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- Tonight on Newswatch 12:
We'll update you on the condition of Green Bay Packer Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and talk to a Wausau doctor about what a broken collarbone entails.
We'll show you some of the structures that Antigo organizations are creating out of canned foods in order to help stock the cities pantry.
And we introduce you to a couple who's been running the Food for Kidz event in Mincoqua for the last seven years and tell you why they're passing it on to the Lac du Flambeau Lions Club.
We'll bring you the details on these stories and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.
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MINOCQUA - For one Saturday in October, the cafeteria at Lakeland Union High School is transformed.
Instead of a place to feed teenagers, it becomes a place to package meals for thousands of people all around the world.
"It is just phenomenal to watch," said Susie Breiten.
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MADISON - House Speaker Paul Ryan says he does not want to "shovel more money at a failing program" to replace federal subsidies that President Donald Trump is eliminating that help make health insurance more affordable.
Ryan told reporters Monday that he supports the president's decision last week to end the subsidies. In Ryan's home state of Wisconsin the loss of the subsidies is projected to result in premiums increasing 36 percent for the average insurance plan sold through the federal exchange.
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WHITE LAKE - More than 60 percent of students in White Lake schools come from families with financial challenges, letting those students qualify for free or reduced-cost meals at school.
But the district views that as just a number.
"We just see kids. We don't see whether they have needs or not. We just see kids, and we do the best we can to meet whatever needs they come with on a daily basis," said White Lake K-12 Principal Glenda Boldig.
Boldig's mission is helped by a motivated community volunteer, Sally Mulhollon.
"I know what it was like to be without," said Mulhollon.
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ANTIGO - Our ancestors used small-batch botanical medicine when they had a health problem.
That tradition is still carried on in Antigo.
Mortar and Pestle opened its doors one week ago.
Owner Kelly Keyser-Millar has been making batches of her botanical medicine and selling it online since last November.
The storefront allows her to make custom medicine based on people's needs in combination with the prescriptions they may already be taking.
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EAU CLAIRE - Student leaders at the University of Wisconsin's 26 campuses are pressing regents to include their input on plans to merge two-year schools with four-year campuses.
The UW System Student Representatives released a statement requesting more student inclusion in announcements like the merger plans.
The statewide group is composed of student body presidents and vice presidents from each of the system's campuses.The Board of Regents has proposed merging University of Wisconsin Colleges with four-year University of Wisconsin institutions.
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DOOR COUNTY - One woman died and another survived after their car landed in the water at the Sister Bay Marina.
Door County sheriff's deputies say they got a call about 10 p.m. Saturday about a vehicle that was in the water near the boat launch. Deputies arrived and found a Hyundai submerged in the water.
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