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Disabilities advocates say budget cuts could hurt Family Care program Submitted: 03/01/2015
WISCONSIN - Disabilities advocates say Gov. Scott Walker's budget cuts could be devastating to programs that help Wisconsinites live independently.

Changes to the popular Family Care program and other cuts could save the state $33 million over the next two years. But questions remain as to how programs for people with disabilities would work.

Claire Yunker, spokeswoman for the Department of Health Services, says the changes are aimed at preventing abuse in the existing system and creating a more coordinated care regimen.

But Daniel Idzikowski, executive director of Disability Rights says his organization was not consulted about Walker's plan. He says it would drastically restructure Family Care, the program that administers personal care and long-term care services to elderly, disabled and injured Wisconsinites through Medicaid.



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Woman flown to hospital after snowmobile crashSubmitted: 02/28/2015

ST. GERMAIN - One person got hurt in a snowmobile crash this morning.

The crash happened near highway 70 in St. Germain.

Officers say a 19-year-old Beaver Dam woman went off the trail and hit a tree.

The woman had to be airlifted to Wausau hospital.

The Vilas County Sheriff's Office is still investigating.

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You can find 40 iconic guitars in Wausau this weekendSubmitted: 02/28/2015

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WAUSAU - The exhibition, called Medieval to Metal: The Art and Evolution of the Guitar opened Saturday.

It's a touring exhibition from the National Guitar Museum.

The executive director of that museum led a gallery walk Saturday.

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An affordable Northwoods ski clinic taught people of all ages how to cross country ski SaturdaySubmitted: 02/28/2015

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RHINELANDER - The ski clinic was held this morning. It only cost $10.

The class was sponsored by Mel's Trading Post and the School District of Rhinelander Community Education Program

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13-year-old boy died after Wausau stabbingSubmitted: 02/28/2015

WAUSAU - A 13-year-old boy has died after he was stabbed during a fight in Wausau that may have been prompted by a dispute on social media.

Wausau police say the stabbing happened Friday after several Wausau high school and middle school students who claim to be gang members had been arguing on Facebook during the day. The Facebook messages indicated that several of the students planned on fighting.

At about 5:30 p.m., six or seven juveniles drove to a house on the 900 block of Jefferson Street. One person fired a BB gun at juveniles who were on the porch.

Both groups began fighting in the street and the teen was stabbed twice in the back. A friend drove him to a hospital, where he died.

A 15-year-old is in custody.

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 REGIONAL NEWS
7 arrested, accused of home invasion robberySubmitted: 02/27/2015

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MOSINEE - Seven people sit in jail, suspected of involvement in a home invasion armed robbery in Mosinee last week.

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7 people charged in drug operation out of Milwaukee homeSubmitted: 02/27/2015

MILWAUKEE - Seven people have been charged with running a large drug distribution operation out of a house on the south side of Milwaukee.

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Michigan, US appealing judge's ruling on Great Lakes wolvesSubmitted: 02/27/2015

TRAVERSE CITY, MI - Michigan is joining the federal government in appealing a decision that restores legal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region.

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Gov. Walker says 2011 teachers' union protests prepared him to confront global terrorism Submitted: 02/26/2015

OXON HILL, MD. - Gov. Scott Walker says his experience taking on the 2011 teachers union protesters in Madison helped prepare him to take on terrorist threats across the world.

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