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TOMAHAWK - The old Sacred Heart Hospital building in Tomahawk will be knocked down soon.
Milestone Senior Living will build a new home for seniors on the site.
The old building has been vacant since 2003.
But now, the vandalism and theft in the old hospital has gotten so bad, people there call the situation "disgusting" and "disappointing".
Ernie Winker did plenty of carpentry work inside the hospital.
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TOMAHAWK - A home in Tomahawk caught fire Thursday afternoon.
The fire happened near Lake Alice on Pine Shore Lane.
Police say an elderly couple owned the home, but we don't know if they were home at the time of the fire.
We also don't know how the fire started, but we'll give you more information on the fire when it becomes available.
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RHINELANDER - Our record breaking snow storm left more than 6,000 people across the Northwoods without power.
WPS had to rely on 20 extra crews from Green Bay, Wausau and Menominee to restore power.
But getting to the outages was a challenge.
A representative for WPS says workers are expecting even more outages to be reported.
"Not all of the back roads are plowed yet and that's where a lot of outages are located," said Leah Van Zile, WPS Community Relations leader. "Throughout the day as the temperatures warm, we expect to receive additional calls due to the unloading of snow off of the tree branches."
Eagle River had one of the highest number of customers affected by the outages.
Representatives for WPS say this was one of the hardest winters they've had to deal with.
"We've had some really, really severe wind chills which has really made the temperatures below zero. Typically, only in emergencies do we work in those conditions," said Van Zile. "But pretty much any other time, whether it's a rain storm, a snow storm, a wind storm, our guys are out there working, getting that power back on."
The number of outages dropped below 4,000 since earlier today.
If you're still without power to call 1800-450-7240.
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RHINELANDER - The Rhinelander Area Food Pantry relies heavily on volunteers. Here is a look inside the operation.
(Click the video to watch)
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RHINELANDER - Prosecutors believe four people arrested for keeping meth planned on sell the drug.
Police also think two of them were making meth at the home just north of Rhinelander.
Scott Dumpprope, Thomas Franz, Gerry Fredrick and Carrie Steinmetz were arrested Tuesday.
That's when the sheriff's office found meth, pot and a meth lab at Dumpprope's house.
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RHINELANDER - Snow blowers became the weapon of choice across northern Wisconsin as snow piled deeper and deeper.
People had ten inches or more of snow to clear from driveways and sidewalks this morning.
Some may have stayed home today.
But those who needed to get out had to move the snow.
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RHINELANDER - Enemy forces killed Rhinelander's Ryan Adams in Afghanistan five years ago.
Now, the Northwoods community will name a street in his honor.
Adams was a graduate of Rhinelander High School.
He served in the Rhinelander-based 951st Sapper Company of the Wisconsin Army National Guard.
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