- A Northwoods group that strives to help make students job-ready got special recognition from Governor Scott Walker on Wednesday. Find out which group and why.
We'll have the details on this story and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.
MINOCQUA - People in Minocqua brought back a Northwoods tradition this year when they rebuilt the city's giant snowman.
For a few years, the giant snowman didn't get built, because of poor weather conditions.
"Who doesn't love to build a snowman?" asked Minocqua Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Krystal Westfahl. "And to have the opportunity to build a 30-foot snowman brings out every kid in us."
Volunteers in Minocqua helped build the enormous snowman, named Snowmy Kromer, just outside of the Chamber of Commerce. He used to be built near the Island City Ice Cream store. But this year, they wanted to try a new spot.
MERRILL - A social media app with over 50 million users could be dangerous to local police departments.
The app, called Waze, was designed to allow drivers to alert others about traffic jams and other problems on the road. But some people worry the app could be used to target police.
ASHLAND - Xcel Energy and two railroads have settled a lawsuit over contamination at the lakefront in Ashland.
Xcel says the Soo Line and Wisconsin Central have agreed to pay $10 million to help cleanup contamination caused, in part, by a gas plant that operated near Chequamegon Bay from the late 1800s to the 1940s.
TURTLE LAKE - Authorities in western Wisconsin are trying to find the vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian on a highway.
The crash was reported just before 7:30 a.m. Thursday on Highway 8 near Upper Turtle Lake, between Almena and Turtle Lake. The pedestrian, identified as 26-year-old Logan Paulson, died at the scene.
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