WOODRUFF - A house fire between Woodruff and Lake Tomahawk tonight called firefighters from four departments into action.
Around 5:30 p.m., the Minocqua, Arbor Vitae, Lake Tomahawk, and Woodruff Fire Departments responded to this home on Woodland Drive.
"There's a lot of heavy smoke damage," Woodruff Fire Chief Mike Timmons said. "As of right now, we don't know what caused the fire. We're still trying to determine that."
Timmons told us the fire started in the basement.
Nobody was hurt as the residents were outside the house.
Republicans want to limit access to proposed mine site
Submitted: 06/18/2013
MADISON - Wisconsin Republicans are looking to curtail public access to an iron mine site in far northwestern Wisconsin in hopes of stopping protesters from interfering with the project.
Representative Mark Honadel is trying to persuade Republican leaders to make changes in the state budget limiting access.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, a Juneau Republican, acknowledged the discussions on Monday.
Antigo looks to Langlade Hospital to take over ambulance service
Submitted: 06/18/2013
ANTIGO - The city of Antigo doesn't want to run an ambulance service anymore. It's just too expensive. Instead, the city's new hospital may take over.
"We have a great ambulance service now and that's our biggest concern here is being able to maintain that... As with a lot of people our problem is financial," said City of Antigo’s Mayor, Bill Brandt.
Each year it costs around 2 million dollars to run the ambulance service for Antigo and 10 surrounding townships.
About half of that is paid by the city and county through taxes... The other half is paid by the user fees.
ST. GERMAIN - Doctors don't know why they're diagnosing more and more children with autism. It’s hard to know what therapy works best for each child.
Today at Camp AweSum in St. Germain, kids on the Autism Spectrum got a chance to interact with horses.
"I saw him smiling up there, just kind of spontaneously. I think the horse kinda shook and he thought that was kinda funny," said Becky Howell-Adams, the mother of a 9 year old with autism.
For some autistic children smiles are hard to come by. Making a connection like that people or animals is special.
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