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TOMAHAWK - A grant will allow a volunteer fire department make some big upgrades.
The Tomahawk Fire Department found out Thursday that it will get $250,000.
The grant will come from the Bierman Family Foundation.
The fire chief says they have plenty of things that need to be replaced.
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MADISON - A new group will provide advice on fishing in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Conservation Congress have formed the Wisconsin Fisheries Advisory Council.
The group includes 16 representatives from fishing and tourism organizations.
The council will advise the DNR's fisheries management board and the conservation congress on statewide issues.
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MADISON - People found innocent of a crime can still be hurt by the accusation.
That's because the charge remains in online court records in Wisconsin.
A bill approved by a state Senate committee would change that.
The bipartisan bill calls for erasing data from the public CCAP system when a person has been cleared.
For civil forfeiture cases, the record would be removed within 90 days if the defendant has been acquitted or the case was dismissed.
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MADISON - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will be the new chair of the Midwestern Governor's Association.
For now, he plans to focus on propane issues.
The Washington-based group brings governors and staff together to solve significant problems in the region.
The association asked President Barack Obama for federal help in January as the region's propane supply dwindled.
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TOMAHAWK - A new senior living facility could soon come to Tomahawk.
Milestone Senior Living wants to demolish the old Sacred Heart Hospital in Tomahawk.
It would build a 40-unit campus on the site.
The facility would include 20 assisted living units and a 20-bed memory care center.
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RHINELANDER - Your water and sewer bill could soon be on the rise if you live in Rhinelander.
Unlike other Northern Wisconsin cities, the water utility rates haven't changed since 2008.
The public works director says the cold winter only played a small role in the proposed increase.
Rising expenses and upgrades are the main reasons they hope to soon raise utility costs.
"Sewer rates are going up 13 percent in the city largely due to the expenses the utility has experienced because of the upgrades that have taken place and our best efforts to deliver the utility at a low expense," said Public Works Director Tim Kingman.
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ROTHSCHILD - Wisconsin farms play a key role in our economy, but today's farm owners aren't getting any younger.
One apprentice program hopes to change that.
The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship program is building and preparing the next generation of farmers. It gives young farmers hands-on training and a path to a career in dairy farming.
"There's a lot of farms that are going to be transitioned and transferred in the next decade or so, and what we really need is somebody to be able to take these farms over," says program director Joe Tomandl. "We don't have that training program in place, and that's what the dairy grazing apprenticeship is about."
A recent government census of American agriculture found the average age of a farmer is 58 years old. Leaders believe the apprentice program has already seen success with new farmers over the past few years.
"We have a number of new producers just in the last four years in Marathon and Lincoln counties now running their own dairy farms using managed grazing techniques," says Paul Daigle of the Marathon County Conservation, Planning, & Zoning Department. "It's still a struggle no matter what, but it offers a profitable way to get into farming today."
Cattle farmers met at the 20th Annual Winter Grazing Conference today in Rothschild.
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