- Sheriff's Offices here in the Northwoods sometimes struggle to find qualified applicants to become sheriff's deputies. And they're not alone. It's a growing trend across the country. Find out why fewer people are getting into law enforcement and why fewer are qualified, tonight.
We'll have the details on this story and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.
WAUSAU - A Wausau teen could spend up to 60 years in prison for allegedly stabbing a middle school student last Friday. Prosecutors think the crime is gang related.
15-year-old Dylan Yang is being charged as an adult with first degree reckless homicide. Police say Yang stabbed 13-year-old Isaiah Powell twice in the back.
Court documents say doctors think Powell died because the stab wounds punctured Powell's lungs, liver, and vena cava. That's a large vein in the human body.
WAUSAU - A local restaurant owner hopes his customers can taste and see how much he loves making traditional Vietnamese noodle soup.
Payao Lo is originally from Laos. He moved to Wausau and opened his Vietnamese restaurant, Pho 76, seven years ago. He's been serving the community ever since.
MADISON - Round two of the right-to-work fight is set to begin at the Wisconsin Capitol.
The state Assembly labor committee is set to hold a 10-hour hearing Monday about the right-to-work bill that rapidly passed in the Senate last week. Assembly Republicans planned to start the day with a news conference and then convene the hearing.
MADISON - Nearly 100 private and religious schools have applied to be a part of Wisconsin's voucher program next fall.
The state Department of Public Instruction reported Monday that 98 schools applied by the deadline to be in the program where taxpayer-funded subsidies pay for students to attend private schools. That is up from 68 schools that applied for this year.
ESCANABA MI - Three Upper Peninsula school bus drivers say in a gender discrimination lawsuit that their buses showed signs of tampering.
The Daily Press of Escanaba reports (http://bit.ly/1GbBGlp ) Sandy Wanic, Jody Bergeon, and Sharon Curtin say tampering was discovered during a pre-trip inspection.
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