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Minocqua Broadband Committee Plans to Send Town Board SonicNet Lease Submitted: 01/08/2013

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MINOCQUA - People who need wireless internet service around Minocqua should have a definite provider in place for some time starting next week.

The town board's Broadband and Business Development Committee agreed to send a lease proposal to the town board for SonicNet last night.

SonicNet has unofficially provided wifi to people on the outskirts of town for about three years now. That's when the town built three wireless towers at a cost of $15,000 each.

This lease would lock the provider in with the town of Minocqua.

It would also likely extend the agreement that the company pay the town one dollar per customer per month.

That brings just in a couple thousand dollars a year. But Board President Mark Hartzheim says they never expected to regain the full $45,000 invested.

The town board will vote on the lease at next Tuesday night's meeting.

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Merrill City Council plans to at Tomahawk to Municipal Court cases Submitted: 06/19/2013

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In Merrill, the city council is trying to do that with their municipal court.

The new plan means if you get a speeding ticket or citation for disorderly conduct in tomahawk, you'd have to go to court in Merrill.

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Kids make sculptures from soil Submitted: 06/19/2013

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THREE LAKES - When you were a child, you probably liked to play in the dirt.

Wednesday, some kids did just that.

Only this time, it was for educational purposes.

Jessica Hepker works at Trees for Tomorrow.

Wednesday at the Three Lakes Library, she taught kids about different types of soil.

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Forest Co. man gets jail for firing gun in house, pointing it at wife Submitted: 06/19/2013

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Forrest Schaller was originally charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide.

But today he agreed to a deal with the State. He pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering safety and felon possession of a firearm.

In exchange, the Court dropped the attempted homicide charge.

Schaller will serve one year in Forest County jail with work-release privileges. He'll be on probation for eight years.

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Woman killed when ATV goes over cliff Submitted: 06/19/2013

SAXON - A woman died when an ATV sailed over a cliff in Iron county.

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The ATV did not make it around a corner on Harbor drive and traveled over the cliff, coming to rest on the beach.

A 42 year old woman who was a passenger on the ATV was dead at the scene.

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