelander High School varsity dance team placed 1st place in the hip hop category at Regionals Saturday in Eau Claire.
Dance coach Tricia Winter said there are 19 girls on the team but only 17 competed Saturday.
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OSHKOSH - A Winnebago County judge has dismissed a felony charge against a man accused of starving his dog to death, after doctors said the defendant wasn't competent to stand trial.
Bryan I. Hutcherson, 19, had been charged with
animal mistreatment. His pit bull puppy had been found dead on an
Oshkosh sidewalk last March due to extreme malnutrition.
He was given two competency evaluations, and doctors came to
conflicting conclusions. A third evaluation indicated he wasn't
competent to stand trial.
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ANESVILLE - A Janesville company that makes large components for semitrailer trucks said it plans to hire about 125 production workers in coming months.
Stoughton Trailers LLC said the hires will be spread among its plants in Brodhead, Evansville and Stoughton.
The jobs include assembly workers, welders and industrial painters.
A Janesville Gazette report said the increase will bring the company's total employment to about 925 by June. The company already added about 300 workers last year.
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MILWAUKEE - Republicans are getting their first look at all the recall signatures against Governor Walker.
Volunteers at the Waukesha County Republican headquarters started reviewing the signatures Friday.
At least 1000 people signed up to help review all of the content.
There are ten different sites set-up accross the state where volunteers will be scrutinizing the signatures collected to recall Walker.
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MERRILL - As we draw near the anniversary of the Merrill tornado, locals want potential visitors to know the town is revived and open for business.
"Merrill is back; we're open for business."
That's the message the Merrill Area Chamber of Commerce is sending at this weekend's chili cook-off. Executive Director Debbe Kinsey says they didn't want to wait through the winter to get things rolling.
"We decided a chili cook-off would be a good thing to wash away the blahs, obviously, and we also did it as the first promotion of the new year," says Kinsey.
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POST LAKE - For the past few weeks, the strip of small business owners off Highway K have been plagued by several burglaries, according to multiple bar owners.
Thursday night, Wolff's Supper Club and Post Lake Inn bar were vandalized, said Langlade County police.
Wolff Supper Club owner, Mary Wolff, said her son was driving past the restaurant Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. when he saw the window had been broken in. He immediately called police, Wolff said.
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