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SUGAR CAMP - Fire badly damaged a house in Sugar Camp Monday afternoon. The Oneida County Sheriff's Office got a call of the fire on County Highway A around 1:00 p.m.The garage of the house appeared to be destroyed. Firefighters were still putting out flames on the roof of the house an hour later.
The Sheriff's Office thinks the fire might have started in a wood stove in the garage, where a man was burning garbage.
Police said there were two people in the home at the time of the fire, but they made it out safely. Police haven't said yet what caused the fire or how much damage there was.
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RHINELANDER - Newswatch 12 turned 50 this year, but it's actually lucky the station made it past year two.
A tragic accident in 1968 knocked the station off the air for nearly a year, and William Anderson was one of the two who lived through it.
"It's a quite a story," said Anderson.
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LAONA - Whipping winds and off-and-on rain couldn't keep 91-year-old Bud Kuhrasch off the golf course Monday.
"Rain or shine, we'd be here," Kuhrasch said with a smile.
Then again, the weather doesn't really bother Kuhrasch. The U.S. Navy veteran helped invade Omaha Beach at Normandy on D-Day in 1944. On Monday, he joined two other World War II vets and more than 100 other veterans at Nicolet Country Club's annual outing.
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MINOCQUA - Keeping up with technology can be tough, but Lakeland Union High School thinks it's up for the challenge.
The school's newest investment is bringing lesson plans to life.
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MADISON - A federal judge has refused a union's demand to block Wisconsin's right-to-work law.
The law prohibits businesses and unions from reaching agreements that require all workers, not just union members, to pay union dues. Unions have argued the law enables nonunion members to receive free representation.
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MADISON - Wisconsin elections officials have started mailing postcards to hundreds of thousands of people telling them how to register to vote.
State lawmakers passed a measure earlier this year requiring Wisconsin to join a multi-state consortium that works to identify eligible voters who haven't registered and informs them how to get on the books.
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- Tonight on Newswatch 12:
Two people in Sugar Camp safely escaped a house fire that heavily damaged their garage. We'll give you the latest details.
Plus, we'll bring you new information on an attempt by Marathon County officials to keep drivers safe from cows that were let loose from an accident on Highway 29.
We'll bring you the details on these stories and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.
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