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Fire Levels Garage in Merrill
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Submitted: 05/25/2013 |
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MERRILL - A Saturday afternoon fire burned a garage to the ground. It happened on Anna Road in Merrill.
At two o'clock fire crews from Merrill, Russell, Pine River and the DNR were called to a home.
The homeowner said he and his wife started a fire in a burn barrel behind the garage hours before.
The garage was totally destroyed along with everything inside. The fire is still being investigated.
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Verdict in Raw Milk Trial
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Submitted: 05/25/2013 |
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BARABOO - A Wisconsin dairy farmer has been acquitted on three of four counts in a trial related to the sale of raw milk.
Dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger was found guilty on one charge of violating a holding order placed on products at his farm. This was after a 2010 raid.
Hershberger could get up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine.
They found the 41-year-old not guilty of charges that he sold retail food, produced milk and operated a dairy plant without proper state licenses.
His supporters have said he was targeted because he sold raw milk through a private buying club with several hundred members.
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Woodruff Celebrates 125th Birthday
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Submitted: 05/25/2013 |
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WOODRUFF - Woodruff also had another big event to celebrate today.
It's the towns 125th anniversary.
The town kicked off the celebration with a 5-k run, car show and of course participating in the parade.
Woodruff has officially been part of the Northwoods since 1888.
Board chairman Mike Timmons says it's a privilege to be a part of this town.
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Fire Burns Rhinelander Apartment Building
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Submitted: 05/24/2013 |
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RHINELANDER - People jumped from a second story window to escape an early morning fire in Rhinelander.
Just after two this morning, the Rhinelander fire department rushed to 254 Westhill Road.
Half of a four unit apartment building was already in flames when they got there.
Five people living in the building had already gotten out.
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Adams Co. man convicted of killing mother sentenced to life
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Submitted: 05/24/2013 |
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FRIENDSHIP, WI - You need to think back several years to remember this case - back to late 2010.
An Adams County man convicted of killing his mother, hiding her body and using her checks and credit cards has been sentenced to life in prison.
61-year-old Larry W. Clark won't be eligible for parole for 30 years.
A jury convicted Clark of seven felonies including first-degree intentional homicide.
Prosecutors say he shot 79-year-old Marcella Clark in the back in 2010 and hid her body in the woods near their Big Flats house.
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Help a Northwoods Girl Beat Juvenile Diabetes
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Submitted: 05/24/2013 |
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ANTIGO - Despite having to poke her fingers, and inject insulin throughout the day, 7 year old Meredith smiles all the time. Now YOU can make her smile even brighter.
This is the race car Meredith Meidl designed for Ford's "Real Heroes Contest" benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund. Meredith knows a lot about diabetes. She's had the disease since she was 2.
"I just (clicks) and then I push it on my finger and I squeeze my finger and then I put my blood into the strip and it reads my blood," said Meredith demonstrating how she tests her blood sugar.
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Possible End to One Walleye Fight
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Submitted: 05/24/2013 |
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LAC DU FLAMBEAU - The back-and-forth between state lawmakers and the Lac du Flambeau tribe might be over.
Dean Kaufert is a Republican representing Neenah. He wanted to strip a quarter-million dollars of funding from the tribe. That money would have gone to fund a new cultural center.
His original move was a protest against the Chippewa lowering walleye bag limits. That happened on many lakes in the ceded territory this spring.
"I was kind of having some difficulty with some of my colleagues in the Legislature with convincing them that we needed to play hardball by holding this project back," says Rep. Kaufert.
Walleye spearing season by Chippewa fishermen is almost over. They only took about half as many as they expected. So, the DNR raised limits on 423 lakes in the ceded territory.
Kaufert now will not stand in the way of the cultural center money.
"The Governor asked me if I would consider releasing that project due to their ongoing discussions about trying to create a better environment up north for fish stocking and number of walleyes in our lakes," says Rep. Kaufert.
This week, Governor Scott Walker also proposed a state project to put more walleye in Wisconsin's lakes.
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