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WISCONSIN RAPIDS - An 80-year-old woman died Sunday in Wisconsin Rapids after getting hit by a train.
Police say Joyce Huber, 80, died at the scene.
Huber tried to cross the tracks and was hit by a Canadian National Railway train that was going south.
Police say the railroad crossing safety arms and lights were working.
They also say the train's horn was working.
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RHINELANDER - Volunteers started preparations Monday for the Oneida County Fair.
About 50 people helped set up.
A lot of work was completed ahead of schedule thanks to volunteers.
Fair leaders think most of the setup will be done Monday.
"We're hoping to be done pretty much today with the initial setup," says Fair Coordinator Nancy Gehrig. "K&M Amusement is already setting up today, which normally they aren't setting up until Tuesday. So yeah, we're ahead of the game already."
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MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for leading police on a drunken driving chase that ended in a near-fatal crash.
The Journal Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/1nSZKzi ) 41-year-old Kevin Hutchins Jr. of Milwaukee reached speeds of 100 mph during a seven-mile police chase. Deputy Scott Griffin was critically injured when Hutchins' vehicle bounced off of a barricade and smashed into his squad car.
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MINNESOTA - Getting caught speeding through a road construction work zone is about to get more costly in Minnesota.
Starting Friday, the offense comes with an automatic $300 fine plus the normal traffic ticket surcharges. That's under a new state law approved during the legislative session.
Officials from the Department of Transportation, a highway contractor and the State Patrol planned a news conference Monday to highlight the change. They hope the steeper penalty will serve as a deterrent.
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IRONWOOD, MI - Police found a missing Hurley man in his car underwater in Ironwood, Sunday.
74-year-old Duane Jussila's car was found underwater under about 10 feet of water in an area off of Alfred Wright Boulevard.
Jussila was reported missing July 5th. The man was suffering from dementia.
Police are still investigating.
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RACINE - A 5-year-old girl has died after being struck by a van in the driveway of a Racine home.
Police say the child had just arrived for a party in the neighborhood Saturday afternoon and was facing the street when a 16-year-old boy backed a van over the girl.
Authorities say a rear wheel ran over the girl. The teen heard people yelling and shouting, but didn't know he had hit someone. So, he pulled the van forward, running over the girl a second time.
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MERRILL - "We normally do murals inside the high school by famous artists, and we do a re-creation of their work," says Merrill high school junior McKenzie Broeking.
But Broeking is painting with six other juniors, not only outside of the high school, but completely outdoors.
"They've run out of room in the high school for these murals. They have many of them now in the school. They decided to move their talents outside," says Art Lersch, a Community Resource Development Educator with the Lincoln County UW-Extension.
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