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Kemp Street construction pushed back to July 8
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Submitted: 06/18/2013 |
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RHINELANDER - Independence Day always brings a flood of visitors to the Northwoods.
Closing one of Rhinelander's major streets could create a big headache.
But we learned today that major construction on Kemp Street won't start until after July 4th.
The city and contractors decided today to start the Kemp Street part of their sewer project during the week of July 8th.
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Assembly Republicans want to restrict public access to mining site
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Submitted: 06/18/2013 |
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MADISON - Wisconsin Republicans want to make sure protestors don't interfere with the mining exploration project in Iron and Ashland counties.
Representative Mark Honadel is trying to persuade Republican leaders to limit public access to the mining sites.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Monday the changes won't appear in the spending plan.
But he said Republican leaders are working on other options with the state Department of Natural Resources.
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Rhinelander Planning Committee makes organizing big events easier
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Submitted: 06/18/2013 |
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RHINELANDER - Not many people plan big events.
But in a tourist town like Rhinelander, parades, car shows and festivals are a big part of the economy.
Those big events need a lot of preparation.
That's why Rhinelander's Planning Committee wants to make events easier to organize.
The city's Protection of Persons and Property Committee is working on a new special event packet.
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Merrill High School Preserves Mural Paintings
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Submitted: 06/18/2013 |
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MERRILL - When students hear the bell ring on the last day of school, they normally don't want to come back until they have to.
But a few students went right back inside to beautify their school.
Honors Art students started painting murals around the high school last week.
The program started nine years ago.
Thirteen students are painting four foot by six foot scaled designs on the brick walls.
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Antigo looks to Langlade Hospital to take over ambulance service
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Submitted: 06/18/2013 |
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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.
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City Council votes to recognize domestic partnerships
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Submitted: 06/18/2013 |
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STEVENS POINT - Stevens Point moved one step closer to recognizing same-sex partnerships last night.
The city council voted to offer domestic partner benefits for city workers.
The change would allow city workers to cover their partners under their health insurance. It would apply to both same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
Milwaukee, Madison and Racine are among Wisconsin cities that allow something similar.
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Maahs sentenced to six months in jail
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Submitted: 06/18/2013 |
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ANTIGO - Former Antigo football coach John Lund went to jail for three months for his involvement in a marijuana ring.
The man who sold the drugs to him will be locked up for at least twice that long.
Bradley Maahs was sentenced to six months in jail today. Maahs will also serve more probation time after his stay in jail.
If his probation is revoked for bad behavior, he would go to prison for a year and a half.
He pleaded no contest to delivering THC.
Maahs has two months to report to Langlade or Shawano County Jail.
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