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LAKE TOMAHAWK - Back in the early nineties, an event in Lake Tomahawk gave thanks to veterans. This year, a group of community members decided to bring it back.
The Vets and Guides event invites veterans from King, Tomah, and other areas to come to Lake Tomahawk for a day of fishing, food, and a good time.
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ARBOR VITAE - Last summer the Northwoods LBGT community and allies come together to celebrate love, diversity and acceptance.
After last year's successful festival, the Rainbow Hodags planned an even bigger one for this year.
More than 75 people celebrated gay pride at the second annual Pride Fest in Arbor Vitae.
Lots of laughter, live music, and dancing filled the park.
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RHINELANDER - Northwoods runners hit the trails for the Hodag Run for Your Life race.
One runner in particular served as inspiration to her competitors.
Many people run to improve their time or speed, but for Carol Burton, running keeps her feeling young.
"I just consider it a health challenge," said Carol Burton, the oldest runner in the race. "I enjoy testing myself although I am 85 so I have decided this is my last one."
Carol ran in her 8th Hodag Run for Your Life race. But even though she won't be racing anymore, she'll still be running.
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MARATHON CITY - A truckload of huge, heavy pieces of concrete piping sat outside County Materials Corporation in Marathon City on Friday afternoon.
They won't be there long.
Soon, it will head for Racine County, one of hundreds of truckloads delivering pipes to the Foxconn site.
Gov. Scott Walker promised luring the electronics company to southeastern Wisconsin would help the entire state. He visited County Materials on Friday. It's one of 27 contractors in the state selected to help with the Phase One build of Foxconn.
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MINOCQUA - Owners of wooden boats describe them as labors of love.
"If you're going to own a boat like this, you have to have a commitment," said boat owner Marc Toigo. "It's not optional."
It's the kind of commitment Gordon Moore had when he helped start the Minocqua Antique Wooden & Classic Boat Show 26 years ago. Moore passed away in August, making this weekend's show the first without him.
"We're going to laugh a lot, because he'd want us to," said show organizer Al Hanley. "(Moore) had a great sense of humor, he was a truly unique individual."
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EAGLE RIVER - After a long night shift, DNR Conservation Warden Supervisor Dave Walz answered his phone with some anxiety early Wednesday morning.
"Oh, phone ringing at 1, 2 in the morning, this can't be good," Walz said.
That anxiety turned to excitement.
"They said they had a homeowner with a bear in a basement," Walz said.
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- In the last week, more than a dozen people in the Wausau area found their cars damaged or broken into.
In a span of six days, at least 17 vehicles were either keyed, had windows bashed in or had stuff stolen from them.
"Some weirdo doings some weirdo stuff that's how I look at it," said Jon Radtke who lives in the neighborhood where items were stolen from a handful of unlocked cars."It's kind of (strange) for this area. We really don't have a lot of problems in the area."
Last Friday, two vehicles parked at the East High Apartments on Street and Adams Street and three more just down the street were broken into.
"We're working on who [is doing] this," said Wausau Police Officer Brian Burkhardt.
He says a few days after the break-ins around 7th Street; he received calls of 12 cars being vandalized, nothing stolen just vandalized.
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