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Lincoln Co. Sheriff's Office seeks eyewitnesses to fire near Bucki's home Submitted: 06/17/2013

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LINCOLN COUNTY - The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office needs your help.

Investigators want to talk to anyone who was near Anita Bucki's home between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. on April 26.

That's the day she went missing. Her husband, Mark Bucki, has been charged in her murder.

Lieutenant Tim Fischer says he specifically wants to talk to anyone who may have seen a large fire that morning.

It could have come from a burn barrel located around Wegner Road or County Road M.

The Buckis lived on Wegner Road.

The fire would have been easy to see in the early morning.

If you have any information on this case, please contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 715-536-6272.

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Horses help children with autism at Camp AweSum Submitted: 06/17/2013

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ST. GERMAIN - Doctors don't know why they're diagnosing more and more children with autism. It’s hard to know what therapy works best for each child.

Today at Camp AweSum in St. Germain, kids on the Autism Spectrum got a chance to interact with horses.

"I saw him smiling up there, just kind of spontaneously. I think the horse kinda shook and he thought that was kinda funny," said Becky Howell-Adams, the mother of a 9 year old with autism.

For some autistic children smiles are hard to come by. Making a connection like that people or animals is special.

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ATVs allowed on streets of Sugar Camp Submitted: 06/17/2013

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SUGAR CAMP - You can drive an ATV through practically anything; Snow, mud, water and soon, on Sugar Camp's roads.

Monday, the Sugar Camp Town Board decided to allow ATVs on its roads.

All ATV drivers must wear helmets and license their vehicles.

But even with those rules, some residents still think ATVs on the roads will be dangerous.

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Power Restored After Storm Outages Submitted: 06/17/2013

RHINELANDER - Thousands lost power in the northwoods, thanks to heavy storms last night.

Wisconsin Public service says 5-thousand customers were without electricity right after the storm yesterday.

2-thousand were still out early this morning, but almost everyone should have service back now.

The Rhinelander area was hardest hit.

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Hospital opens fitness doors to public Submitted: 06/17/2013

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ANTIGO - Going to the gym can be hard if you have a busy schedule.

It can be even harder if the gym closes early.

But one Northwoods hospital is opening their fitness center 24 hours a day so you can workout out any time.

Langlade Hospital opened the doors to its new fitness center today.

The facility helps patients with rehabilitation.

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Making Cheese the Old Fashioned Way Submitted: 06/17/2013

MARATHON - Wisconsin makes up 24 percent of the nation's cheese production.

Helping out that number is Bletsoe's Cheese in Marathon.

Their old fashioned approach to cheese making still proves successful.

Bonnie Bletsoe and her husband David started the business in 1983.

They have a fully operational cheese factory, making cheese, the old way.

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Plane crash kills Two at Madeline Island Submitted: 06/17/2013

ASHLAND COUNTY - Two people died when a plane crashed near the airport on Madeline island in northwestern Wisconsin.

Sheriff Mick Brennan says a witness saw the plane try to land, then abort the landing and apparently turn to make a second approach.

The plane then went down just short of the runway and caught fire.

The names and hometowns of the two men were not immediately released pending notification of relatives.

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Increased wolf hunt quotas go to Natural Resources Board Submitted: 06/14/2013

MADISON - Hunters could kill more wolves under quotas going before the state natural resources board for Wisconsin's second wolf hunt.

The board will take up the limits June 26th in Wausau.

Testimony will be taken from the public.

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EAA to pay big fee for air traffic controllers Submitted: 06/14/2013

OSHKOSH - The Experimental Aircraft Association will pay the Federal Aviation Administration 450-thousand dollars... but they're not happy about it.

The money is for air traffic control services during the upcoming AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh.

EAA Chairman Jack Pelton says his organization was held hostage.

It either had to pay the fee or cancel the popular air show.

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