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LOCAL NEWS
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TOMAH (AP) - A veterans affairs hospital in Wisconsin is using nontraditional therapies for pain and mental health as officials continue to address problems with over-prescribing medication at the facility.
Wisconsin Public Radio reports that the Tomah VA Medical Center is one of 18 veterans hospitals across the country launching the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Whole Health program.
Whole Health coaches help VA patients set personal health and wellness goals, address chronic pain, prevent illness or injury and treat mental health needs. The program also uses alternative therapies like tai chi, acupuncture and Healing Touch, which focuses on restoring a person's energy field.
The initiative comes four years after a veteran died at the facility from a mixture of prescribed drugs. Federal investigations found that some staff were over-prescribing drugs.
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MINOCQUA - Some people in Minocqua noticed their water had a brown tint on Friday. The Lakeland Sanitary District says the water is clean and safe.
Crews were running fire hydrants to fix a water main. A well unexpectedly started and mixed iron into the water which left a brownish color.
A superintendent from the sanitary district says water is now clear but If you do see color in your water run the cold faucet for a few seconds.
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WAUSAU - UPDATE: Both located and found safe according to the Wausau Police Department.
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RHINELANDER - A Northwoods radio station did something special to celebrate World Record Store Day. WXPR Public Radio created a pop-up record store in Rhinelander.
The temporary store was created inside Art Start and ran from 12 p.m. to four p.m. on Saturday. Organizers say listeners donated about 4,000 vinyl records and 2,000 CD's for the pop-up shop.
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REGIONAL NEWS
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CANTON, MI - Student across the country walked out of theirs schools today, in part for the Columbine anniversary, but to also protest gun violence.
In Michigan, hundreds of student from three different high schools gathered on a campus football field.
In New York, Students staged a mass "die-in" on the steps of the State Capitol to call for stricter gun control laws.
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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX - A county sheriff in Minnesota says his office is preparing charges to build what he calls "the strongest case" against a woman suspected in the deaths of her husband and a woman in Florida whom she resembled.
Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose says he's relieved that 56-year-old Lois Riess was arrested Thursday at a restaurant in South Padre Island, Texas, after a witness recognized her photo and called police.
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LANSING, MI - Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has sued the company he says damaged electric cables and oil pipelines in a Great Lakes channel by dragging a tugboat anchor across them.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Ingham County Circuit Court against VanEnkevort Tug & Barge Inc. of Escanaba, Michigan.
Two cables were damaged April 1 and released about 600 gallons (2,270 liters) of mineral oil insulation fluid into the Straits of Mackinac, which connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
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GREEN BAY - Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green avoided jail time under a plea agreement that included dismissal of a felony child abuse charge.
The 41-year-old Green on Thursday entered an Alford plea of no contest to criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct. Prosecutors amended the child abuse charge to a non-abuse charge of damage to property.
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